Schadenfreude » review http://www.ralree.com Malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:10:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 My Review of The Melting Pot http://www.ralree.com/2008/08/16/my-review-of-the-melting-pot/ http://www.ralree.com/2008/08/16/my-review-of-the-melting-pot/#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:33:00 +0000 Erik http://www.ralree.info/2008/08/16/my-review-of-the-melting-pot So, I went to the Melting Pot restaurant today. I was anticipating it last night, so I had a look at the menu. I noticed it was going to be extremely expensive, and I knew it was fondue, so I thought it would be a ripoff. It turns out that it isn’t all that bad, but it’s still overpriced. You start with pots of cheese with bread, apples, and vegetables to dip. Then you move to salad, which is pretty good – I had the Caesar, which had real anchovie flavor! Next, they bring out new pots of broth for you to boil potatoes, salmon, 2 kinds of beef, shrimp, and chicken in. The helpings are actually pretty massive – the 6 of us had 3 plates of meat, and we didn’t finish all of it. You cook the meat in the broth for 1.5 to 2 minutes for most of it, and the chicken for longer. Then, you pull it out and have it with a variety of sauces, ranging from yellow curry sauce to horseradish ranch to bleu cheese. It was pretty fun. Finally, you top it off with some chocolate fondue for dessert, including pound cake, rice crispy treats, strawberries, and cheesecake. All in all, if you want to drop about $50/person on novelty, it’s not bad. But, I still recommend Tersiguel’s in Ellicott City for the same price much more.

]]> http://www.ralree.com/2008/08/16/my-review-of-the-melting-pot/feed/ 0 Amie Street Review: The best music store ever http://www.ralree.com/2007/03/07/amie-street-review-the-best-music-store-ever/ http://www.ralree.com/2007/03/07/amie-street-review-the-best-music-store-ever/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2007 07:04:00 +0000 Erik http://www.ralree.info/2007/10/13/amie-street-review-the-best-music-store-ever I’ve decided Amie Street is the best idea in music shopping for a long time.

  • Artists post there songs there, which are downloadable for free
  • As more people download them, their cost increases.
  • If they get really popular, they go up to 99 cents, but no higher.
  • The artist collects 70% of the money the songs earn!
  • Barenaked Ladies just released their new album there, which I bought within about 3 minutes getting an account.

It’s easy. You just put in your billing info, and get direct credit for your money. I put in $25, which was enough to but the whole album and then some. The album cost me $14.30, which means about $10 went directly to Barenaked Ladies instead of $1. I hope this catches on and completely replaces CDs and Record Companies.

3 Thumbs Up!

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