Texas Land & Cattle Co.

 After a hot day at the ball game back in May with Andreas' parents, we ate at Texas Land & Cattle Co in Arlington at my mother's suggestion.  It's a steak chain, and evidently their signature preparation of steak is to load it with pepper.  We didn't know that walking in.  Had fried pickles, of course, and they had been soaked in jalapeno juice.  While I like hot food, I've got a pretty low pepper tolerance.  So I ordered the only steak on the menu that did not have the word "pepper" in its description.  Nevertheless, it tasted like it was coated in pepper.  It was also overcooked, but the lighting made that hard to see when the server insisted I immediately cut into the steak to check as she was there.  No pressure, or anything, right?


Andreas had a hamburger.  I think he was consciously trying to satisfy that craving during our trip.  His parents had turf and surf type plates, and said the shrimp was wonderful.  The French onion soup I had was also good, and didn't have too much pepper.


I just wish that a steakhouse would let the quality of their meat shine through instead of drowning it in pepper.  In doing the latter, they're bringing into question the source of their steaks.