Tulsa, OK

Mom took us out for dinner to Delta Cafe at 41st and Garnett Friday night. To celebrate our new furnace, plus it’s the first weekend Mom’s had off from work in ages.

Delta wasn’t too crowded when we got there around six. We had a really good waitress, who was fast and attentive. We did have a problem with our table. It was too high - even tall-guy James was uncomfortable, and poor Maegan had the table top at chin height almost. I guess that made it easier for her to get the food from her plate on the table into her mouth without it spilling onto her lap. Or not.

The food was excellent as always. Mom got pork chops that looked wonderful. She said the chops were well-prepared and nicely seasoned . Morgan had a smothered hamburger steak, that he loved. He only ate half of it, since he wanted to order dessert. James was a little unhappy with his deep-fried pork chops. He said they were a little over-done, and the meat had dried out some. How do you dry out anything when you’re deep frying it? But, apparently, you can. The breading on his fried pork chops was hard, you could hear it when he tried to cut into his chops. Super crunchy.

My monterey chicken was great, not too much cheese, and just the right amount of spices. Yummy. I tried the vegetable of the day, which was cabbage, and while I’m not exactly sure if the cabbage was steamed or boiled, it was delicious. Nicely seasoned, it was the best cabbage I’ve had in ages. Maegan had chicken tenders with macaroni/cheese and applesauce. Hey with all those pork chops on the table, someone had to have applesauce, right?

We all saved some of our dinners though, because we wanted to try the desserts. I ordered the smallest dessert, a chocolate ice cream cone. The ice cream was good, but the cone had a funny, unpleasant after-taste. James had the next smallest, a slice of strawberry cheesecake. Apparently it was good but nothing spectacular. Morgan had a double fudge dream, fudge brownie with vanilla ice cream, hot fudge sauce and caramel. It was huge, but he managed all but one bite of brownie and a few bites of ice cream. In fact, it was a little too much. Mom and Maegan’s strawberry shortcake desserts were every bit as enormous as the boy’s brownie one. Neither one of them came even close to finishing their desserts. They did manage to take some of the shortcake home. They left the ice cream and whip cream, but brought home the cake that they couldn’t eat.

Over all, a very nice dinner out with the family. Both kids were pretty well-behaved, the restaurant wasn’t really crowded (although it was filling up a bit more by the time we left), we had a quick and attentive waitress, and a reasonable price tag which all added up to a great evening for the adults at the Delta Cafe.
Thanks for dinner Mom.

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