As a treat, fate would you believe it, led me to finally try Whitecastle (http://www.whitecastle.com/). OK, so my journey there (regrettably) didn't exactly involve wild kimchi parties, run-ins with hill billies' wives or hallucinogens, but hey, the place presented itself to me when I most needed it, at my stomach's beckoning. I tried their double cheeseburger and chicken sandwich...they give you two half-sized square-bunned portions instead of one measely sized burger as you get as say McDonalds. The double cheeseburger consisted of 2 mini-"meat" patties about 3mm thick and about 4cm squared with some small slices of processed cheese, that actually tasted a bit too processed for my liking, pickles and some high-caloric sauce but hey, it's fast food, I don't expect much. The chicken sandwich consisted of a thin fried piece of breaded chicken that was a bit too salty for my liking. There were options to get onion "chips" = rings or sweet potato fries...they were both "OK"...I probably wouldn't really go back, sorry to say, as most other places have better burgers than they do! But at least I tried it and I did enjoy it...did you know Whitecastle started in the 1930's? Yup...
In related news, I had the chance to try a restaurant chain called Ruby Tuesdays tonight...I was actually quite impressed with their baby back ribs, which were pretty cheap at $13 (half-rack) and came with two sides, one if which was pretty good baked mac n' cheese (for $1 extra).
So enough about food, this isn't Diners, Drive-ins and Dives...
Having arrived in St. Louis, I saw the outside of Lucas Oil Stadium, the home of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, Busch Stadium, the home of the Cardinals and was surprised at how else there seemed to be downtown St. Louis...many areas of town seemed to literally be run down, with stores and homes boarded up due to lack of occupancy and maintanence. I wish I had more time to explore the city and have planned places that I could have visited while here. Ah well, there's always next time.
Tomorrow I will make an 8-hour drive south to Oklahoma City, passing through Tulsa, OK (where if you've heard of her, Carrie Underwood is from). The weather is slowly starting to warm up half a degree at a time...seems like my southwestern trek is following the warm weather belt down...http://www.weather.com/maps/activity/fitness/usforecastsundayhigh_large.html
Well, I guess today wasn't too exciting...tomorrow may not be too much more exciting, but maybe I can count tumbleweeds and guess for a number between 2-4...haha...and btw, most radio stations play country music!
