Bulbagarden Conversational Chat Thread Vol.5

[Chevywolf30]

I used to work at Sonic

 

[Bigfoot_the_Pokémon]

Like, the corndog place?

 

[Dorothy]

Like, the corndog place?

Their burgers aren't bad either. I miss Sonic... there's almost none in SoCal.

 

[DawningWinds]

My family drove down to Fargo (which is three or so hours from where I live) just to eat at Sonic one time a couple years or so ago because my dad felt like it and there were none closer. That's the only time I can think of that I've eaten at a Sonic... Don't even remember what I got. I think the food was okay, but its not something I'd be inclined to make such a trip for again.

 

[Dorothy]

My family drove down to Fargo (which is three or so hours from where I live) just to eat at Sonic one time a couple years or so ago because my dad felt like it and there were none closer. That's the only time I can think of that I've eaten at a Sonic... Don't even remember what I got. I think the food was okay, but its not something I'd be inclined to make such a trip for again.

Well, in fairness it would probably take a lot for me to want to visit Fargo.

 

[DawningWinds]

That's an amazing road trip lol. Also very boring-sounding...I mean, I wouldn't go even 30 minutes for Sonic lol

Yeah, it was pretty boring. We didn't even do anything else while we were out, just got our food and drove back home...

I'd probably be comfortable going thirty minutes to get Sonic if there was one that close, but for me a restaurant that I wouldn't go thirty minutes to get food from is roughly equivalent to a restaurant I probably wouldn't eat at if it was my next door neighbor. There are no restaurants in town except a bar (which does have excellent pizza), and the nearest other town is the same so if we want to eat out and are not already doing an out of town errand thirty minutes is about the minimum distance to drive. I'm guessing this is probably a bit different than your experience?

 

[FelipePR]

Really? There's Sonic, Puyo Puyoo, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva, Monkey Ball, Crazy Taxi, among others

Of those, I believe I only played sonic about 20 years ago. But I'm not a Nintendo dying fan too, with the exception of the Pokemon franchise and maybe Mario Kart.

 

[DawningWinds]

Hmmm I live in a town where the main thing is farms and trains, but there's a lot of options nearby. Lots of fast food stuff that takes 5-45 minutes, and there are quite a few local places as well. My favorite restaurant (it's a ramen-ya!) is actually about 10ish minutes by walking from my high school, so my friends and I go there at times. I prefer eating at home and making my own food though. I want my Japanese cooking to be the best it can!

Yeah, I figured you lived in an area with a fair few options for fast food; usually if somethings easily availble people aren't gonna want to sacrifice a lot time for it.

I've never been to a ramen-ya, the only ramen I've ever had is prepackaged, very-much-not-authentic-Japanese stuff. I've been curious about trying actual Japanese food for a while, but have no idea where I'd get it/how to make any of it.

I'm a passable cook if I have a recipe to follow, but definitely my cooking's not something that's gonna be better than a lot of restaurants. But props to you for being able to enjoy your own cooking over restaurants, homecooked stuff is usually a lot healthier than most restaurants and cheaper probably too (and I get the impression that you enjoy the cooking part of cooking from some of your posts, so maybe more fun for you too?).

 

[Dorothy]

There are no restaurants in town except a bar (which does have excellent pizza), and the nearest other town is the same so if we want to eat out and are not already doing an out of town errand thirty minutes is about the minimum distance to drive. I'm guessing this is probably a bit different than your experience?

shudders in LA County

 

[Chevywolf30]

I drove a 30 minute round trip tonight for some ice cream. It's a Texan instinct when Blue Bell is on sale

 

[CuboneKing]

I drove a 30 minute round trip tonight for some ice cream. It's a Texan instinct when Blue Bell is on sale

Valid. I went on a 45 minute round trip walk to go get a pint of Ben and Jerry’s the other night from the only grocery store that was open. It was so worth

 

[CuboneKing]

Commitment. What flavor?

As I am a man of taste, half baked

 

[RavenRaziel98]

Shame on me, I'm not into Ben & Jerry's

 

[Bigfoot_the_Pokémon]

I've always been a SUPER chocolatey kind of guy, so the Chocolate Fudge one or the Phish Food are my faves

 

[Dorothy]

I drove a 30 minute round trip tonight for some ice cream. It's a Texan instinct when Blue Bell is on sale

Where you at in Texas where you can't get Blue Bell in less than 30 minutes?

 

[Chevywolf30]

Where you at in Texas where you can't get Blue Bell in less than 30 minutes?

There's a store like 2 minutes from my house, but it didn't have Blue Bell on sale $5 for a half gallon

 

[Dorothy]

There's a store like 2 minutes from my house, but it didn't have Blue Bell on sale $5 for a half gallon

Shit, fair enough. Though if I'm honest I fell off Blue Bell when I learned that HEB birthday cake ice cream exists and costs less.

 

[Dorothy]

Cookies+creme chocolate bars are pretty good

I've only ever had them once, back when (I think) they were relatively new. Didn't enjoy them much. Maybe they've changed since then.

 

[Chevywolf30]

Yeah I've had those cookies and cream hershy bars, they're alright

 

[FelipePR]

I dunno, most people tend to not like it, I feel like, but I like all kinds of chocolate, I guess? But I don't eat chocolate stuff too much. I like umami more

I believe it's impossible to dislike anything that has chocolate in it, for me it's only possible when the chocolate is of poor quality or when I'm too gorged lol. But personally, I like these bars from Hershey's, but not as much as the Talento chocolate.