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YOU CAN EAT THAT: Dining out with Barb: Adventures in DC in trying to eat out healthfully
By robyn | July 22, 2008
Well Barb and I reconnected after my trip and her busy schedule to sit down and begin our reviews of places to eat in DC that won’t break the fat budget. But we try to select places that are a bit hard, so there is a bit of a challenge there.
And here was our new challenge. How to navigate a favorite DC haunt; the Daily Grill ( at M and 18th Streets, NW)
After perusing a lengthy, but of so calorific menu, here is where our food selection skills paid off.
There was nothing and I mean nothing on the menu for lunch as is that would have done a body good. Except for ordering the salmon at $23 for lunch( I never mind spending money on my body, but at $23 for lunch, come on)
So what did we end up doing. I ordered a bowl of the gazpacho soup and a side salad and barb has the salad too, but the shrimp cocktail instead of the soup.
Was it good? Yes, the gazpacho was tangy and cooling and had lots of cooked strands of sweet onions added ( a nice touch, I love onions), but the side salad was just ordinary. Barb’s shrimp were large and tender and for sure satisfying.
So sometimes in a restaurant, you just can’t deconstruct menu items to suit your diet. Everything in this restaurant was large portions of meats, sandwiches, burgers, steaks and the like; there was nothing to mix and match with. Sometimes you have to look up in the appetizer sections and piece things together. As we did.
But a good lesson here for those who may be stuck with a restaurant not of their choice and who are serious about making the meal as healthy as it can be.
Next up: We are going to a National Game soon and will report from the “trenches” so to speak on the food offerings for baseball fans everywhere!
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