AYCE@IHOP

Yesterday T-Bonz and I went to eat at an IHOP in Pueblo. First time going to the all-you-can-eat pancake deal this month. I went two times last year (1, 2). The pancakes were delicious as always. Light, fluffy, perfect.

Before.

And we're off with plate #1:

The first plate was a stack of 5 pancakes. Each reorder from now on is a stack of 3. Plate #2:

Plate #3 (EOPH is setting in. I start flashing reorder counts):

Plate #4:

Plate #5:

Plate #6:

Plate #7:

This is my last plate. This is a plate of 2 pancakes:

This is the next to last bite:

And this is the last bite:


I've got to remember this for next time. Put the butter balls on an extra plate to keep as evidence of each stack. Or remember to say "no butter, please". Between all the pancakes I used maybe one ball.


The final tally:
1st order: 5 pancakes
Reorder: 3
Reorder: 3
Reorder: 3
Reorder: 3
Reorder: 3
Reorder: 3
Reorder: 2

25 pancakes. I went with the Butter Pecan syrup exclusively. With the flavor fatigue that set in around pancake #15 and the early-onset pancake high (EOPH), I must say I was happy to decide to shoot for 25 and get it.

IHOP has 4 syrups at the table: strawberry, blueberry, butter pecan, and boisenberry. And you can get warmed maple syrup too. Maybe next time I will vary the flavor I use from stack to stack. That might help delay the flavor fatigue. But it might bring on an earlier onset of the pancake high because of the, I assume, increased sugar content in those sweeter syrups.

IHOP Part Deux

Last night, IHOP again for more pancakes. I had a specific number in mind going in to it, but this photo of me with my head in my hand shows how it went:



Not that everything didn't start out well...




The four. T, Mommy T, Guapo, me.


Guapo, you're going down bee-otch! He hung tough, though.


Here, it's hard to see how dry the cakes were. It was kind of weird really.


They're drenched in syrup but they still almost crumble when cutting them. And added to that, I had them come plated to me in stacks of 5. I should have gone with how they normally come - in stacks of 3. It's mentally easier I now know to go through 3 per than 5 per. Our waitress was great! When I was done with a plate, she was right there with a fresh plate of steaming cakes! So that was refreshing after the between-plate-waits of last time.


Working on them. If you know me, you have got to know what's next...


Yeah that's real grown up. But they were delicious!

So I ate and ate and ate. Maybe I wanted to go to Casa Bonita a little more than I thought. But I let you all choose. IHOP it was. But it was good, no doubt! And finally meeting the mysterious Guapo Ribinowitz was a treat!


I'm done. 4 plates done. So 20. And then over half, but not quite three-quarters, of the other plate. We scored it 3.5 of that plate of 5. Total: 23.5 pancakes. Dang. And the before weight minus the after weight: 6.5 pounds.



Here's the pancake info again. Keep in mind this is per pancake, before the syrup and butter is added:

Good Choice!

And the winner is...


So we'll be going for early bird dinner. And don't worry, I'll get photos. Thanks to everyone who voted. Here are the final percentages:

58% - IHOP
34% - Casa Bonita
 8% - "wherever you fucking want to go"

That last one was not one of the choices, but I'm all for write-in candidates!

Update on You Choose

5:25PM - Casa Bonita is still in the lead.

11:15AM - Casa Bonita is in the lead.

There's a day left to vote, so vote early and vote often. Casa Bonita or IHOP, you choose (click there to read about it).

* You Choose *

OK, we are going to eat out on Saturday. I'm going to let you guys choose. The two options are:

1. IHOP (all-you-can-eat pancakes, bee-otch!)
2. Casa Bonita (all-you-can-eat "mexican", bee-otch!)

Drop me an email, iamskinyboy at gmail dot com, by the end of the week. I'll tally them up. And we'll go.

IHOP AYCE

It's January 13, 2007. Me, T-bone, mes and Shamalamalama converge on the International House of Pancakes on Parker & Orchard. 4:30pm.

If you haven't had IHOP pancackes before, they are good. Very good.



Here I am before ordering, just thinking about the pancakes:


Last week T & I stopped in at IHOP for a bite. At that time I did not know IHOP was having the all-you-can-eat. I did OK that day, but wanted to try it again..

On the menu there are 4 ayce options. 3 options have eggs, hash browns and meats. The 4th option is pancakes only. The first 3 options start you out with 2 pancakes, and then you can reorder by stacks of 3. The 4th options begins with 5 cakes:




Now stacks of 3:


mes




Wow, these are good! This is my first reorder still so they are good now.




The syrup is delicious but very sweet. Thanks for the alternatives, guys. 2nd reorder. 9, 10, 11:




3rd reorder. Still good. 12, 13, 14:




4th reorder. 15, 16, 17:




5th. 18, 19, 20:


Still good. See:




6th. 21, 22, 23:


7th. 24, 25, 26:


OK, on 26 it's getting to me. Sugar overload I think. Well that and all the pancakes:




This is what's left. I had reordered one more time. So 27, 28, 29. And then had them add on 1 more cake. 30.


But I only could get down half of the final four before a little bit came back up. Thankfully it stayed in the mouth but that was a good point to stop. So I ate only half of the final four, so we deducted 2. 28.








T's sheet keeping track of the inhumanity:


Looking back on it, I do think I would have passed 30 if the reorders were ready and brought to me in any timely fashion. Seriously, I'd ask for each reorder when a reorder was brought to me thinking that would make it so a new reorder was ready and waiting when I was done with the previous stack. But no. I'd finish a stack and it was always 4, 5, or 6 minutes before another stack was in front of me. We determined that the problem was not with the server. They'd put in for another reorder right away. Both in the computer and with the cook. The problem was with the cook. I guess he did not believe the server when they reordered so he never cooked anything until he was told again. Mas rapdi, por favor! But whatever. It won't be that way next time!

Here's the pancake info again. Keep in mind this is per pancake, before the syrup and butter is added: