Do not be fooled by the cheese…

I decided to write this blog after eating at a TGIFriday’s in Buenos Aires.  My husband and I went there for the happy hour specials one evening, and we had an experience that will make us never return.  You know government cheese?  Well, this was much worse.  In fact, had I had some government cheese at the time, I would have happily used it.  We ordered our drinks (we should have gone with the beer, but that’s a different story), and we also ordered some potato skins and buffalo wings as appetizers.  I noticed as the waitress brought the potato skins that something on top seemed to be glowing.  As the potato skins arrived at our table, I realized it was the cheese…it was literally glowing neon orange!  I decided to carpe the diem and dive right in…boy was that a bad idea.  The neon-orange substance that was trying to pass for cheese was absolutely disgusting.  It was gritty, it had a plastic covering over the top of it, and it tasted awfully unlike anything I have ever tasted before.  I am not sure if it was the result of TGIFriday’s trying to maintain product supply costs at an optimally minimum level or if it was a horrible attempt at pleasing the audience, but whatever it was, it was absolutely disgusting.  I actually gagged while eating it.  The worst part was that I looked around the bar, and people were actually eating and enjoying this crazy substance.  What in the world?  I have tasted some of the best cheese ever while being here…why can’t they just shred some of that, put it over the top of the potato halves and bake?  What is so hard about that?  Who knows.  All I know is, I was not fooled by the cheese…