We haven’t updated the blog since 4/21/16. I don’t know how you all feel about that, but if I were you I would demand my money back. Oh wait – you don’t pay for this? In that case… DEAL WITH IT!
I decided to see how I have been doing with my healthy eating and exercise. I stepped on the scale this morning and came in at 174. Now for the record I was 165 when I graduated college, so I take this as success. I am a mere 9 pounds away from where I want to be! Apparently not drinking sodas, eating some fruits and veggies and getting some exercise actually does help. Who knew? I also think a healthy amount of Jack Daniels is good too. Anyway, how should I celebrate such a success on a Friday the 13th? Well I could watch Jason chop up some campers, that is always fun, but I decided the best way to celebrate was to stop at the QT!
The QT looked like Grand Central Station. People coming and going like busy bees on a mission to pollinate the earth. Thanks Lorne Greene and your New Wilderness!
Of course, I went and reviewed the rollers. Nothing new there to speak of and while tasty, it did not seem to be the proper direction on this day. I went to check out the pizzas, because you know we here at the QTGG are big fans of the pizza! They actually have a new entry – Cheese Burger Pizza. I grabbed one of these, excited to try something new when I realized this pizza came with onions and peppers. As you may be aware, I am not a huge fan of veggies, so I put the pizza down. My soul was crushed faster than Truman when he realized it was all just a TV show or like Chapel Hill fans every where when this happened:
I decided to check out the custom orders. I thought perhaps I could make my own cheeseburger pizza. Once at the ordering kiosk I found my self emotionally and physically attracted to a flat bread option. The hole that was in my heart and soul and also coincidentally my stomach, ached for something special and here on this Friday the 13th I decided it ached for flat bread.
I went ahead and ordered my chicken, bacon, cheddar flat bread and added some Frank’s Red Hot to the order. Then the screen asked me – “Would you like to add anything to the order? ” My brain said no, but my heart said yes. I clicked yes and reviewed the ice cream options. Then I thought, “165 is close, just say no”, so I declined. Put in my order and then grabbed my ticket to pay for it.
Proud of myself for declining the ice cream, I thought I could reward myself by getting a small SunDrop Slushie. In Gaston County we call this ambrosia. I know it isn’t too healthy, but it’s a small and it’s a Friday. Do not knock my logic.
I check out without mentally adding it up or looking at the ticket and go to pick up my items when I realized that when I had explored the option of ice cream I had not REMOVED it from my order. Here came not only my flat bread, but also a reeses twister. I reviewed this item previously and it is awesome. Seriously, this item makes me want to do the locomotion just like Kylie Minogue told me to circa 1988!
Now all props to the QT kitchen. When I said “oops I didn’t mean to order that”, she offered to take it off and give me my money back. I figured though, why waste a perfectly good ice cream? So I took it, as well as my flat bread and slushie and headed back to the office.
First, let’s talk flat bread. The chicken was pretty good and I can’t believe I am about to say this, but there was too much bacon. The bacon to chicken ratio was way off. Theory of Bacon Relativity as addressed by Dr. Addlerski clearly states that 1 part bacon to 3 parts main meat is the ideal application. This was way off. It felt more like a bacon flat bread. Let me be clear with this. It was not bad, it just was not what I had expected. If I had ordered a bacon flat bread, where it would have been just me and bacon singing I Think We are Alone Now, this would have hit the mark perfectly. Alas, I ordered chicken. Based on this clear and rare misstep by the QT kitchen I have to rate this as 2.47 chomps out of 5.
The ice cream I have already reviewed, so no need to do that again. Just know that this item makes what Belinda said so true, Heaven is a Place on Earth, and it is eating ice cream from the QT.
The slushie game at the QT is strong. The options, the flavors the sheer volume of cold flavored drinks. As a Gaston County boy, the SunDrop flavor is my go-to. The ice is kept at perfect temp, the flavor to ice ratio is perfect. The slushie rates a 4.999 chomps. The only thing holding it back is drinking SunDrop and not being in Gaston County. Something is just missing. All though, by not being in Gaston County I am surrounded by more people that can indeed read, so that’s good I guess.
If you are wondering about the fruit snacks, I brought them from home. I felt bad for not having something remotely healthy in the picture. I ate them between the flat bread and the ice cream, so you know – healthy!
To wrap this up – we apologize for not being around. We even let Cinco De Mayo go by without reviewing any mexican options from the QT. We really feel like we let you down. We promise to do better. No we really do. This isn’t like we when we promised mom and dad we would apply ourselves better next semester or that we would study when we knew we wouldn’t. We really mean it this time.
Kinda.
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