"...HAD HEARD LOTS O' GOOD THINGS ~ NOT SO IMPRESSED..."
Went to Piedimonte's in Fitzroy North today, looking for this brand of really good ravioli I always buy - my local deli out of stock - of course, whilst there, filled a trolley with continental stuff - been there before - knew what to expect - couldn't help myself - interesting stuff - good variety - great prices...
Anyway, took the wrong turn outta the place, had to go up St Georges Road, spotted DANNY'S BURGERS on my right...
Always on the prowl for something new to try, I find a spot to park, and walk in..
They weren't busy at 5.30pm - a little bit early yet - noticed they're open till 2am - I was in there cos I wanted to take some-thing cooked home to my trio of forever starvin' man-boys..? boy-men..?
Not a bad space - clean - with a hint of "s'posedly quintessential Aussie perceived 'Diner Americana'.." - a young woman serving, an older guy cooking..
Liked their menu - nice and simple, with a few options there, all spelt out plainly..
Ordered 3 x Steak Sanga's [bread, steak, lettuce, sauce] with 3 Extra's [egg, bacon, onions] $9.50 each, 3 x Medium Chips $3.50 each, 3 x cans Pepsi [they don't have Coke] $2 each = $45 total
Luckily I found an unusually stray 50 in my bag.. [think it was a Bday gift for one of the boys and they'd forgotten I was hanging onto it for them] cos the place only takes cash..
Okay, got home in 10 - the chips were still hot and crunchy, but NO SALT - ah well.. easily fixed.. all good - the kinda small but decent cut of steak was well-cooked and tender, so too the bacon, and the cooked onion; the toasted basic white sliced bread was too soggy to eat, the egg was harder than a rock; the 'opposite of generous' lettuce had turned into juice, and the sauce was just about non-existant - not nice - pretty disappointing.. in fact..!!
When is some-one gonna come up with a toasted crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside, longish flat roll that'll take a slice of steak nicely without it going mushy as SH..; use thickish cos leaves instead of 'ever so finely sliced' iceberg; and be generous with some 'good quality' home-made style tomato or barbecue or sweet chilli sauce... that's all it'd take to make me go buy again...
I don't really care what I gotta pay for stuff, so long as it's 'bloody good'..
Otherwise I'll go for 'dirt cheap' every time..
Sorry guys.. so not good enough.. for the price.. thus not good value.. therefore.. not for me...!!!
Visited on Tuesday 09 February 2016 for after-school 'mangiare'. read more