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| - As I write this, I am suffering from the biggest food hangover from Charcut Roast House.
I went for lunch with two of my friends from work, and were all in agreement that an extra $5 or less per person for lunch is totally worth it, when you get an unbelievable meal like today.
Our experience started when a pleasant waitress came by and offered us still or sparkling water (nice touch!).
When we got into our menu, we saw that they have homemade sodas. There was about six different types to choose from, so I chose what I considered the most unique, which was a Jalopeno Basil soda. It sounds weird, but the truth is, it was extremely tasty and refreshing. It was served in a tall, thin icy glass. Other flavors that were available today were: strawberry, raspberry, vanilla and lemongrass ginger.
Lunch - we all had a really tough time with the menu, because everything sounded so fabulous.
I ended up choosing the "Charcut Lunch All At Once" which came with their soup of the day (a golden tomato bisque), the daily sandwich (which was a beautiful pulled beef sandwich), a pickle and a bag of warm cookies (which I upgraded for $2 to a cheesecake). My one friend got the same, and my other friend got the meatball sandwich with soup and baked cookies.
First the soup: The daily soup changes daily, but my experience of THIS golden tomato bisque soup is that it was FULL of flavor. Even though it was tomato, it was yellow in color (hence the golden, I guess) and to me, it didn't taste like tomato, but something much, much better. I know that's not really helpful, because the flavor is hard to describe. But it is savoury, flavorful and delicious. All I can say is - don't miss out on the soup!
The pickle - delicious. It tastes like a home made pickle. I ate it all, and was glad it was on my plate. 'nuff said...
The sandwich... mmmmm barbeque sauce was tasty, the beef was so tender you barely had to chew it (but I did, to aid in the digestion process). The sandwich was small, about a 3" square on foccacia bread. All of us were moaning in delight while we were eating it, with a raised eyebrow, nodding in approval as we looked at each other. Seriously, seriously good.
The parmesan fries were REALLY good. I have read reviews raving about the parmesan fries. If I had a choice of soup or fries, I would have taken the soup. However, as far as fries go, they were extremely tasty. What was really impressive, is instead of ketchup, they provided a "tomato jam" in a bowl. How was it? Nom nom nom nom nom..... delish!
Last, but not least. The cheesecake. OMG... the cheesecake. I was so full by the time I left there, I had to take my cheesecake back to the office. My colleague also got the cheesecake, and I figure it would only be fitting to share with you our IM thread when we both ate our dessert:
My colleague:
Oh Dear God!
Me:
Seriously??? Can you even believe how friggin' good that is? How did they fit heaven in a cup that small?
My colleague:
It was too much - even though I am full I could not wait! Who knew heaven could be found right here at my desk?
Me:
I know!! I plowed mine back, fighting with every spoonful because I'm so friggin' full. but I couldn't put my spoon down.
My colleague:
:) does not begin to describe how this makes me feel.
Me: I mourned a little when I threw the little paper cup in the trash....
My colleague:
Broken heart icon is flashed on my screen.
The short story here, #Charcut made three women very, very happy today. What a way to start the long weekend!
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