Table for five

I had arranged a lunch get together with some of my old class mates and one of our instructors for today and while I was at the restaurant, I forgot to take pictures. I guess it's been awhile since I really got into it and made it a habit to do so. To make up for my forgetfulness, I'll display an old picture I took years ago when I had lunch with my family at a restaurant called Ricky's Restaurant.

Anyway, we were to meet up at the college around 1PM to get a chance to chat with some of our previous instructors and to play the catch up game with each other. After a brief conversation we left the school and went to Moxies, which, was very close by. We were escorted to a table for five. All of us just had a glass of regular water. We didn't bother with the drinks, but their special was Bellini. Their special is always Bellini!

One of my friend and I ordered the Clubhouse Sandwich. Is has thinly sliced turkey, tomatoes, lettuce, swiss and cheddar cheese on either brown or white toast. It also came with, either, fries of salad. The instructor ordered the Cajun Chicken Caesar Salad and the other two ordered Salmon with Naan Bread and Club Salad.

The Salmon with Naan Bread is a pan seared filet of salmon on grilled naan bread with fresh lettuce, tomatoes, caramelized onions and garlic caper aioli, served with spring mix with feta and cranberries.

The Club Salad is crisp tempura chicken, crumbled bacon, chopped eggs, sliced cucumber and tomato wedges on fresh mixed greens, tossed in a peppercorn-dijon dressing and served with banana bread.

The banana bread was AWFUL! Dried and tasteless. I have no idea what the others thought about what they ordered, but the clubhouse sandwich was alright. It wasn't awesome, but it wasn't bad. It had really crispy bacon and I could really taste the cheese, but the lettuce was starting to get old and the Caesar salad wasn't that great either. The romaine lettuce tasted quite bitter, but that's normal if the head of lettuce was picked at a much later stage than when it's picked earlier. Too bad I didn't take any pictures, but here's a picture I took a few years back when I was at Ricky's Restaurant.

I had ordered the grilled chicken breast on focaccia bread with sliced tomatoes, lettuce, cheddar cheese and onion rings that came with a Caesar salad. The portion of the bread was huge and the sauce that was drizzle over the sandwich was quite salty. It was probably some standard BBQ hickory sauce that came out of a store bought bottle. Overall, the sandwich and the Caesar salad was pretty good. They used grated Parmesan cheese and just the right amount of dressing for the salad instead of masking it up with the over-powering dressing.



Location:

Moxie's Classic Grill
180 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC
V6B 4P4
1-604-684-8434
http://www.moxies.ca