Sunday, February 8, 2009

'Your Daily Eatery'

Usually when you think of going to a restaurant, you think of going to either an Italian or maybe Thai restaurant. Instead of going to one certain cultural background restaurant, wouldn’t it be nice to be able to choose a meal from of any genre than having to travel long distances to get to each different restaurant? Well you don’t need to wish anymore. Right in the town of Natick, there is a Fresh City take out and sit in. Its fresh take on restaurant eating is refreshing and makes every visit worth taking.

The fresh taste that lingers in your mouth after you take a bite proves it's a well chosen name. It isn’t a typical restaurant in that it serves Mexican food, Chinese food, Italian food, and just ordinary soups and sandwiches. Also, their smoothie bar is delectable with all different flavors of fruit smoothies. Their soup specials of the day are worth trying since none are near the same flavors. Each time is a pleasant surprise, and if the soup isn’t enough to fill you up, you can always order a side salad from the salad bar area. As sort of a light desert, they always have a free, fresh supply of baked cinnamon pita chips. The sweetness and simplicity of each chip is addicting and they are always baked to a perfect crisp. They aren’t too rich or fattening so it’s a good type of snack.

The service is also wonderfully quick and easy since you don’t have to wait forever for your waiter to come and take your order. It is an eatery, or a self service type of restaurant. All that is required is to go up to the bar of food and ask them to create your meal and they make it right there in front of you. It is quick and easy and the workers are always kind and helpful. They are definitely all well-trained.

Though all their food is great tasting, the best meal is from the Chinese section. Now, every time I go to Fresh City, I never stray far from this meal. I say this because, for your meal, you can choose what type of noodle or rice you want, what kind of sauce, what types of vegetables, and what kind of meat you want. It’s fun to play around a little and try different sauces or use some more vegetables. Yet my favorite combination is the Kung Pao Sauce cooked with Lo Mien noodles, chicken, corn, and water crests. The sauce is what makes the meal so special though. It is one of the more mild sauces that is salty with a tang of sweetness hidden in it. The way they cook it in a deep wok makes all the difference. It really allows all the ingredients to evenly mix together causing a blast of flavor right in my mouth. The feeling creates a burst of spontaneity that makes me want to bust out dancing every time. This excitement from food can only be found at Fresh City where only the freshest food is served.

Hope you all get a chance to this place out!

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4 comments:

  1. Positives: You definitly convinced me to do to Fresh City. It reminds me a lot of my favorite restaurant Fire and Ice. And your writing was very detailed.

    Negatives: I found this sentence be be a little to fresh. "Its fresh take on restaurant eating is refreshing and makes every visit worth taking." Maybe it would be better to find a different word besides fresh.

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  2. Definetly made me hungry while readying this. Nice organization and specific reasons on why you love this place.
    Its fresh take on restaurant eating (should be It's)
    great job!

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  3. Olivia,
    you have a lot of details and you always describe the food really well. you had a lot of details about the resturaunt and you convinced me that i should go there. the only thing that you might want to not say fresh so many times in the first two paragraphs.

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  4. There are extra words and missing words in this sentence: "Instead of going to one certain cultural background restaurant, wouldn’t it be nice to be able to choose a meal from of any genre than having to travel long distances to get to each different restaurant?"

    Nine times out of ten, starting a sentence with "well" is a mistake.

    Often I warn of overwriting, but here you can try to go for a bit more : "Their soup specials of the day are worth trying since none are near the same flavors." That's not representative of your ability.... "none are near the same flavors" Ugh. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth. <--(get it?)

    There's no such thing as a light desert. Do you have any idea how much all that sand weighs?

    Do you really need the word "though" here?: The sauce is what makes the meal so special though.

    Watercress, not water crests.

    You are missing a word in your last line. Proof before you post, especially on your "clincher", because that is the last impression the reader gets! In this case, it looks like you rushed to finish.

    Again, your saliva-inducing food passion has me hungry to try some new delicacies. Good job!

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