For a light lunch today before meeting up with Linh, I popped over to O'briens Irish Sandwich Bar at Citylink Mall for a Tropical Tossed Salad ($7.60). A simple salad of mixed leaves, watercress, shredded chicken breast that have been seasoned lightly, mango and orange cubes, raisins and cucumber, all tossed together with a sweet citrus dressing. For $7.60, this was an expensive salad but quite satisfying nonetheless.
The greens and reds of the leaves, contrasted by the orange of the fruits with the occasional spinkling of the black raisins contained within a huge white bowl was appealing for the eyes as well. For the purpose of asthetics, the guy behind the counter did not toss the salad, so it is a job that you have to do (quite tediously) yourself, hoping you do not get bits of chicken and lettuces flying everywhere. The dressing went really well with the salad and the subtle seasoning of pepper and salt of the chicken was quite a surprise for me - the chicken looked plain and bland in the display.
O'briens is a place that I would stop by at if i happen to be passing through city hall or a quick and fulfilling meal. I have tried a few of their wrappos before, one was the Houmous Wrappo (a tortilla wrap filled generously with hommus, sundried tomatoes, toasted peppers anmd mixed leaves) and another which i picked and chose the filling. I say, go there for the sandwiches and wraps which always seem to be bursting with colour and filling - it isn't called a sandwich bar for nothing. The occasional salad, ehh, maybe. Next time I go through Citylink Mall, I'll definately drop by again. Its a great place to read a book over a lunch as well - I seem to be doing a lot of that lately.
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