I tried these spots on Wednesday at lunch. The first is in a strip mall as Ocoee begins (before a pond that you can see the Turnpike from). It was a Gator's Dockside. There is a San Jose restaurant on the corner. The next two are at H-Mart back towards DT. North side of 50. On the east side of a strip mall after Something (Grand?) Lakes strip mall. BTW. H-Mart = BFD. Hordes of imbeciles staggering around like zombies. Orange County is sacrificing cops to guard it. Not enough crimes in OC? H-Mart paying for it? Most stalls seem generic. Uninspiring. I checked out the sushi aisle/area. No bargains. H = Huh?
Rock 'n Rev - Said they are the first. Figured they were a chain like Rock & Brews. Part sports bar part music venue. Two rooms. Left side like the right except that it has a stage. Bars and tables at both. Gray and black and wood. The wall tvs were too small. License plates on the wall of the stage room. Not a ton of investment in the decor. I had the chesseburger with fries on the $10 lunch menu. They said it was a 1/4 pounder. Maybe? Bad flavor. Not hand formed. The veg and brioche bun were good. Not a ton of fries. I'm guessing the food cost on this special is under two dollars. The menu has the usual junk food/stuff. They do have a Juicy Lucy CB for $15. Booze. Almost empty. Getting interviewed by Spectrum Channel 13. Open since April.
Jaws Topoki - I grabbed a Deep Fried Set L to go for $12. The fried part was done properly. The ingredients were straight from the H-Mart frozen food aisle. One pathetic half of a shrimp. Three pathetic halves of a squid. Some mushy sweet potato and potato. A tasteless cheese stick. Some other things decribed as dumplings or veg. The two saving graces were a clear noodle one a a noodle surrounded by a black filament. Never had those. Who would guess that little packets of rice noodles would work. They just calm with soy sauce packets. I used the Hari chutney from the Indian restaurant. That worked. I'm guessing the food cost on this item is a dollar or less. They have four topokki soups ($15+). Eight gimbap (sushi rolls) from $9. Two fried sets. Three set menus ($24-$42). Two sides and two slushies.
Da Bang - I grabbed a mozzarella coin crepe to go for $7 because I had never had one. Do you think it was worth it? I'm guessing the food cost on this item is twenty five cents. Kind of like taiyaki. More of a waffle/pancake/McGriddle. Terrible cheese. I wanted a nutella or bischoff cookie one. They were out. Took too long. They had five employees. The two male ones did nothing then walked away. I hope they were ownership. They also sell drinks. The sparkling ones were just crap mixed with Perrier. I saw an interesting chocolate pistachio one. They harden chocolate on the outside of the plastic glass and put some pistachio concoction inside it. You then squeeze the glass to break up the chocolate.
*I noticed that Subway caved at started putting back their coupons in those flyers you can't get the post office to stop stuffing in your mailbox. They still have a $6.99 one that you can use any almost all nine dollar...nine dollar footlong (the cheapest one now). What I recommend is getting the Subway Club ($12+) and jamming all the veg that you can on top. And then you peel away two of the meats and the veg that won't work with it and you have three meals. Obviously you must buy some bread. I also separate the jalapenos and onions and use those in two or three tuna sandwiches. I bring this up because it also let me play with that green puree from the Indian restaurant. It makes a great dip for cucumbers. Semi-good with spinach. Didn't have tomatoes left over. On a sandwich, it overwhelmed ham and roast beef and spinach on top of either. Roast beef on its' own held up. If you put black olives on either, you could still taste the olives. Same with jalapenos. Now I wish I had saved some to test with tuna. And yes, I realize that both of the meats mentioned can not be eaten (alternately) by the two most common religions in India. But, here's a news flash. Other kinds of people eat Indian food too. The more you know...
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