Red Robin....YUMMM

Today, we decided to go to Red Robin, which was suggested by Z. Apparently, the head hancho at our office really likes these onion rings - he'll go and just order onion rings and be happy. So we invited Z to come along on our onion ring quest. However, Z forgot that we were going to RR today and had brought her lunch to work. So alas, today's quest was just me and F.

As soon as we sat down, we ordered the onion rings. Yes, without even looking at the menu, we ordered the appetizer. Jumping the gun? Nah, we just know what we like.

Let me just say that F was so excited about these onion rings. Why? For those of you unfamiliar with RR's onion rings, they give you a tower of 13 o-rings. I was expecting this huge tower of onion goodness, so was slightly disappointed when the tower was smaller than what my mind had imagined. But then I realized...it's only 13 rings. It's not like those would make the next Chrysler Building



As you can see, F was very happy with her tower of rings.



Tower of Onions (minus 2 onion rings...)

These onion rings were everything that F could hope for. A crunch exterior with a sweet tender onion inside. And I must admit, I did like the crunchy breaded batter.

After a while, we were wondering how they got such bug onions. Did they combine two onion parts to make one big onion ring? We decided to investigate...



F disecting the onion ring.



Yup, it's just one big onion ring. They must get giant onions...

I forgot to mention... An order of onion rings comes with 2 dipping sauces: ranch and a spicy bbq type dipping sauce. Personally, I don't like bbq with my onion rings, so I opted for the ranch. F seemed to favor the bbq flavors. I tried them together, but decided I'd remain a ranch purist.

We decided to share the seafood platter. This was just one big dish of fried fish, shrimp, and clams. It was...ok... It left me wanting another corned beef sandwich from Pete's....

They did have some cool decor. Like this American flag made of baseballs.



So...

Verdict: Excellent. But I'd get a burger the next time.

Until next time, happy eating.