... actually, to be fair, they've been talking about it for a few months, but now that I've been to the Paula Deen restaurant in the Harrah's casino in Joliet, I feel like I can chime in.
And, first things first -- I remain a casino winner! Having ended up $11 on my recent trip to Vegas, and since, when it comes to last night, $40 was spent and $48 was taken home, I am well on way to needing to report my winnings on my 2012 tax return!
The restaurant was an experience that I'm glad I had although I was disappointed that the staff wasn't friendlier (minus the dessert girls -- they laughed at all my jokes)! And I really think that that was more about my expectations being set to high -- I might have expected every employee to give me a hug and slather me in a southern drawl (which didn't happen). I ended up with the buffet so I could sample the maximum amount of Deen dishes, but even there I was disappointed in that they had many stations (fried chicken and fixin's, steak and seafood, all the parts of a pig, the smallest salad bar I had ever seen [although, to be fair, that didn't surprise me -- it was a Paula Deen restaurant after all], and I inquired as to whether there was a separate butter-n-bacon station (i.e. to add to my baked potato, or my steak, or my salad ...) and the response I got back was just confusion from the food station worker.
The scales were tipped in the favor of having an unbelievable experience, though, once I got to the restroom -- where I got to use the Dyson Hand Dryer. Yes -- that's the same Dyson whom I've mocked previously for trying to make me think I was a disadvantaged youth for spending my younger years being constantly buffeted by the choppy air of traditional fans (oh the horror we first world children must endure!), but this I enjoyed unmockingly. You place your wet hands in the machine and a wave of hot air like a massive dryer in a car wash streams forth while you move them slowly up out of the contraption. That was worth the hour long detour I had to take to get to the casino!
[Finally -- I just want to share this observation with you. There is nothing so loud as the click of the camera phone when you take a picture in a public restroom. Luckily, I was able to get out of the restaurant before anyone asked any questions that I'd be hard pressed to explain convincingly.]
ALL IN ALL, I RECOMMEND:
http://www.harrahsjoliet.com/casinos/harrahs-joliet/restaurants-dining/paula-deens-kitchen-detail.html
UH OH ... MAYBE I HAVE TO REPORT ALL $19 AFTER ALL:
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=108277,00.html
IF I MOCK HIM, THE LEAST I CAN DO IS PROMOTE HIS PRODUCT OFFICIALLY:
http://www.qvc.com/Dyson-Air-Multiplier-Bladeless-10-Round-Oscillating-Fan.product.V31652.html
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