I made an Uber account when it came to Vancouver, finally, after being legalized. Never ended up using it because, well, *vague gesturing*. But then I wanted to try out Uber Eats and I come to find out they suspended my account. Open a ticket and they go, "We suspended it as a precaution." Wut?
Anyways, got it unsuspended and tried out Uber Eats. The tipping system is better than Skip's. And it has a noticeably different roster of restaurants than Skip too, so I've been using it to try out new things or things that were previously unavailable to me. Putting this in Thoughts since some good, some bad.
7-Eleven: I've entered a 7-Eleven only once in my life, and it was in Seattle to buy a Greyhound ticket. They apparently have food, so I figured, hey, why not try some of that out? They also sell convenience store stuff on the app so I also got some bread.
I tried their fried chicken, a sandwich, a breakfast sandwich, and a Slurpee. The sandwich was mediocre convenience store fare; it tasted identical to the sandwiches my convenience store had where I grew up. Subpar meat and cheese, simple bun. Nothing great, nothing terrible. It is food. The breakfast sandwich was bad, though. English muffin with egg, cheese, and sausage, but the sausage and egg tasted fake.
The fried chicken and Slurpee gave me a severe reaction. I think it was the Slurpee that did it, but the chicken didn't help. I can't figure out why, since a Slurpee isn't really made up of questionable ingredients, and all the ingredients are things I ingest elsewhere in various forms. But for whatever reason, both things obliterated my tongue, gave me gum bleeds, a rattle in my breath, and so on. A real waste of $10. The chicken didn't even taste good!
A&W: I've had A&W before but they are mean and avoid delivery services. However, the lockdown has forced them to use them. I could now finally try out the original Beyond Meat burger instead of the pretenders from the other joints trying to cash in on the fad. It was pretty good, and I had no reaction to it like I did to Tim Horton's. The other burgers I tried were as expected: decent. However, instead of fries, I tried their onion rings, and they are... bad. Inedible.
Little Caesars: I've really only had this once before, and it was a Hot 'n' Ready thing. So I figured I'd get an actual pizza this time, and I'd get wings too (since wings are an essential part of the pizza delivery experience). The wings were not good. Most of these pizza joints have mediocre wings, but LC's in particular were low on the list of bad. To this day, the best pizza/wings combo I've had was from Domino's. Now, the pizza itself... I decided to get a deep dish pizza because it looked like actual pizza instead of lasagna. It was good! Eight slices, and each was big enough to count as a meal, so eight meals for $11 is pretty lit.
Belgian Fries: Always wanted to try these guys out but they're far away and were previously anti-delivery. Again, lockdown forced them to use them. I got a burger, onion rings, and a hot dog. I haven't tried the hot dog yet; that will happen in an hour here. I don't expect great things from that. I typically don't like hot dogs. The burger had a really familiar taste to it that I can't pinpoint. Something from my past. But it was really good; no heaviness in the gut afterwards, no bad aftertaste. Just a great burger all around. The onion rings came with a gravy dip. By itself, the dip was gross. Paired with the onion rings, it was... okay? A really bad initial taste but once it paired with the onion it was alright. The onion rings were good, too. No complaints.
