Yesterday we got breakfast and lunch in from Balducci’s to eat during the video shoot, and everything they sent was delicious. I had a little tiny pastry with strawberry jam for breakfast, and a tasty veggie/whole wheat pita sandwich for lunch, along with fresh fruit, potato salad and some fancy cheese and crackers.
Today, on the other hand, they forgot to send breakfast, so someone from my office had to run out to Panera to grab bagels and cream cheese. And she had to place a last minute order from Chicken Out for lunch. Guess who doesn’t really feature any vegetarian options? That would be Chicken Out. They have chicken Caesar wraps, and barbeque chicken wraps, and Asian chicken wraps, and something that I think was turkey, but they definitely did not have any veggie options. I know this because I wasted a bunch of time doing the awkward “poke the wrap without touching it while trying not to hold up the line” maneuver. I had mashed potatoes and a quarter of a chocolate chip cookie for lunch, which is not exactly healthy.
Stupid Balducci’s. And this isn’t the first time they’ve screwed me either. We had some meetings over the summer and specifically requested a vegetarian sandwich for me, and they sent tuna as the veggie option. I believe that day I had yucky pasta salad and potato chips for lunch. Fancy potato chips, but again, not exactly healthy.
They may have all sorts of wonderful gourmet foods, but I have to say, I’m no fan of their catering practices.
As a vegetarian, I'm also very familiar with the whole "poke the wrap or sandwich to figure out what is in it" manuever. I'm so disappointed how some places have no veggie options at all. Whenever I mention that I'm vegetarian, everyone assumes that means I still eat chicken and fish!
No breakfast? Bastards!
There's a great Chinese restaurant in Seattle called Bamboo Garden that serves a slew of dishes called chicken this, chicken that. Except NONE of it is chicken. it's a vegeterian restaurant, so everything is tofu. But damn, they do indeed make that shit taste like chicken.
I can't believe a wrap place wouldn't have ONE faux chicken option. Philistines.