Chicken Caesar at Work

Remember that note to self in my last post? Stick with the classics?  Apparently that doesn't work either.  This was by far the worst Chicken Caesar wrap I've ever had.  Soggy, stuffed with the bad pieces of lettuce and like 5 tiny chewy pieces of chicken.  Maybe I should just stay away from the sandwich bar at work all together and stick with the hot meals.  They may be more expensive, but at least they are somewhat appetizing.

Argh!!!!

Pulled Pork at Work

Not to much to say about this Philips Food Court meal.  It smelled a lot better than it tasted.  Plus I thought the Pineapple on top would be bomb, but it was really under-ripe, flavorless and hard.  The Pork itself was pretty weak, and frankly they give you way to much it sogged out the bun in about 23 seconds.  Only redeeming quality of this meal was the sweet potato fries.  They actually do fries and taters pretty well here at the Philips food court.

Note to self, skip the pulled pork and stick with classics.

Sushi Man Date at Mootones

Feast your eyes on this spectacle of deliciousity. Yes, just created a new word, deal with it.  This feast of raw fish, rice, seaweed and battered vegetables is brought to you by Mootones of Andover. Place looks like a dump next to the train tracks on the outside, but it's pretty nice inside and the best Sushi in Andover (the only Sushi in Andover I think...) Hit the joint up with RJ on a man date last week, can't wait to do it it again brah!


We both decided on the same exact thing, obviously.  The L11 Lunch special includes a bowl of Miso Soup, 3 Pieces of Vegetable Tempura, 1 piece shrimp Tempura, 6 Spicy Tuna Rolls and 6 Spicy Salmon Rolls.  It's actually a considerable amount of food for $11.95.  My vegetables were a little under-cooked, but that was the only down-side to this meal.  The Sushi itself was awesome, much better than the last time I was here (about a year go this time as a matter-o-fact) the rice was sticky, the fish fresh, and the spiciness just right. I devoured the entire ensemble in about 13 minutes.  RJ says I eat to fast, but my reaosning is you never know when you're going to be attacked by zombies so when you have food put in front of you, best to eat it quickly so you don't miss your chance.


Being manly men and having gigantic appetites that can only be quenched after eating enough for multiple mere mortals we needed a bit more to top us off.  We agreed on another Maki roll, Salmon on top with a bit of crab-meat in the middle.  Honestly I forget what it was called; however, it was simple and good and got the job done.

Interestingly on the way out, the messed up our payment and tried to over-charge us.  Fortunately RJ used his math logic, and discovered the error.  Sneaky sneaky.  (http://www.mootone.com/)

Snack Time Feature

Just a little feature of a few snacks I've had in the last few weeks.

First off, up top we have Pretzel Bites from the mall up in Salem NH.  It's hard to walk past Pretzel Time (or whatever the new name is) without stopping, the aroma really gets to me.  Funny thing is, these things never taste as good as they smell.  Anyway, it's an automatic that you have to get them with honey mustard or you're just not doing it right.  Nutritional Value = 0, Comfort = 10.  At least I had a water right?

Next up, we have the always delicious, and ultimate regret creating Ice Cream Cookie Sandwich WITH M&M's.  I don't care how bad this thing is for you (and it's REALLY bad, this one had ~500 calories, 15g fat, 40 carbs) it tastes so damn good going down.  There really is nothing better than a cookie, stuffed with iced-cream.  Hmm, I'd really like to see an OREO Ice-Cream Cookie Sandwich now that I think of it, that might be better.

The only problem with these things, is they are actually relatively small, and despite being a mouthful of joy during consumption make you feel like total shit afterwards.  Oh well, the 30 seconds of mouth glory was worth the hours of regret and pity, right?

Next up, Sushi... from somewhere NOT called Symphony Sushi!!

Black Angus Roast Beef & Cheddar ABP

Another Roast Beef for you today.  This time from Au Bon Pain right down the street from the Panera I posted about yesterday as a matter 'o fact.  This one is called the Black Angus Roast Beef & Cheddar and weighs in at 520 calories.  I got it on a wheat bread, and is topped with Tomatoes, some onions, mesclun (which apparently is some sort of salad mix), and a mayo mustard sauce like substance.  Well it was very good, a little on the bready side because they didn't stuff it all too well with beef, and it was pretty messy because they used a lot of sauce but overall i'd actually rank it higher than the Panera beef in yesterdays post.  Why?  Well it was less greasy, it had more overall flavor (partially because of the enormous amount of sauce) and was a larger meal that was actually more healthy.  Plus it was warmed up without me having to ask.  (http://www.aubonpain.com/)

Free Panera Bread!

Here's a quickie before I leave work.  Hit up Panera on Huntington Ave with Becca the other day (thanks for paying!!) I was on a Protein binge all day, so decided on the most protein packed thing I could spy off the menu with my terrible eyesight.  At the last moment I realized it was incredibly calorie packed though so I changed to the half sandwich half soup combo thing.  Anyway it's a Asiago Roast Beef  sandwich on asiago cheese bread with some more melted cheese inside, as well as a bit of tomato and lettuce red onions and horseradish plus I got a side Brocoli Creme soup. It was really good, I recommend it but beware if you get the full size Sandwich it's like 800+ calories or something gross.  By getting the soup instead it comes out to around 520.  P.S. Ask them to melt the cheese on the beef, they don't do it unless you ask and who wants a piece of cold cheese on roast beef?  "Til tomorrow, stay hungry San Diego.....err Boston.  (www.panerabread.com)

Austin Tehas - Sunday Gotta Go

Final day in Austin.  Woke up relatively hung over from Friday and Saturday.  My body was not happy  in from all the delicious but highly unhealthy food and alcoholic beverages I had binged on over the past two days.  I really struggled in the car until we made it to our destination and had some food. Our destination was this little Irish Pub on Sixth Street called B.D Rileys, a full on Patriots bar, which was convenient because the Patriots were on.


We ordered some tall pints of Guinness, which was a treat because I haven't had one in a few years believe it or not.  Anyway the atmosphere was real good.  When we first got there is was over-run by Bengals fans (wow that must suck...) but it was still a great football feel and everyone was really into the game.  They have a bunch of T.V's inside so it was as good as watching Red-Zone.



The waitress was a bit annoyed that we were only having Guinness and kept asking if we wanted to order food.  To be honest I wasn't really hungry at all; but finally Levine ordered some wings.  I had like 3 of them, when I was done my hands were totally clean, no sauce on my face etc. etc.  When Levine was done his hands were covered in sauce, he had sauce on his face; it was gross.  He might as well had just stuck is face into the plate and ate that way lol.  I don't know what is about some people they are just terrible at wing eating.  It's like yo bro - use two fingers don't grab it with your whole fist.


Right well anyway, after the first half of the pats I had to head to the airport.

 It was a great trip, Levine was a great host and I want to do it again next year if Levine is down.  Maybe we can get some more people to make the trek and enjoy a weekend partying.