Pasta Pass Challnege - Week 2
Calories: 13,663
Carbs: 1,164g
Protein: 1,023g
Fat: 707g
The server actually cut me off... just as I entered my refill order, she said "I'm closing you out" and gave me the bill :( I was nearly full but not really full... it's pretty disappointing.
I won't be back to this location tomorrow, but I'll come back Wednesday and eat extra food to make this worth it.
Orders:
Salad: 1X with dressing
Main order: Fettucine, Creamy Garlic, Shrimp
Refills: 1X grilled chicken, 1X veggies, 1X Fettucine, 1X Creamy Garlic
I'm going with a friend today, who doesn't have pasta pass. Let's find out if I can actually eat as much as I hope to to make it worth it for the both of us! We ended up going to the NYC Times Square location, which is a horrible location for two reasons. First reason is that it's full of tourists since it's New York. Second reason is because of all the tourists, it's tourist pricing. The Olive Garden at Times Square NYC is 50% more than any other Olive Garden, it seems.
Orders:
Salad: 1X with dressing
Main order: Whole grain linguine, Meat Sauce, Shrimp
Refills: 4X grilled chicken, 2X veggies, 1X Whole Grain Linguine, 1X Meat Sauce
Very disappointing portion sizes today. The chicken refills were maybe 15-20% of what a normal refill should be. So while I ordered 6 refills, I count that as 2 full orders.
Orders:
Soup: 1X chicken gnocci, 1X minestrone
1X breadstick
Main order: Whole Grain Linguine, Meat Sauce, Shrimp
Refills: 6X grilled chicken, 3X veggies, 1X Whole Grain Linguine, 1X Meat Sauce
Better portion sizes at the Harlem location!
Orders:
Salad: 1X with dressing, 1X without
2X breadstick
Main order: Whole Grain Linguine, Meat Sauce, Shrimp
Refills: 6X grilled chicken, 3X veggies, 1X Whole Grain Linguine, 1X Meat Sauce
This was the "take forever" day... where a soup refill took 40 minutes to come. And the soup is already preapred in advance, just need to pour it on. I guess I wouldn't be as annoyed if I had brought my laptop or other reading material, but since I didn't, the waits for the food became very annoying.
Orders:
Soup: 1X minestrone
Main order: Whole Grain Linguine, Meat Sauce, Shrimp
Refills: 4X grilled chicken, 3X veggies, 1X Shrimp
I went to Olive Garden twice today. I'll combine the lunch and dinner items into one post for convenience.
Orders:
Salad: 1X with dressing
Soup: 1X minestrone
Main order: Whole Grain Linguine, Creamy Mushroom, Shrimp (finished about half the pasta and sauce)
Main order: Whole Grain Linguine, Meat Sauce, Shrimp
Refills: 5X grilled chicken, 5X veggies
I actually cheated today. I had a networking and career fair event during the daytime, so I couldn't go to Olive Garden for lunch. After that, I was meeting someone at the Metropolitan Museum in NYC, so didn't have time to eat in between. I ended up grabbing a bean burrito at Taco Bell (~400 calories).
I tried to make up for it by having two dinners!
Orders:
Salad: 1X with dressing, 2X without
Soup: 1X minestrone, 1X zuppa toscana
Main order: Whole Grain Linguine, Meat Sauce, Chicken
Main order: Chicken only
Refills: 2X grilled chicken, 2X veggies, 1X shrimp
Breadsticks: 2X