Today was Scot’s last day at my company. I got to go to a last-minute lunch celebrating his farewell. Scot, whose real name is Ian (I call him Scot because he looks like a Scotsman), wanted to go downtown and eat at either Townhall or Salt House. 
Too bad they were booked. We ended up going to Zuni’s again since it’s right around the corner. It’s kind of sad that Zuni’s is our go-to. A lot of people love Zuni and make it a destination spot because of the roast chicken and bread salad, but we go all the time for company lunches so it’s become almost passe. We were sat at the upstairs balcony again, like usual, and ordered salads and soup to start, as always. 
I got the arugula salad with egg salad crostini and my coworkers got the white bean puree soup with the paprika oil. Both excellent.
Even though we go all the time, we have never gotten the roasted chicken and bread salad. In all the times we’ve been, we never got that particular dish because it takes an hour after it’s ordered to hit the table and we generally don’t want to take super-long lunches especially when it’s on company time.
Today though, since it’s Scot’s last day, we bit the bullet and ordered the chicken. I don’t even eat chicken and was greatly excited.
The chicken really did take an hour and in the interim, we feasted on two pizzas and shoestring fries. I do love the food at Zuni. It’s all so fresh, delicate and seasonal. Not to mention extremely tasty.
The piece de resistance finally arrived. Golden and brown, the skin of the chicken was wreathed in salad and the meat itself laid lovingly over bread salad. I ate my salmon entree and watched my coworkers go to town. Silence reigned at the table. They said it was definitely worth the wait.
After the amazing chicken (and my salmon dish) we were all stuffed to the brim, but I always get dessert. So we all got dessert. Bittersweet chocolate pot de creme, rhubarb sorbet, Armagnac ice cream (way too alcoholic for me, Scot’s pick), and flourless chocolate cake. All delicious, except for the ice cream which was crazily intense.
Lunch ended up taking two and a half hours. Whatever, Scot’s last day!
It was fantastic.
xoxo,
Jenn
She was very impressed that I remembered her likes/dislikes. While I was waiting, I purchased a large Steam next door at the liquor store.
