Thursday 17 July 2008

Guest Reviews: Berry Burst Luncheon

Trinity United (Rose Bay) Unit 2
Berry Burst Salad Luncheon
July 16, 2008




Menu: turkey salad, potato salad, cranberry jello, salad vegetables, home-made roll, choice of blueberry or strawberry shortcake, and juice.
Price $8.00.

As expected, frozen berries in the shortcake and small scoops of the salads....too bad it wasn't as good as the previous luncheon. Still, I enjoyed mine!

Here is KT's take on the luncheon:

Being an adult with a discerning palette I decided to start with the Strawberry Shortcake. Big mistake – I should have listened to Baroing as he clearly stated his displeasure last year with the soggy cakes. Quite a disappointment to be eating frozen strawberries – especially this time of year!

Thankfully the main part of the lunch made up for what was clearly lacking in my shortcake. The lunch consisted of a turkey salad, two generous helpings of potato salad, a bun, a slice of cheese and a scrumptious offering of cranberry sauce. I for one am a big fan of the cranberry sauce as it offers a nice contrast to the turkey. I immediately began to construct an open sandwich consisting of a large dollop of turkey salad, a nice smearing of cranberry sauce, a piece of very fresh and crisp leaf lettuce and my small offering of cheese. Delightful!

I was a little disappointed that the lunch did not offer up one more bun as I had a lot of turkey salad left over and it just wasn’t the same without my well constructed sandwich. The potato salad was also quite nice. I found that there was just the right amount of crunch and not too much mayonnaise, a nice balance. Perhaps next year they will consider fresh berries and maybe a macaroni salad as opposed to two generous scoops of potato salad.

Next year I’m going with the blueberry shortcake and I’m gonna steal someone else’s buttered bun!

And here is KG's review of the lunch:

Vegetarian Version:
Meat was replaced by a boiled egg and extra sliver of cheese, which was slightly redundant since there was already three scoops of potato salad. I saved the egg for the following day's breakfast because there was so much food I couldn't finish it all. Strawberry shortcake was sweet. :)