May 14, 2008 by steve.

Well, after the last meal at Mama Nems’, it was time for a letdown. Lady CurbCrusher and I usually head out for dinner on Wednesday night when Little CurbCrusher heads to the children’s program at church. We had spotted a new wing place on the northwest corner of Conway and Hoffner on the east side of Orlando, in the old location of Conway Bar-B-Q.

So a wing place, this should be easy. We go in and order 20 wings, mild and some curly fries. Since this is a wing place, you’d expect to be eating in about 10 minutes. Well, 25 minutes later the waitress delivers 20 wings absolutely soaked in sauce. One bite and Lady CurbCrusher is tearing up. She doesn’t care for real spicy food. These are not mild wings, not super hot, but mild wings shouldn’t have a bite to them. In addition, they are very hard, like the spent too long in the fryer. The same is true of the curly fries. The waitress came back over and asked how things were, so we told her. She offered to replace half the wings with ones without sauce for Lady CurbCrusher. Another 25 minutes, and Lady CurbCrusher was delivered ten wings that could be used to pound nails. They aren’t spicy, but they seemed to have spent the entire 25 minutes in the fryer.

All in all we were disappointed. The food didn’t taste good, and service was very slow.

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May 14, 2008 by steve.

Well, not much going on lately, the CurbCrushers monthly camping trip for May is at the end of the month. But in preparation for the summer season, I took the motorhome over to Golby Motor Corporation for some regular maintenance. They do great work, and I made plans to have lunch with a friend on the West side of Orlando.

Lunch was a great meal. We at at Mama Nems’ , a soul food restaurant. This was a fantastic meal. There are the standard items you would expect to find, fried chicken, pork chops, and meat loaf. You get three sides with the main course, and I almost wish you could just order a meal of sides. The sides include fried corn, collards, cheese grits, red beans and rice, fried sweet potatoes, fried green tomatoes, and more. I enjoyed the fried chicken, cheese grits, collards and red beans & rice. Top it off with sweet tea and you’ve got an almost perfect meal.

If you find yourself on the west side of Orlando (near Universal Studios) this is definitely a place to stop and eat.

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