#31/32/33 Chicken Strips, Potato Salad, & Slaw

As soon as I sat down with my tray I thought "this is exactly what a giant fat person like me who doesn't know how to diet would think they could eat healthy at Tat's."

Yeah, it's a 3-fer. I've got some side-dishes to knock off the list and this sounded like a good combination. It leave me in a position to pull a second 3-fer with the Wings, Macaroni Salad, and a House Salad. Then I've still got the Antipasta and Chop Salad, one of which I'll probably get with the Chili Cheese Fries. If I double up and get some Old Bay Fries with the Kosher Dog then that leaves me with a total of 3 breakfast visits and 10 lunch visits before I'm done with the menu. If any friends of the blog want to get in on a joint Tat's offensive, now is your chance. I'm going on a diet of vegetables and porridge after this is done to get back down to my fighting weight.

Chicken Strips: "Regular or Buffalo with ranch, bleu cheese, or bar-b-que sauce." I went Buffalo and there was mild or hot, hence the "hot hw sauce" on the receipt. Got a small side of Slaw and Potato salad.

They say "All salads are made fresh, in-house..." but you wouldn't know it, truth be told. The slaw is the same as on the Tat'strami, looks like it's made from bagged pre-cut cabbage/veggies, and the sauce is kind of a compromise. A little bit of vinegar, a fair amount of sweet. A little creamy. Sort of the slaw you'd make to not offend anybody. It's fine, better than the nasty shit you get at Ivar's or some other fish'n'chips place, but not as good as homemade slaw. The potato salad couldn't differentiate itself from store-bought stuff that comes in 5 gallon buckets any less. Bits of nasty celery, no real potato flavor, just sort of mushy and mayonaisse-y. Not much to say. It didn't give me the shits, so I can't complain too much. Would never order either of them again.

The Chicken Strips are pretty solid. They aren't anything to bring somebody here to eat, and if you've had chicken wings at any dive bar with minimal cockroaches then you know what you're getting here.

None of this is the highlight of the Tat's menu. This is the ancillary stuff. You already make slaw for sandwiches, so put it on the menu as a side. You already make chicken for sandwiches, so put it on the menu minus the bread. This is "move along" stuff and none of you care, and neither do I. Just checking the boxes at this point, waiting on that Twinburger Sub and figuring out how I'm going to choke down the Roast Veggie.