TGIF tastes better on Fridays!
I am particularly in love with what they call the ‘New American Cuisine’ – linear but adaptable – of which a representative dish typically consists of a large piece of meat – grilled or roasted and basted with some exotic sauce, served with fries, sweet potatoes or grilled vegetables forming an unfussy platter - proudly indelicate, unpretentious, inclusive, filling and brazenly tasty.
TGIF delivers the promised and so is my favourite for long. A visit to this eatery is akin to celebrating the American way of adoring good food.
‘Chicken in Chili Pepper Sauce’ was my choice for lunch. The imposing one-half chicken looked perfectly roasted, juicy and generously basted with the ‘golden’ Chili Pepper Sauce though the marinated flesh didn’t feel as tender and succulent as desired. Roasted onions, red and Green peppers lent the serving base to the fare. Fries were regular, tastefully salty and not limp – that mattered.
Then came the most interesting and lip-smacking part – the Chili Pepper Sauce – the make or break ingredient of a dish of this kind - trust me! Yellow as a colour maintains conflicting associations – with freshness on one hand and deceit on the other, inspiring an unstable emotion. But I met the energetic yellow in my meal – brimming with delight, freshness, distinguishable taste notes and a thick yet runny smoothness - and the divine garlic! I love fermented peppers when blended with garlic as together they create a unique flavour resulting in more nuanced yet emphatic sauces as popular sides.
The meal [with the sauce overdose] left me finger-licking…
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