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    Friday
    20Nov2009

    Today's Order: Lemongrass Grill

    The Order:

    It was getting late for lunch and I had just tweeted about it, so after a quick chat (Me: Wanna have Thai food? AnnMarie: Sure) Lemongrass Grill became our dining decision. AnnMarie ordered Pad See You noodles, or as they call it "Fun in Black", and I opted for the very similar La(r) Nard, or as they call it, Noodle Nana. Really love those names.

    The Meal:

    AnnMarie did the honors of picking up our order and had no problems. When she got back to the office and I took my dish out of the bag, I was suprised to see that it was packaged like a soup. I definitely hadn't realized that was the case when I ordered it, but I just emptied it out into a bowl and quickly got over the shock. That said, had I known what I was getting into, I probably would have ordered differently. Not to say that my Noodle Nana with beef was bad, just that it wasn't exactly what I was looking for. The noodles and beef were both decent and I liked the Chinese broccoli. I just didn't get much benefit out of the soup aspect of the dish and would have preferred simply the ingredients and a sauce.

    Soup, again?As for AnnMarie, she liked the idea of Pad See You (this was her first time ordering it), but didn't love this version. Her Fun in Black featured chicken that was good and there was plenty of it, and same with the noodles. Problem was it just lacked that special something to put it over the top. She'll keep looking though.

    Where's the beef? Oh yeah, AnnMarie ordered chicken.Overall, our meal from Lemongrass Grill was solid, but unspectacular. It filled us up and made us satisfied, but wasn't the kind of food that had us screaming more.

    Check out Lemongrass Grill's menu here and feel free to give us recommendations for future orders!

    Previous Orders:

    Hakata Grill (11.20.09)

    Dolcino Trattoria Toscana (11.6.09)

    Ethos (10.30.09)

    Salmon River (10.22.09)

    Thursday
    19Nov2009

    New Restaurants

    Ovelia Loukaniko from Ovelia Psistaria BarWe're getting a little November Rain today in the New York Metro area, so how about you take advantage of it and order online from a new SeamlessWeb restaurant?

    Feel like braving the elements? Order for pick up at either Australian or San Marzano Brick Oven Pizzeria!

    Have a restaurant that you would like to see added to the site? Send us an e-mail and we'll make sure to do our best to bring them aboard.

    Friday
    13Nov2009

    Today's Order: Hakata Grill

    The Order:

    It had been awhile since we had a good old-fashioned Japanese lunch special, so we turned to a SeamlessWeb classic: Hakata Grill. AnnMarie and I liked the fact that they had a lot of interesting and different bento boxes, so we both chose one. Since I usually order a two or three roll maki lunch special during the week, I opted for the Salmon & Tuna Box Lunch. It came with four pieces of sushi (two of each fish) and I chose a California roll, asparagus, seaweed salad, and shumai to go with it. AnnMarie decided to skip sushi and chose the Grilled Tofu Bento Lunch Special. She got it with brown rice and four sides (!), selecting assorted greens, seaweed salad, spinach, and tamago. A veritable vegetarian feast.

    The Meal:

    The food took a little longer to arrive than we would have liked, but once it got here, it was nicely packaged and each bento box looked lovely. I decided to treat my seaweed salad, shumai, and California roll as appetizers, saving the sushi as the main course and the asparagus as a side. The seaweed salad was solid and standard, the shumai tasted good too, and the California roll was a nice palate cleanser. The pieces of tuna and salmon were large and flavorful. They seemed fresh and were definitely high quality. My only issue was that the asparagus was a little too smoky from what I assume was some sort of grill.

    View from aboveAnnMarie thought her tofu was great and loved the sauce, along with the large portion size. She also really liked the tamago (about which she learned a lot from Wikipedia!) and the fact that she had so many options.

    View from above, part 2, featuring tofuHakata Grill is a good choice when you want to get out of a maki lunch special rut. With a plethora of interesting bento box combinations and a lot of freedom in your selection, you could order here all the time and never have the same thing twice.

    Check out Hakata Grill's menu here and feel free to give us recommendations for future orders!

    Previous Orders:

    Dolcino Trattoria Toscana (11.6.09)

    Ethos (10.30.09)

    Salmon River (10.22.09)

    Nirvana (10.16.09)

    Thursday
    12Nov2009

    SeamlessWebber of the Week: Maureen

    Every Thursday, a different SeamlessWeb customer tells us about how he or she orders from the site. This week, we've got Maureen, a med student who knows that SeamlessWeb is ALWAYS "just what the doctor ordered":

    Name: Maureen

    Age: 26

    Occupation: Medical Student, Hip-Hop Impresario

    How and When Did You Discover SeamlessWeb? SeamlessWeb discovered me in a fur company casting call back around 1954. I was modeling professionally in Manhattan at the time, having just come home to the States after a grand tour of Italy, and SeamlessWeb, who was then on staff at the fur company as a junior copywriter, sent me the loveliest mink coat after the shoot. We were married within the year.

    Where Do You Use SW? It is all very careless and confused. We are careless people, SeamlessWeb and me—we smash up things and creatures and then retreat back into our money or our vast carelessness, or whatever it is that keeps us together, and let other people clean up the mess we have made.

    Favorite Kind of Food: Mint chocolate chip ice cream (the chocolate is from Kells' eponymous Factory).

    Least Favorite Kind of Food: Not sure. Maybe American cheese? My least favorite food policy is the kind that keeps supermarket owners and employees out of "food deserts" in many parts of this city. Please support UFCW Local 1500 in its efforts to add good food and good job standards to New York City's Food Retail Expansion to Support Health (FRESH).

    Favorite Place(s) to Order From on SW? Ethos in Murray Hill. I love a restaurant chain that wears its spirit and values system in its name. I also like free pita bread and pastry. (Ed: We love Ethos too!)

    Least Favorite Thing About Calling Restaurants? They only ever call me back when they need a favor.

    Closest Previous Brush with Internet Fame? Arianna Huffington invited me to be one of her first Facebook friends. (Ed: How long did she wait before inviting you to contribute on HuffPo?)

    Favorite Celebrity Chef? Did you know that Jack Kerouac died of a brain hemorrhage while he was watching The Galloping Gourmet? Coolio. (Ed: The Kerouac story may be apocryphal!)

    Favorite Cartoon Growing Up? Tony Kornheiser

    What Superpower Do You Wish You Had? Heavy lifting

    In the Past Year, What's the Latest You've Stayed Up and Why? I stayed up for about 40 hours over one weekend in May (concert here, brother's college graduation in the Midwest). America is a pageant, people! Don't miss out!

    Plans for Tonight? Supercalifragilistic-ketoacidosis. I should probably study. (Ed: Re: ketoacidosis, if you don't know, now you know.)

    E-mail us at myseamlessweb@seamlessweb.com if you'd like to be the next Webber of the Week or if you'd like to suggest a friend!

    Monday
    09Nov2009

    New Restaurants (Pick Up)

    Iron Horse Burger from Black Iron Burger ShopIt's 15 degrees warmer than normal today and supposed to stay above 60 tomorrow, so it's a great time to order SeamlessWeb for Pick Up! Skip the line, save some time, and enjoy yourself outside with food from one of these fine restaurants:

    Pick Up ordering is available at over 2,000 SeamlessWeb restaurants all over New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and London. Let us know where you'd like to see it next!

    Have a restaurant that you would like to see added to the site? Send us an e-mail and we'll make sure to do our best to bring them aboard.

    Friday
    06Nov2009

    Today's Order: Dolcino Trattoria Toscana

    The Order:

    While I miss the idea, value, and deliciousness of 3-course meals for lunch from Delivery Week, I don't miss the guilty feeling I got when I couldn't finish my meal in one sitting. I'm just not a big leftovers guy, so to get back in the saddle today, AnnMarie and I ordered Italian. I am a big carbs guy. The restaurant? Dolcino Trattoria Toscana. I liked their menu of pasta standbys and selected the Rigatoni Siciliana (with fresh tomatoes, eggplant, and ricotta cheese). AnnMarie chose the Rigatoni Buttero (with peas, sweet and hot Italian sausage, and a touch of cream) and we determined to let the best rigatoni win.

    The Meal:

    When we opened the bag, we were greeted with a treat. In addition to our pastas, we got what may have been a variation of eggplant caponata, along with two big, soft pieces of bread. A lovely start to the meal. The eggplant made for a perfect topping to the bread and we were on our way. My rigatoni was loaded with more cheese than I expected, but it was very good. I tried to combine as many bites as I could with all the ingredients and would definitely order it again. It was a large portion, but one I was able to finish off pretty easily.

    Up close and personal with a whole lot of ricottaAnnMarie enjoyed her lunch very much. The sausage was ground up, the peas hit the spot, and the cream was light and just right. Add some perfectly cooked al dente pasta and the recipe for success was complete. The generous portion even ended up being enough for two meals!

    Can you see the extra peas?The rigatoni competition ended in a draw this time so I think we just have to try again and we think that you should too. Order from Dolcino Trattoria Toscana yourself and let us know what you think!

    Check out Dolcino Trattoria Toscana's menu here and feel free to give us recommendations for future orders!

    Previous Orders:

    Ethos (10.30.09)

    Salmon River (10.22.09)

    Nirvana (10.16.09)

    Pampano Taqueria (10.9.09)