Saturday, January 9, 2010

A new future as professional food bloggers?

My yelp review for CHILI'S: aqui

If you are too laze:

Chili's Bar and Grill, affectionately known as "Chili's", is a truly phenomenal establishment. The food is hot, crunchy, and made-to-order. The waiters are young, charming, and resemble Seth Rogen. And the decor, the ambiance... I step into a Chili's and all my troubles float away.

A mere two years ago I knew nothing about Chili's other than that it was the place people go to "live a little" or "pepper in some fun." One night, it all changed. My good friend Marla was having her 20th birthday, and my friend Darcy and I had to plan an EVENTFUL evening to celebrate. We were just spitballing... where can we go just a little wild, but with style and class? For some reason unbeknownst to us, Chili's floated into our minds. "Chili's? Where they have baby back ribs and awesome blossoms? [although they don't actually have these anymore] What's so great about Chili's?" GOOD QUESTION.

We stepped into the Westwood Chili's locay (convenient for ucla students!) and sat down immediately; no velvet ropes here. Our waiter came over looking like he just stepped off the plane from Miami. Actually, I think it was a female waiter that time, but no matter. One of us was wearing somewhat absurd princess gear, and they just smiled and took our orders. I got the honey chipotle chicken strips. I'll never forget them! They were so hot and crispy! They came with mashed po-tot-oes and a big hunk of buttered corn. I don't remember what my friends got, because I'm pretty self obsessed, but I do remember each one of us leaving feeling truly on top of the world.

Since then, Chili's became our haunt. Whenever we feel down in the dumps-- maybe we couldn't get tickets to a screening of a hot new movie-- we head on over to Chili's for a little pick-me-up.

Last time I went, I got their new mini-tacos. LET ME TELL YOU, THEY ARE NOT MINI AT ALL! They are stuffed with flavor and smokiness (because I got the smoked chicken). They were, like, gourmet. Also, their desserts are out of this world. The chocolate and chocolate chip lava bundt cake are mounds of sweet heaven. But NOTHING compares to their cinnamon shots. They are only $2 each, but they are literally the best things in the entire world. I tell this to everyone when they go there for the first time, but they never believe me. If they refuse to order one for themselves, I order one for them. But the moment they stick a forkful of that cinnashot in their mouth, they bow down and thank Yahweh that I'm their friend.

The only thing is I hate parking in Westwood. I think Chili's should have it's own parking lot the size of UCLA!!!

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