wanted a salad after the gym today, so decided to utilize the sugar voucher that i had bought. 

they had craft salads for $10, including 1 base, 5 toppings and 1 dressing, which was what i got. the house salads looked quite interesting actually- might try that out next time. 

the base was of lettuce, with an option of changing to a more premium base (spinach, from what it looks like) for an additional $1.50. the toppings available were quite standard- vegetables, fruits, nuts, some simple proteins, but they had cheese! awesome. so i picked edamame, alfalfa sprouts, parmesan cheese, egg, ham and avocado (i had six because the guy making my salad told me that i could have a free topping if i liked their facebook page- apparently that's their offer for april). then i saw that they had some special toppings on the board, and decided to get the sautéed mushrooms and sous vide chicken breast as well, for an additional $2.50 each. they do sirloin steak too, for an additional $4. 

they actually had quite a lot of interesting dressings- i picked miso sesame, after some deliberation. the dressing came in a shot glass, which was really cute. i liked that it came with a mini handle thing, which i presume is for me to flick the dressing over the salad, allowing control over how much dressing to put (i'm really not a dressing kind of person; most of the time i eat my salads plain). 

the salad came in a huge wooden bowl of generous portions. most salad bars are measly about portions and i usually leave feeling unsatisfied. this was different. i was actually full after eating it (and that's saying something). also helped that the salad was delicious, especially the sautéed mushrooms. the miso sesame dressing was on the sweet side, but i did like it. 

service was excellent. when i was leaving, the guy who served me noticed that i hadn't finished my dressing and was concerned if it was because i didn't like it. he also said that if i didn't like the dressing they would be okay to replace it with another one. wow, that's a first. i doubt most places would care enough to ask if we didn't finish our food. i reassured him that it wasn't because i didn't like it, but just that i'm not that much into salad dressings in general. for a place with no service charge (or even those with service charge), this was surprising (but in a good way). 

good service does make a difference. really liked this place. food was good and portions generous- which makes it stand out from all the other salad bars. prices are admittedly on the steep side, but i'll come back when i have a salad craving. 

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