September 18, 2008
Posted at: 11:41 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Food and Drink
McDonald’s is the largest fast food chain in the world and they are very good at selling and promoting their product. However, they need to spend a little more time (2 minutes) focusing on the continuity of their latest TV commercials.
The latest commercial that they are running where the guy keeps asking what he can get for $1 and it doesn’t buy him much, but then he asks in McDonald’s and they describe to him what is referred to as the “Double Cheeseburger”. He orders a double cheeseburger only for $1, but they miss a few details. When he is eating his Double Cheeseburger, there is a drink and a dessert on the table. I have a couple of questions that I am sure most have said.
- When did he order a drink and dessert?
- How did he pay for it?
- What about the “meals tax”? (In Massachusetts it would come to $1.05 and in New Hampshire it would be $1.08
In another commercial, the same happens, but the McDonald’s server describes the McChicken sandwich (or something with chicken). However, when they show him eating, he is clearing eating a double cheeseburger.
You would think in a big restaurant chain would spot errors like those. Other errors might be able to be overlooked, but that is the point of the commercial and they should be aware of that. It doesn’t change my opinion about McDonald’s, but I just thought it was interesting.
September 03, 2008
Posted at: 11:37 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Food and Drink
Last year, I signed up to be part of the email club for “Not your average Joe’s” to get a free birthday entree. This year on my birthday, all I got was a free dessert. When my best friend Kristin took me out to dinner, I asked them about it.
The waiter came back apologizing for the confusion and told me that the manager was going to pay for my dinner. Thanks Joe’s for doing the right thing. 
July 04, 2008
Posted at: 11:59 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Food and Drink, Tech and Web
In High School, I worked at Boston based “Brigham’s Restaurant and Ice Cream Parlor” on Mill St in Arlington. My Grandmother worked at Brigham’s when it was Buttricks. The plant where the Ice Cream is made is connected to the restaurant I worked at by underground tunnels. It was the freshest Ice Cream anywhere since it practically just came off the “belt”.
They had an interesting flash page for the site and it was very interactive. However, last week, Hood legally bought Brigham’s. Friends who still work there told me that all of the “recipes” and “brands” will stay the same. I doubt that, they fired the ice cream makers. Also, All of the other workers were fired including the webmaster…see below:
If you are redoing the website because of the buyout, at least keep the so-called branding for the homepage. Step 1 to Hood ruining that which the Boston area loves.
I know this isn’t about America and it’s independence from England, but there was a lot of things going on today.
June 26, 2008
Posted at: 11:52 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Food and Drink
Have you ever had Qdoba, it is so delicious that my co-workers and I head there for lunch on a semi-regular occasion. Since I work in Peabody, MA, we go to the one on Route 114.
However, the queso goodness has it’s price. On the left you will see the nutrition facts for one (1) steak queso burrito with all the fixings. Surprisingly, I have not gained any weight in the last year. I bought tickets to the Pearl Jam concert this Saturday and on the tickets (printed tickets) was a “buy one get one free” coupon for Qdoba. It will cut my spending in half the next few times I go.
Enjoy, you know I do!
May 05, 2008
Posted at: 11:48 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Food and Drink, Rants and Randomness
The Great Boston Beer Marathon (the original) is back again this year for another go around. I was unable to attend last years and am really looking forward to this year. It will start at at 12pm on June 14th, 2008 and end at 2am on June 15th, 2008.
The verified bars:
Kickoff Bar is Tequila Rain!
1. Tequila Rain
2. Jillians
3. Lucky Strike
4. Game On
5. La Verde
6. Bills Bar
7. Jake Ivory’s
8. Church’s
9. Boston Billiards
10 Baseball Tavern
11. An Tua Nua
12. Who’s on First
13. Wonder Bar
14. Common Ground
15. Our House
16. Draught
17. Kells
18. Joshua Tree
19. Harry’s
20. Sports Depot
21. O’briens
22. Silhouette
23. Chicken Bone
24-26 coming soon…
We will see you there!!!
January 17, 2008
Posted at: 11:57 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Armenia, Food and Drink
I was reading an article called “Life Behind Bars” and they explained what the prisoners got for food every day. Apparently Armenian food is what they feed them…alright, so it might not be just Armenian food, but it is a lot of what Armenians eat.
So far, Jassem Mohammed, has been in custody for “two years, two months and 10 days,” he says. “They feed us ‘fassoulia’[beans] and rice every single day,” he laments. “Is it possible for a man to survive the winter on such a diet?”
I understand that it would be tough eating the same food every day, but Fassoulia and Rice are amazing. Fassoulia is a great Armenian dish consisting of Green Beans, tomato sauce and Onion with some other seasonings which I love to have. Every time there is a celebration at my church, we have some main dish (chicken, lamb), fassoulia and rice pilaf. Good Eats!!!
November 22, 2007
Posted at: 11:44 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Food and Drink, Rants and Randomness
I hope everyone (who celebrates) had a wonderful thanksgiving and I know that I have a lot to be thankful for. God bless everyone and enjoy the holiday season!
October 11, 2007
Posted at: 9:31 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Food and Drink, Rants and Randomness
The Cheesecake Factory is an amazing restaurant because they are really good at what they do. Today is the grand opening of the Cheesecake factory in the North Shore Plaza in Peabody, MA. However, I am going to talk more about their Pre-Opening process.
Since http://www.studentcity.com is a local business, they sent us an invitation for lunch. A lot of the new people were that with us for a total of about 25 people. They gave us 4 appetizers, each entree was different and we had a choice between them. After they gave us cheesecake for dessert which was amazing as usual.
The best part about it was that it was all free to us. Their reasoning is that they need to do a test run anyway and they might as well get some bodies in there for more practice. All they ask us was for our opinion of the service.
studentcity.com. cheesecake factory, opening, peabody, food
September 14, 2007
Posted at: 11:45 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Food and Drink
Below is a picture of the seven layer dip that I made for the cook-in at my work today!
This is a very easy and amazing tasting dip to make. The only time consuming part is cutting up the ingredients.
Ingredients: (depending on your pan size)
1 Head of Lettuce
2 Tomatoes
2 Cans of olives
2 Container’s Sour Cream
2 lbs of Shredded Cheese (Taco/Mexican style)
1 Large Onion
1 Container Salsa
1 Large Pan (container)
Preparation:
Cut up tomato into little pieces
Cut olives in half
Cut up onion into little pieces
Rip up lettuce into small pieces
Putting it all together (the way I make it)
- Place Lettuce on the bottom of pan
- Spread out tomatoes after lettuce
- Spread onion after tomatoes
- Spread olives after onion
- Pour container of salsa into pan and spread evenly
- Spoon out Sour Cream on top of the salsa spreading it evenly around pan
- Spread cheese evenly over sour cream – no white should show (picture after it was moved around)
- For special occasions I like to make a design with whole olives (SB = Spring Break for StudentCity.com)
- Eat using Tortilla Chips
Enjoy!!!
recipe, seven layer dip, dip, taco dip
August 27, 2007
Posted at: 11:38 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Food and Drink
Lately, I have really enjoyed Sea Dog’s BluePaw which is a Blueberry Wheat Ale. I tried it when my sister bought it one night when she came home from work and it has become the drink that we buy. Each time we run out, the other person goes and gets another 6-pack.
There are four tests for rating beer: Aroma, Appearance, Taste and Finish (Aftertaste).
Aroma: Your nose can detect so many aromas that you want to make sure to smell it before tasting. As you first pour the beer, you can smell a hint of blueberry which makes sense and it adds to the flavor. Since Bluepaw is an Ale, besides the fact that it is a blueberry flavor, it has a fruity aroma to it because of the warmer fermenting temperatures.
Appearance: To most people, they define their beers by the color. Many say that if you are drinking a dark beer, than you know how to drink beer, but that depends on what type of beer you are wanting to drink and for what reason. BluePaw is a light amber color with semi-clear clarity (it could be the glass thats throwing it off though).
Taste: It has a medium body with a little bit of a tartness to it as it goes down, but very enjoyable. Not really that much more to say except to try it for yourself to understand what I am saying (not a professional beer judge).
Finish: The aftertaste sticks with you for a while, but not too long. It stays just enough so that once it goes away, you want the taste back, which is the point I guess. After you swallow it, there is a nice kick of blueberry that rises back out to your taste buds for an extra treat.
Overall: I am really happy with the brew and the overall taste of it. I would definitely recommend this to anyone to enjoys a nice fruit flavored ale. Zach has created a Black and Blueberry (Black and Tan variation) using BluePaw as one of the ingredients.
beer, food, drink, wild blueberry, blueberry, sea dog, Maine, rating beer, color, taste, finish, appearance, aroma, clarity
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