Trippin': San Antonio - Mad Dog's

On the third night in SA, mascara planned on meeting with a few of her old classmates at Mad Dog's and we decided to join them. Mascara brought My-Linh along so that the classmates could meet her bebe. Once we all sat down, we realized that Mad Dog's was more of a pub/bar than a regular ole restaurant and people were smoking everywhere. So My-Linh stayed long enough for a brief meet and greet and a quick dinner of some kind of starchy baby food before retiring for the rest of the evening with g-ma. Big poppa and I were the first to arrive and as we sat around and checked out the decor, we were confused as to what type of bar/pub this was. It was British yet there were kilts everywhere. My knowledge of geography isn't the best and there are prolly people who already know what I'm getting at. I'm pretty sure that I'm not the only one who gets this mixed up. So here's a quick lesson for clarity purposes. The United Kingdom and Great Britain are technically the same and the correct way to state it is The United Kingdom OF Great Britain. The UK of GB consists of Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland. These countries each have their own flag as well as one flag that represents all four countries. I guess my confusion was that I some how have always assumed that England was the UK and was the GB not thinking that okay, England is simply a part of the UK of GB. So someone who claims to be British doesn't automatically mean they're from England but rather any of those four countries. In the Olympics, did you know that the four countries do not compete as separate countries but as a unit? I think Scotland is looking to change that so they can compete independently from the UK of GB. The UK of GB's flag is the one that everyone recognizes. I would never have known that England's flag looked the way it does.

UK of GB:


England:


Now I understand the concept of Mad Dog's being a British pub and that's why there's a little bit of everything from the four countries. I feel so dumb yet so enlightened right now. Haha. The pub had Scotch eggs on the menu and I really wanted to try it. It's basically an egg wrapped in ground pork, coated in bread crumbs, deep fried and served with a side of honey mustard dressing. A contestant from Top Chef made a variation of it during a quick fire challenge. So yum! It tasted like sausage and eggs. I normally don't like any type of mustard but the honey mustard dressing here was really good. The rest of the food everyone ordered was pretty run of the mill Chili's type of fare. Not much food fotos but I took a whole lotta fotos of the adorable little chubs.