nonlinear
01-18-2010, 06:40 PM
We were in Edmonton overnight last night and wanted to grab a good breakfast on our way out of town. Being unfamiliar with the breakfast scene there, we just did a quick search on the GPS and ended up at Highlevel Diner. There were several full tables, which at 10:45 on a Monday morning, lead us to think that this must be a good little cafe.
We could not have been more mistaken.
Things were fine from the outset. Within just a few minutes of sitting, we were sitting with mugs of coffee after giving our orders to the friendly waitress. My friend ordered the breakfast special for $6.99 and I ordered the farmer's omelet for $12. In my opinion, $12 is very, very expensive for an omelet, but I do pay that often and expect good food for that price. However, the food I was served was absolutely horrendous... so bad, in fact, that I refused to eat the omelet (which I don't think i've EVER done in all my life at a restaurant). First of all, the omelet was listed as a 3-egg omelet, however what I was served was definitely a 2-egg omelet. We could tell this by comparing the size with my friend's 2 scrambled eggs. Whatever, that wasn't a big deal as long as it tasted good, right? well, when I cut into the omelet, I noticed that it had a very, very strange, un-omelet-like texture. hard rubber is a good way to describe it. I put it in my mouth and it was very, very dry and TASTED LIKE SHRIMP or some other type of seafood. I don't know how this happened since it was supposed to only have ham, etc. in it. Did you ever try to eat those pre-cooked, frozen, and microwaved "omeletes" they give you at Holiday Inn Express? this was exactly like that... and i think that this may have been actually a premade, frozen omelete but i can't be sure. I tried a second bite hoping that just the edge was screwed up, and it was getting even worse. I gave my friend a bite just in case i was crazy or something, and she had to spit it out. I told her that I couldn't eat it, and proceeded to eat my half cup of fried potatoes (these were good) and my 2 slices of 7-grain toast. the toast was absolutely crappy as well. it was as dry as croutons... i can only imagine they had left it sitting on the counter for a few days, or put it in a 200 degree oven for 30 minutes. at any rate, I was starving so I crunched my way through.
when the waitress came to collect our plates, I didn't complain about the quality of the food but thought she might ask if it was OK since I had only taken 3 small bites. however, she didn't say a word... simply removed my plate and brought the bill. thought that was a bit strange but whatever.
boo! terrible, terrible food. will never go back, and wanted to warn others who might fall victim to this in the future.
We could not have been more mistaken.
Things were fine from the outset. Within just a few minutes of sitting, we were sitting with mugs of coffee after giving our orders to the friendly waitress. My friend ordered the breakfast special for $6.99 and I ordered the farmer's omelet for $12. In my opinion, $12 is very, very expensive for an omelet, but I do pay that often and expect good food for that price. However, the food I was served was absolutely horrendous... so bad, in fact, that I refused to eat the omelet (which I don't think i've EVER done in all my life at a restaurant). First of all, the omelet was listed as a 3-egg omelet, however what I was served was definitely a 2-egg omelet. We could tell this by comparing the size with my friend's 2 scrambled eggs. Whatever, that wasn't a big deal as long as it tasted good, right? well, when I cut into the omelet, I noticed that it had a very, very strange, un-omelet-like texture. hard rubber is a good way to describe it. I put it in my mouth and it was very, very dry and TASTED LIKE SHRIMP or some other type of seafood. I don't know how this happened since it was supposed to only have ham, etc. in it. Did you ever try to eat those pre-cooked, frozen, and microwaved "omeletes" they give you at Holiday Inn Express? this was exactly like that... and i think that this may have been actually a premade, frozen omelete but i can't be sure. I tried a second bite hoping that just the edge was screwed up, and it was getting even worse. I gave my friend a bite just in case i was crazy or something, and she had to spit it out. I told her that I couldn't eat it, and proceeded to eat my half cup of fried potatoes (these were good) and my 2 slices of 7-grain toast. the toast was absolutely crappy as well. it was as dry as croutons... i can only imagine they had left it sitting on the counter for a few days, or put it in a 200 degree oven for 30 minutes. at any rate, I was starving so I crunched my way through.
when the waitress came to collect our plates, I didn't complain about the quality of the food but thought she might ask if it was OK since I had only taken 3 small bites. however, she didn't say a word... simply removed my plate and brought the bill. thought that was a bit strange but whatever.
boo! terrible, terrible food. will never go back, and wanted to warn others who might fall victim to this in the future.