One neighbor was looking through a monthly restaurant guide one day, and then be posting in particular caught her eye. The Waffle House in Pearl, Ms on Pearson Road was having a special dinner offering on Valentines Day, reservations recommended.
Being a budget conscious group, she suggested this for our Friday night gathering, and we all said "why the hell not!". Reservations for 6:30 were made and our plans were set.
We arrived to find the Waffle House fully decorated. Paper hearts were pasted on the windows. Tissue paper covered the lighting globes. The tables were covered in red table cloths. Table decorations included vases with artificial flowers, wine glasses with a votive candles, paper hearts, and red metallic confetti.
The evening even had a special menu, with choice of T-bone, ribeye, 3 pork chops, or chicken. Also included was a drink, salad, Texas toast, hash browns, and a slice of chocolate or pecan pie. All this, dinner for two, for a price of $22.99! You could also order from the regular menu, or add addition side items. What a deal!
Our group of nine took up the far end of the restaurant. Once seated, we began to take it all in, take a bunch of pictures, and immediately post them to Facebook for all our friends to see!
Drink orders were placed. Most ordered unsweet tea. As the waitress began to take the food orders, some asked for tea refills. Waitress says "sorry, we be done run out of unsweet tea. But you can have sweet tea or a soda". Some opted for the sweet tea, and others requested a soda. The Coca Cola tap on the dispenser was out of order, so they were filling glasses from two liter bottles.
The orders were delivered to the head cook. He got busy slapping meat onto the flattop griddle, along with the hash browns, eggs, and everything else he could fit onto that small cook space.
Slowly, each order eventually made its way to our tables. What ever got done first, went to the table first. I got a plate with three pork chops, but no silverware. Next our salads arrived with the plastic wrap still in place. A few minutes later the silverware and salad dressing arrived. It took a while, but finally the spousal unit's ribeye steak arrived, along with our side items. The Waitress picked up my place of pork chops and slid them onto the larger platter that had all the side items on it. As the chops landed at their new destination, the waitress commented, "now that's how its post to look". I remarked, "awesome"!
We made it through the main course, and it was time for the dessert! Several minutes passed, then finally our chocolate and pecan pies made it to our table. Dinner was complete!
Several other families had also made reservations, bringing along their kids. I just love to watch kids make a mess, and I get a kick of asking them if they put ketchup on their waffle!
I asked the waitress if they would be serving "green eggs and ham on St. Paddy's Day, and if so, we would be back! She and the other staff members said that was a great idea, and to please come back, as we were the best customers they had seen all week! We left them, with our stomachs full, and a sizeable tip on the tables for the entertainment!
This obviously wasn't our typical dinner date, but hey, variety always adds spice to life. The cook staff was not prepared for the massive amount of dishes to prepare outside of their typical Friday note requests. Somehow they made it work, and you never know, we just might be back on St. Paddy's day!
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