baby back baby back.

I want my baby back baby back baby back.

Chile's Babyback ribs.

BBQ Sauce!

Alright, enough with the commercial for Chile's famous babyback ribs.  If you only eat kosher or halal meats, you might want to ignore this story...  And I'm posting this at Devin's urging.  She laughed so hard after hearing this she almost had Coke coming out her nose.  So now that expectations are high, I'm sure it will bomb.  Oh well...

So on our trip to Malaysia, David and I found a Chile's restaurant near our hotel.  Since we are both rather picky eaters, this became our favorite restaurant in the area.  (Yes, we did try other places as well.)  So the first night, I decide to get ribs.  I didn't even need to look at the menu, as I had that song stuck in my head.  I eat my salad, David starts in on his grilled cheese.  Then my plate of ribs shows up.  My mouth is watering, expecting to see a nice full slab of babyback ribs.  (Pork ribs, remember.)  The waiter sets the plate in front of me, and I'm staring at a plate of three big beef ribs. 

I was about to complain to the waiter, when I realized that since Malaysia is a predominantly Muslim country, Chile's doesn't serve pork ribs; they serve beef ribs instead.  Now I don't have a problem with this.  I believe in respecting local culture when I travel.  And the beef ribs were very good.  Best beef ribs I've had since I was a cook at The Pond Restaurant and used to make beef ribs for the Sunday buffet.  The problem was my expectations.  I was all ready for the babybacks...

But later in the week, I went back to Chile's and had ribs again.  I just wasn't singing the song this time.