{"id":29,"date":"2011-08-24T05:38:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T05:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/?p=29"},"modified":"2011-09-13T12:44:31","modified_gmt":"2011-09-13T19:44:31","slug":"tgif-on-a-tuesday-night-bogof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/?p=29","title":{"rendered":"TGIF on a Tuesday Night &#8211; BOGOF"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">I can count with my one hand, that&#8217;s how many times I&#8217;ve been to TGIF.\u00a0 While I didn&#8217;t find the food horrible, I didn&#8217;t find it appealing, either.\u00a0 Their famous Jack Daniel&#8217;s entrees tasted all too sweet for my liking.\u00a0 I get coupon flyers all the time in the mail but they often ended up in the trash.\u00a0 Now I love a good bargain but it still has to taste semi-descent for me to spend the money to buy one entree to get the second one free.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">I had a light salad for lunch.\u00a0 I was barely full but resisted the urge to get more food because I have been eating a lot of good food all weekend because of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.costamesarestaurantweek.org\/\">Costa Mesa Restaurant Week<\/a>.\u00a0 When I got home, I was too hungry to cook.\u00a0 Looking through the mail, I saw TGIF coupon flyer.\u00a0 &#8220;Want to give it a try?&#8221; Allen asked.\u00a0 We haven&#8217;t been there in like 10 years.\u00a0 &#8220;Sure, why not?&#8221;\u00a0 I replied.\u00a0 I was too lazy and too hungry to think or drive anywhere further for dinner.\u00a0 Besides, it&#8217;s buy one entree get a second one free.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Qk6cDE0nfzk\/TlSFKAcctiI\/AAAAAAAAAQo\/os_X_8l3Vn8\/s1600\/TGIF-2178.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Qk6cDE0nfzk\/TlSFKAcctiI\/AAAAAAAAAQo\/os_X_8l3Vn8\/s640\/TGIF-2178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>On a Tuesday night, the restaurant had a good crowd but still plenty of seats available.\u00a0 We were seated right away and our server came within minutes.\u00a0 She handed us the menu and we ordered our usual iced tea.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-nRWDag_evz4\/TlSFN-1xpOI\/AAAAAAAAAQs\/0C-oN0Dc7fM\/s1600\/TGIF-2179.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-nRWDag_evz4\/TlSFN-1xpOI\/AAAAAAAAAQs\/0C-oN0Dc7fM\/s640\/TGIF-2179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>After glancing the menu for a few minutes, I decided on <span class=\"menuItemTitleV2\">Bruschetta Chicken Pasta &#8211; <\/span><span class=\"menuItemDescription\">Multi-grain angel hair pasta tossed in Bruschetta marinara \u2013 made with sliced garlic, basil and Roma tomatoes \u2013 topped with fire-grilled chicken breast. Drizzled with balsamic glaze and sprinkled with Parmesan shavings.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Surprisingly, the chicken was not dry at all.\u00a0 The pasta actually tasted pretty good.\u00a0 I thought it could use a little more sauce but it had enough garlic and hit of balsamic to give it the flavor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-UxxTmMiT-6E\/TlSFTEoVG8I\/AAAAAAAAAQw\/fIBBUpD4o7Q\/s1600\/TGIF-2180.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-UxxTmMiT-6E\/TlSFTEoVG8I\/AAAAAAAAAQw\/fIBBUpD4o7Q\/s640\/TGIF-2180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Allen got the Sizzling Chicken &amp; Shrimp &#8211; Sauteed garlic-marinated chicken breast and delicious shrimp tossed in a <span class=\"menuItemDescription\">Bruschetta marinara.\u00a0 Served with onions, peppers, and creamy mash potatoes on a sizzling platter of melted American and Mexican cheeses.\u00a0 This had pretty bold flavor but was a bit greasy and salty.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-OaX5YXq1Cls\/TlSFZkO2wPI\/AAAAAAAAAQ0\/CuEuTmvw9Pk\/s1600\/TGIF-2184.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-OaX5YXq1Cls\/TlSFZkO2wPI\/AAAAAAAAAQ0\/CuEuTmvw9Pk\/s640\/TGIF-2184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Our bill with 2 entrees and 2 drinks only came to around $23 before tips.\u00a0 Really not bad.\u00a0 For casual dinning, I think TGIF will suffice.\u00a0 I think I will keep the coupon flyer instead of tossing it in the trash next time.<\/p>\n<p>TGI Friday&#8217;s<br \/>\n23040 Eastpark Dr.<br \/>\nYorba Linda, CA 92887<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"bizPhone\" class=\"tel\">(714) 974-4274<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can count with my one hand, that&#8217;s how many times I&#8217;ve been to TGIF.\u00a0 While I didn&#8217;t find the food horrible, I didn&#8217;t find it appealing, either.\u00a0 Their famous Jack Daniel&#8217;s entrees tasted all too sweet for my liking.\u00a0 I get coupon flyers all the time in the mail but they often ended up...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"pp_embeds":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[143,95,92,141,142],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-restaurants","tag-angel-hair-pasta","tag-chicken","tag-salad","tag-tgi-fridays","tag-tgif"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3lTx3-t","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311,"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions\/311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}