ronnie_suburban wrote:... it was a pleasure to pull up during our designated 15-minute window and have our order placed in the car and checked almost instantly. We were driving back home with dinner no more than 2 minutes after we arrived. Total professionals.
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JoelF wrote:ronnie_suburban wrote:... it was a pleasure to pull up during our designated 15-minute window and have our order placed in the car and checked almost instantly. We were driving back home with dinner no more than 2 minutes after we arrived. Total professionals.
The only thing that would have helped would be a note "hey, we'll be at the east end of the construction site". Coming from the west, we pulled in at the other end and they weren't visible, we wandered around for a bit.
DClose wrote:pick up in Wilmette, plus it comes with a "free" $25 gift card to Backyard BBQ (site of the pick up).
Bok Choy Jr wrote:Re oatmeal cream pie: sounds like they were channeling the snack pie, made famous by Little Debbie and others. E.g. as seen here.
chgoeditor wrote:Did anyone else find it odd that the February subscriptions include pork shoulder for two of the three meals? We were ready to try it, and have nothing against pork shoulder, but we're looking for a little bit more variety over the course of three meals.
cilantro wrote:chgoeditor wrote:Did anyone else find it odd that the February subscriptions include pork shoulder for two of the three meals? We were ready to try it, and have nothing against pork shoulder, but we're looking for a little bit more variety over the course of three meals.
Keep in mind that the different pick-up locations have different menus, so you may prefer one of the suburban locations if it’s not too inconvenient for you.
I will say that the braised pork shoulder and squid from Avec was our favorite entree of the January offerings. The salads have also been very enjoyable. Oddly, desserts have been pretty underwhelming —you’d think that would be something easy to get right. Our tres leches was also dry and the “fruit compote” was a few pieces of pineapple. Just give me a slice of tart or something.
ronnie_suburban wrote:Our upcoming February subscription doesn't fully double up on any of the proteins. Yes, two meals include chicken but one's a tagine and the other is one of two taco fillings.
ronnie_suburban wrote:But what did strike me as odd was that all three of the non-dessert items tonight were heavy on olives. They were atop the baba ganouj in the form of a tapenade, included whole/pitted in the tabouleh-style cauliflower salad, and were applied heavily in the tagine-style chicken.
JoelF wrote:ronnie_suburban wrote:But what did strike me as odd was that all three of the non-dessert items tonight were heavy on olives. They were atop the baba ganouj in the form of a tapenade, included whole/pitted in the tabouleh-style cauliflower salad, and were applied heavily in the tagine-style chicken.
If not for the cauliflower, SueF would call that many olives a perfect meal.
ronnie_suburban wrote:JoelF wrote:ronnie_suburban wrote:But what did strike me as odd was that all three of the non-dessert items tonight were heavy on olives. They were atop the baba ganouj in the form of a tapenade, included whole/pitted in the tabouleh-style cauliflower salad, and were applied heavily in the tagine-style chicken.
If not for the cauliflower, SueF would call that many olives a perfect meal.
Haha. Well, I really like olives, too but this was a bit much.
porkupine wrote:We had our 2nd meal of our 3 weeks supper club and I am super disappointed.
2nd week was Big Star.. bbq. (we did not notice that). The quantity of food was barely enough for one person. For $55 we got a small chunk of cornbread that had little flavor, a wedge salad with 4 croutons, and a small peach cobbler.
The chicken portion was laughably small in such a large container. I had to make a second dinner to complement. Definitely won't do this again, regardless of how good the next meal is. We had Roister/Alinea last weekend which was so much higher quality and quantity for almost half the price.