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Congratulations to Eric aka firemenknowfood for submitting the winning review for the December Menuism Restaurant Review Contest!  His posting about T-Bonz Steakhouse of Augusta in Augusta, Georgia was great.  Eric gave some great info about this restaurant and some lovely detail about the dishes themselves.   To read Eric’s review, click here. To find out more about Eric and his thoughts on food, please read his bio below:

Thank you very much for selecting me as winner of the December 2008 contest, it is quite an honor. I’m glad that I could help people that live and visit the community that I love so much. Every year, our area gets bombarded with tourists that come to watch golf’s finest battle it out at the PGA Masters. I like to think that I’m doing my part to make sure that things run smoothly and people know the tastiest places as well as which places they should steer clear.

My first job was in a restaurant. The River Inn was a cozy french cuisine restaurant that was the cultural epicenter of a small town near Roanoke, VA. I was a dishwasher, but the chef, Eugene Fesquet, often called on me to help prep cook when things got busy. He always used to tell me that the very health and happiness of everyone that walks through the door depends on those that handle their food. He taught me do have pride in my cooking, to critique everything, its freshness, its cleanliness, its taste, it all depended on MY ability to be a part of the kitchen’s team. When Eugene died of cancer, I lost a mentor, a job, and a friend, but I did not loose my love for bringing people together through the international language of food.

My career path has changed vastly since my first job, but I still do my part in the kitchen at the fire station. I want the men I work with to eat fresh and clean food and if its not delicious, you can bet I’m going to hear about it, but that’s okay, critisism is evaluation and without it we become lazy and complacent. Thank you once again for the incredible honor. There are still tons of places in the Central Savannah River Area that need my evaluation and its my pleasure to give them to you.

Thanks to Eric for sharing his experience with us and because he put his fingers to keyboard and submitted his review, Eric has won a $200 Gift Card and a Menuism T-Shirt.  If you’d like a chance to win January’s Menuism Restaurant Review Contest, time’s running out so be sure to click here for more info and Good Luck to You!

By Abby C. Abanes
Menuism Community Manager