So, during this time of quarantining and stay at homing and not going crazy. . . ing, we have been trying to help support local businesses by ordering food from various restaurants on a regular basis. Not that my wife isn't a fantastic cook.
Because she is.
But these businesses are all working hard to try and stay afloat and I just hope and pray that they can manage to survive until people can start dining out again. So we are doing what we can and ordering from various types of restaurants. As we were researching places to try, a dear friend recommended that we check out Gregory Paul's.
"Prepared meals? What is this strange beast?" I thought to myself when my wife first mentioned it. Oh, I forgot to tell you that when I think to myself I sound like I'm straight out of a Charles Dickens novel. Yeah, I'm a bit weird that way.
"Methinks so as well dear friend."
Shhhh.
Anyway, we perused this week's menu and decided to give Gregory Paul's a try. And by try I mean that we placed an order for the hearts of palm salad, the eggplant parmesan and the pasta bolognese. We scheduled a convenient time for pick up and bam! it was done.
Easy peasy.
And I say that because the wife did both the ordering and the pick up.
Thanks honey! Isn't she the best? You know it!
Anyway, the food comes in great little containers that simply need to be heated up in the oven. As opposed to regular take out, it isn't a race home to see if it remains hot enough to eat. You do need to put these dishes in the oven. Which worked out just fine for us. It gave my wife time to do all of the other prep work before dinner.
Kidding!
I set the table.
I'm awesome.
The hearts of palm salad was delicious, filled with hearts of palm and other veggies. You know, the typical salad thing. We added some additional lettuce because there are 3 of us currently quarantining, but overall it was really good.
The eggplant parm was just what you would expect from, you know, eggplant parm. Cheese, breaded eggplant and sauce. Also included? Basil. Which really added to the dish. The eggplant wasn't greasy and the breading was certainly not overpowering. The red sauce was very well done. And the amount was deceiving. Although the order states that it feeds 2, it was more than enough for 3 people. In addition we ordered the pasta bolognese. Which I loved. The meat sauce was tender and tasty. Be forewarned that it does have carrots in it. My wife would have preferred it without. I have no idea if that is how traditional Bolognese sauce is prepared (I'm lucky I even know how to type bolognese let alone know what's supposed to be in it) but overall I thought the dish was fantastic. The two dishes together (along with the salad) was way more food than 3 people should eat.
I of course finished most of it.
urp.
At the end of the day, we really enjoyed our first experience with ordering from Gregory Paul's. And we certainly look forward to the different items that will be available on future menus. If you are looking to support local businesses then I would definitely recommend that you give this place a try!
Now I'm off to read A Tale of Two Cities! "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. . ." read more