Surf ‘n Turf, Slurp ‘n Burp; Outback Steakhouse Connection To My Life ‘n Home(s)/Land - IMRAN™
Surf ‘n Turf, Slurp ‘n Burp; Outback Steakhouse Connection To My Life ‘n Home(s)/Land - IMRAN™
Even my food experiences amaze me with their interconnections in the stories of my life. Here’s one example of the intricate coincidences.
I love many kinds of exotic foods and what I call CCCCCC (complex culinary creation calories carriers consumption). However, sometimes I just crave one of my favorite combinations you see here. Surf ‘n Turf,… tender filet mignon and juicy lobster tail, with mashed potatoes and sautéed mushrooms.
It’s nothing fancy, but I’ve always appreciated Outback Steakhouse for its consistency, decent food, good service, and reasonable prices. Ironically the chain was established in USA at a very interesting moment.
It was started in 1988. That was right between my Christmas 1987 America tourism trip return to Pakistan, and my January 1989 move to attend Columbia Business School to start my American life.
I first discovered OBSH exactly 20 years ago. I was driving the East Coast Florida coastline along US A1A, looking for my first “second home” in America on the Atlantic Ocean. Somewhere along the road I asked where I could get dinner. Someone pointed me to Outback. I loved it. I even ate at several other locations during that one month driving home search.
I had chosen condo 37D at The Tiara on Singer Island to be my home and went to the nearby one regularly. I later sold my condo for a profit. I fortunately left it just before hurricane damage basically closed the building for many years.
Exactly 10 years after that Florida living experience, I was blessed to search for my second “second home”. I drove every mile of coastline of the whole state of Florida this time. That included the Florida panhandle and west/Gulf coast. I kept looking until I made Apollo Beach, on Tampa Bay, my home. Ironically my blessed fantasy home, as I call it, was completed in 1989 - the year America became my homeland.
Also ironically, the first Outback Steakhouse reportedly had opened in Tampa, Florida. That is the major city area my home is in, and that is also where I had this meal at.
Small world, big appetite, mate! Time to slurp ‘n burp after the always delicious surf ‘n turf.
© 2023 IMRAN™
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Surf ‘n Turf, Slurp ‘n Burp; Outback Steakhouse Connection To My Life ‘n Home(s)/Land - IMRAN™
Surf ‘n Turf, Slurp ‘n Burp; Outback Steakhouse Connection To My Life ‘n Home(s)/Land - IMRAN™
Even my food experiences amaze me with their interconnections in the stories of my life. Here’s one example of the intricate coincidences.
I love many kinds of exotic foods and what I call CCCCCC (complex culinary creation calories carriers consumption). However, sometimes I just crave one of my favorite combinations you see here. Surf ‘n Turf,… tender filet mignon and juicy lobster tail, with mashed potatoes and sautéed mushrooms.
It’s nothing fancy, but I’ve always appreciated Outback Steakhouse for its consistency, decent food, good service, and reasonable prices. Ironically the chain was established in USA at a very interesting moment.
It was started in 1988. That was right between my Christmas 1987 America tourism trip return to Pakistan, and my January 1989 move to attend Columbia Business School to start my American life.
I first discovered OBSH exactly 20 years ago. I was driving the East Coast Florida coastline along US A1A, looking for my first “second home” in America on the Atlantic Ocean. Somewhere along the road I asked where I could get dinner. Someone pointed me to Outback. I loved it. I even ate at several other locations during that one month driving home search.
I had chosen condo 37D at The Tiara on Singer Island to be my home and went to the nearby one regularly. I later sold my condo for a profit. I fortunately left it just before hurricane damage basically closed the building for many years.
Exactly 10 years after that Florida living experience, I was blessed to search for my second “second home”. I drove every mile of coastline of the whole state of Florida this time. That included the Florida panhandle and west/Gulf coast. I kept looking until I made Apollo Beach, on Tampa Bay, my home. Ironically my blessed fantasy home, as I call it, was completed in 1989 - the year America became my homeland.
Also ironically, the first Outback Steakhouse reportedly had opened in Tampa, Florida. That is the major city area my home is in, and that is also where I had this meal at.
Small world, big appetite, mate! Time to slurp ‘n burp after the always delicious surf ‘n turf.
© 2023 IMRAN™
#IMRAN #autobiography #LifeStory #business #history #restaurant #FoodChain #steak #lobster #SurfNTurf #OutbackSteakhouse #Tampa #ApolloBeach #Florida #humor #wordplay #coincidence #RealEstate #CCCCCC #bokeh #travel #travelogue