I went to lunch today with six friends at Black Canyon Restaurant, a restaurant that I hadn't been to in years. It was a farewell lunch for one of our number who is moving to Arizona and someone else in our group picked the restaurant.
We had a wonderful time and the food was delicious. Our waiter seemed very amiable so I decided to try something a little different.
I do not like lettuce so I don't often order salads in restaurants but they had one on the menu today that was very appealing - Thai Peanut salad. It contained two kinds of lettuce, cabbage, udon noodles, peanuts, carrots, avocado, cherry tomatoes, scallions, toasted coconut, mint and salmon (my protein choice) with a Thai dressing.
What I did that was different (at least for me) was ask our waiter if I could have the salad without the lettuce? I told her that I knew it would be smaller but that was fine. She said yes, as if this was a common request. Maybe it is? The salad, when it came, still nearly filled the bowl, and it was delicious. Also, I was able to eat every savory bite without leaving a bunch of lettuce in my bowl.
It occurred to me, as I was eating the salad, that this was a freshly made salad, not one that had been pre-mixed. One more positive aspect. I think I may try this experiment at some other restaurants and see how many can make a lettuce free salad. Meanwhile I may have to go back to Black Canyon soon.
I know my spouse will go with me because they had French onion soup on the menu and also a really delicious looking wedge salad, his favorite.
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