Last Saturday, I let Madison decide where to go for dinner. Her friends had been raving about the Who-Cakes at IHOP, so we trudged on over to investigate.
As you can tell from the picture, it's almost as if the circus exploded on a stack of flapjacks. The mere sight of it sent shivers down my spine, as the brightly colored boysenberry and blueberry glaze taunted me with a menacing glow. I won't even go into my feelings about the pink lollipop and rainbow chocolate sprinkles.
After much deliberation, Madison took the plunge and ordered this sugary concoction. Needless to say, she wasn't impressed. It didn't help matters that the restaurant was out of the aforementioned sprinkles. The glaze tasted nothing like boysenberry nor blueberry, and even less so than the cotton candy flavor her friends professed it to be. She insisted I try it out, and being the devoted father that I am, I took a bite.
Oh.My.God.
The closest comparison I can make is that it tasted like an amplified, liquified and putrified mutation of Fruity Pebbles cereal. And, given the fact that I love Fruity Pebbles cereal, this flavor experiment gone awry was a major letdown.
Like a brain surgeon making precise incisions along the scalp line, Madison removed the top layer and proceeded to carve her way through what little virgin pancake there was. This was no easy task, but I have to hand it to her...she ate more than I could bear to even look at.
Yeah, I guess we won't be ordering this thing again. Nor recommending it to anyone we care to remain friends with. I guess I should've known that any meal that would suggest a lemon-lime soda with cubes of floating Cherry and Berry Blue Jell-O in it as the appropriate thirst quencher would inevitably result in massive failure.
2 comments:
It looks so horrible, but it really does look interesting. I can't bring myself to order it, but if anyone I'm with ever does, I'm going to have to try it.
Looks like a Smurf exploded on top of some pancakes......
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