December 22nd, 2010
The Office, Delray Beach, Florida, Restaurant, Review, Palm Beach County
I am going straight to the point. I had the best salad at The Office, located at 201 East Atlantic Ave. in Delray Beach. The telephone? 561-276-3600 and the website is www.theofficedelray.com.
I have told you many times that one of the most pleasant ways to eat is “al fresco”, especially on a gorgeous day. That’s what happened when my husband and I decided to get something for lunch during our stay in Delray in one of the very popular restaurants on trendy Atlantic Ave.
I wanted to see how The Office was doing. They opened about a year ago and on 1/16/10 I wrote a post on this blog. You can just click on the month of January 2010 and scroll down to the date.
The Office has a great corner in Delray; visible and plenty of outdoor dining. Two of their outdoor tables take “dining al fresco” seriously; practically on the street. I have sat on one of those and have enjoyed it so much.
On this day we sat outside, as well. As I sat down I noticed that the people on the next table were having a beautiful salad. So when our waitress came and I asked she said that it was not on the menu; it was a special that day but that people were really liking it.
Of course, I had to have it. I topped it just like those other people, with steak slices. My husband ordered it without the steak and just with olive oil and vinegar. Mine had a light Balsamic dressing.
Let me describe it to you. It was a Boston Lettuce. This lettuce is also known as Tom Thumb, Bibb, Butter, and Buttercrunch and is one of the 6 lettuces generally available for human consumption. It is a member of the butterhead family; velvety, butterlike texture of the leaves and truly delicious.
The salad also had a goat’s milk feta cheese and it also had very thin slivers of preserved lemons. The rind of the lemons is preserved for some time; afterwards, all you get is this lemony taste adding texture, color and flavor to the salad. The combination of all those ingredients with the steak just left me wanting more. I hope they put it on the menu.
We also ordered their Truffled Deviled Eggs with paprika and chives. Again, the deviled eggs were just as good as before, if not better.
We spent a few hours eating, chatting, and people watching. Nothing out of the ordinary; just a pleasant afternoon with good company in this Village by the Sea.
Talk to you later…..almost getting to the Christmas tree….have a good one!!
Note: Information for this post was taken from www.wisegeek.com.
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How pretty! Merry Christmas, a day later.
I put chives on my deviled eggs just like in the photo!