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| - All righty, we came back here Friday night, and the service was much improved. Our server, Avery, was willing to work with me too.
She let me get the Spinach and Mushroom Omelet, with the fruit, and those Chocolate Chip Pancakes on the side complete with the choco- batter.
The S&M Omelet, which so DID NOT come with whips and chains, was ok I guess. The hollandaise was a little bland. I almost ordered the Bacon Temptation again but wanted to try something different.
The fruit bowl came before anything and was nicely palate-cleansing. This wasn't canned pears and peaches in syrup. Everything tasted as if it had been freshly cut to order. Grapes, orange slices, I forget what else (haw!), this is why I dig fruit salad.
The true highlight was that stack of chocolate malevolence I had so looked forward to for years. I never knew a choco batter pancake was even possible.
I, with Vic Frankenstein acting as my muse, attempted to create one at home once. It got up, ran out of the kitchen, knocked over a neighbor's shed, let out a horrid groan, and died.
I kid my sad-sack culinary skills. But allegories aside, it didn't work out.
Once again, by belief that pancakes are dessert has been emboldened. These were soft, newly-baked, plate-sized, oooey, gooey, chocolate chocolate chip cookes, topped with a heap of whipped cream that nearly slid off the top until I intervened!
3 bites in, and I had achieved a cocophile's Nirvana, saving my late- night meal.
Try the Splashers for something different beverage-wise. Many restaurants are doing this, and I applaud them for it. Splashers are mixed soft drinks. Of the two IHOP offers, I tried the Tropical Island Twist,which is lemonade, lemon-lime soda, and mango syrup. Glug, glug, aaahhh.
Oh, I contacted management about my previous IHOP bop and have a gift certificate on the way. All is forgiven. Maybe I'll use it at the new one in Squirrel Hill.
Unskinny hop just blows me away, unskinny hop hop, all night and day...
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