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My carnivore soul might have been burning when I walked through those doors, but, an all I can eat salad bar, c'mon now!
I was thrilled to find a place like this as they're nearly extinct in Minnesota (except for some lunch places downtown, and Qcumbers I believe). The process was a bit confusing at first. I stepped in, and BAM, salad bar right there, no explanation of what to do, which was kind of strange. So, just grabbed a tray and some plates and went at it like a mad man.
Prepared salads, very good. The broccoli salad was a nice, prepared caesar salad was solid. The ingredients were fresh and a work was always changing things out, which was great to see. I did have a slight concern for the eggs. I'm not sure if it was just the prep method of what looked like grinded together, but, getting them onto the plate was like dropping a ball of mashed up, clingy tofu onto the plate. I'm thinking it was just because they weren't sliced, but, ground together... which was odd to say the least.
I grabbed a couple of the muffins, because, how could a man pass up a muffin? Blueberry was VERY good. Apple Cinnamon, totally forgettable. Flavor was a mix between cinnamon and baking powder. So, skip that.
Soups... blah. Tasteless. The chicken noodle was extremely blah. Others, nothing worth even noting, even the Thai Shrimp & Udon Noodle was a total miss and tasteless.
Didn't go for the pastas or baked taters, wasn't feeling the starches.
My last comment, because I'm a meat eating monster, very little protein options available for the salads. Some eggs and cheeses, and that's about it (soy beans maybe too, can't remember totally). But, I ended up taking some boiled chicken from the chicken noodle soup and throwing it in the salad, tossing with the red wine vinaigrette and enjoying it that way.
Will that stop me from going back or wrecking a few plates of greens next time? Heck no!
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