I'm mildly freaked out by the fact that not only was my childhood birthday restaurant the same as the OP's, I'm pretty sure I ordered the same thing that they describe...
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What was your go-to "special birthday dinner" as a kid?
- Thread starter ElectricBlanketFire
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I think as a kid I requested the cake type more than the meal, and that was yellow cake with chocolate frosting. With a glass of 2% or Vit D milk, hoo boy that's livin.
Now that I think about it, my most requested bday meal was either my mom's Fried Rice or her Pancit. As I got older we would go to Sushi restaurants.
Now that I think about it, my most requested bday meal was either my mom's Fried Rice or her Pancit. As I got older we would go to Sushi restaurants.
Normally boiled hot dogs and potato chips. I did not get a special dinner until my 21st birthday.
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I feel like I was privileged because I'd always end up having two birthday dinners when I was kid, since I was born in June and I'd go up and visit my mom during the summer so I'd have my actual birthday up there, but my dad would always take me out for an early birthday dinner before I went up to see my mom.
Anyways my dad would always take me to Hometown Buffet and I goddamn loved it. Could eat whatever I wanted and however much I wanted. Do I want a big salad, then some pizza, followed by some orange chicken and white rice, and then fish and chips, and ending it all with as much of their dessert as I could handle? Hell yes. The best part was the Hometown Buffet was in the same shopping center as GameStop and Best Buy, so after we ate, we'd pop in to those stores and I'd pick myself up some video games.
Meanwhile when I was at my mom's, we'd always end up going to Chuck E. Cheese. It was also pretty fun and I remember obsessively wanting whatever the hell the big ticket prizes were but never getting them because I was like 9 years old and I sucked shit at almost all the games.
Anyways my dad would always take me to Hometown Buffet and I goddamn loved it. Could eat whatever I wanted and however much I wanted. Do I want a big salad, then some pizza, followed by some orange chicken and white rice, and then fish and chips, and ending it all with as much of their dessert as I could handle? Hell yes. The best part was the Hometown Buffet was in the same shopping center as GameStop and Best Buy, so after we ate, we'd pop in to those stores and I'd pick myself up some video games.
Meanwhile when I was at my mom's, we'd always end up going to Chuck E. Cheese. It was also pretty fun and I remember obsessively wanting whatever the hell the big ticket prizes were but never getting them because I was like 9 years old and I sucked shit at almost all the games.
My wife and I went with our neighbors to a Chinese buffet for Christmas two years ago...We'd never been to one before, but hot damn would we do one again!!!
What kind of noodle? That's a very important part of this dish.
Just egg noodles, very simple stuff. Porkchops are shake and bake :P
For dinner I would usually ask for Mac n cheese or Applebees (lol) if my parents could afford it
There was also a few years where I insisted on having cheesecake instead of a regular birthday cake lol
There was also a few years where I insisted on having cheesecake instead of a regular birthday cake lol
For awhile we'd go to Chilis every year for my bday because it was the only restaurant near a Pokémon store that served food I would eat. No memory whatsoever of what I had each year, but I still remember all of the possibly unlicensed Pokémon toys I got from that store over the years.
I think both are closed now.
I think both are closed now.
Hibachi/Japanese steakhouse
still like to take the family there for my birthday (though the last few years have been curbside "to go")
still like to take the family there for my birthday (though the last few years have been curbside "to go")
Pizza Hut might as well have been Disneyland when I was a kid.
Personal Pan Pizza
Coke in those Red cups
A new transformer or GI Joe toy
Heaven on Earth
Or
A kids meal from Roy Rogers and $5 in Quarters at the Arcade.
Personal Pan Pizza
Coke in those Red cups
A new transformer or GI Joe toy
Heaven on Earth
Or
A kids meal from Roy Rogers and $5 in Quarters at the Arcade.
I would go big and get a KFC Family meal and try to eat most of it (except I'd share the coleslaw and macaroni salads because those were gross)
Honestly when I was a kid probably Pizza Hut or something like that uninspired but it was a rare treat for me then
Red Lobster if we went to a restaurant. My mom's homemade chicken & dumplings if we had dinner at home.
It was all about the honey mustard dipping sauce, am I right?
We didn't have much money at all growing up, so my grandmother would take me to Cici's Pizza. She wouldn't eat. It was just me. At the time she told me she just didn't like the place, but found out that that $6 buffet for me was a lot at the time. Did it every year tho till some tornados came around and it got leveled.
Honestly all I remember is the cake: chocolate cake with caramel and Snickers chunks on it. Whipped ass.
Pizza party! We didn't order pizza much or eat out much at all as a kid so when we ordered a few pies it felt special.
