How to describe a place like Il Conte di Montecristo? Easy: "it had tables free". Ignoring my own better judgement - always a good call, because my judgement usually sucks gigantic donkey balls - I decided to plonk myself down around 7.30pm at a near-deserted restaurant and give it a shot, rather than continue to hang around the doorways of the crowded ones like a creepy loser serial killer looking for his next victim.
This decision was rewarded! The food was cheap and delicious and the staff were friendly. Was this because I was the only customer? Probably, but I can't exactly just summon up a hundred people out of thin air and then compare my dining experiences, now can I? If I did have such magic powers then I'd have much better things to do with my time than writing Yelp reviews, like travelling through the cosmos with a wisecracking unicorn sidekick.
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