Mescluns

i was brought to Mescluns - this salad bar in Citylink Mall next to TCC - today and I really like it!

I’m not one to rave about salads, but those on offer at Mescluns are good stuff. You get to choose what goes into your salad from more than 35 different items, adding $3.50 for a soup and fresh juice if desired. It comes up to a fairly substantial meal – even I who usually demands rice for lunch was full from lunch and remained so till dinner.

What I liked were not only the sizable portions but the variety of ingredients on offer. I ordered Essentials, the cheapest salad on offer at $6.50. This entitled me to:

• 1 choice of greens – baby spinach, romaine, iceberg, mesclun, etc
• 4 basic ingredients – boiled egg, tomato, cucumber, carrot, cherry tomato, mushroom, sweet corn, beetroot, couscous, olive, pasta, tofu, parmesan and many others
• a choice of complementary items – fried onion, spring onion, crouton, seaweed, etc
• salad dressing – i was amazed by the variety as there were at least 9 different ones, including caesar, pesto mayonaise, french djion mayonaise, blue cheese and something, sundried tomato vinaigrette, raspberry vinigrette.

there were also other ingredients such as turkey bacon, roast chicken, etc, which are available if you order the more expensive salads. The salad is also well tossed and comes in a sizable bowl, something which made me quite happy.

Those who don’t want to mix their own salad can also order from one of Mescluns’ salad creations (like the good old Caesar, Feta and Olive, etc) or go for their sandwiches and wraps.

Really worth checking out; I fancy heading there again sometime soon!

For pictures from their Circular Road outlet (the original), see here, here and here.