Hungry Hunter - Bakersfield, CA

Ok, it's Monday on the road and back to the grind. I feel like a blob after relaxing and drinking beer all weekend. I hope you all share my pain. I ate enough food this weekend to feed a family of five for a week.

Tonight a co-worker of mine dine at the Hungry Hunter in Bakersfield, CA.. I have been to this chain on two occasions prior, this one and another in Temeculla, CA.. As we walk in the door I am reminded of what has drawn me back. They have a great dinner salad!!!!! Although it's not the blend of mixed greens I have preached before, it's a nice mix of lettuce with a variety of toppers on a tray. The "table side salad bar" I believe it's called. Try it with the blue cheese salad dressing and all available toppings, the vinaigrette could use some work and I was disappointed there wasn't any bacon!!!!
They have a great appetizer menu as well. I have tried most of them in the past and just having a sampler platter available makes my heart go pitter pat. Or maybe that's the partial block in my arteries. Anyway, tonight we bypass the apps and plunge full on into dinner.
I am usually disappointed with something on every menu and tonight is no different. I was in the mood for a fish dish of some sort but they only had the pretzel crusted Mahi Mahi to choose from. Not what I was looking for but what can you expect from a place that advertises to have the "World's Best Prime Rib to go"? So I order up the Black and Blue Rib eye. A 12 oz. Cajun spiced chunk of fatty, flavorful deliciousness seared in a cast iron pan and topped with blue cheese crumbles and onion straws all rested on a bed of mashed potatoes. Oh yeah, and a crown of steamed broccoli.
Dinner arrives as we finish our salads followed by our second round of Newcastle Nutbrown Ales (always a good choice to wash down a steak). I brushed off the onion straws and dove into the broccoli..............................ha....I mean steak. Broccoli had no flavor and was overcooked (at least that's what I'll be telling the wife). The steak was cooked perfectly and had a nice use of Cajun spices. Not to salty and blended well with the blue cheese.
Next time I'm in town and want a steak and salad I will remember this place.
Next time I want fish????