Hello fellow foodies how are your taste buds today? It's a rainy day today so I wanted something quick and warm to eat. Normally I go to lunch at Noon every day but today I had to go earlier due a work task at my job. No big deal I went an hour earlier.
Today I decided to go a place that served fast food Italian. This is a small chain restaurant that it located in about half of the State here. Some of the food is cheap tasting while some of it is not too bad. If you order the discounted lunch meal combo plan on a less pleasant meal. Afterall sometimes you get what you paid for.
After paying for my food they gave me two bread sticks. The nice thing about these bread sticks it's all you can eat bread sticks. The bread sticks are pretty good here. A perfect mix of dough with just the right amount of butter and garlic. They almost melt in your mouth. I've been to some nice Italian restaurants and like these ones more.
I head to the side of the restaurant where no one is seating. Ok it wasn't packed but on the other side there were two tables being used. I set my bread sticks down along with a drink I got. I got a strawberry frozen italian ice. My first drink I didn't really taste anything because I got a huge brain freeze, ouch. It was a strong one as I felt it in my head and chest. After about 45 seconds I gained my senses back. I didn't take another drink for quite sometime. Actually I ended up taking the Italian ice with me when I left. I did have a drink or two with my meal. It wasn't the best frozen ice I have ever had. It could have been mixed better and used a few more strawberries . It was really tasty at the very bottom where all the strawberries were, lol.
My choice of a dish was the loaded baked spaghetti. It was a simple but delicious dish and paired up nicely with the bread sticks which I dipped into it occasionally. The bottom layer of the dish contained spaghetti and sauce. It was overloaded with meatballs, italian sausage, and mushrooms. It was covered with melted mozzarella cheese. For added flavor I added a few shakes of parmesan cheese and a dash or two of pepper. I had to wait for it to cool down some, that led to getting two more bread sticks, hehe.
Overall not a bad lunch. The bread sticks are the staple of this place. They just can't do them any better IMO. My main dish was pretty tasty and very full filling. I felt it was a little light on the cheese other than that every else was great. The meatballs were good size, tender, and fully cooked. The sausage were decent size portions and the taste was good. The mushrooms were of good quantity and quality. The spaghetti was enough and was full cooked. The sauce was just right and went well with the the rest of the ingredients.
I give the overall experience a 8 ot 10. Bread sticks get a 10 of 10. Main dish gets a 8 of 10 and the drink gets a low 5 out 10. I should have just had a water or an unsweetened tea. It would have saved me a few dollars.
Well this the end of my food diary for today as I just had coffee for breakfast. It was more than enough food and I probably won't be eating much for dinner. Take care, be safe and don't eat too much. Have a great rest of your weekend.