Another day of food at Google

I was working on a presentation that I'm going to deliver to my fellow user interface designers and researchers (titled 'The Making of ... ') about a project that just launched--but who can work on an empty stomach? So I went to lunch. Here's what I found:

Lunch

The Maine Seafood Pie was out of control. Lots of scallops, cod, maybe some crab? There was a semi-spicy component, something like a hot pepper, but I'm not sure what it actually was. Lots of seafoodish flavor. On the side: Baby spinach salad in a bacon and black truffle dressing. Wow. This had the best beef-mushroom flavor, squared, then cubed. We need a new word for this flavor. For vegetables, I tried the acorn squash roasted with the skin on, with a balsamic vinegar reduction glaze. Man, the skin was the tastiest part. Tender-licious. Dessert was a a walnut-chocolate mini-tart. About 1 inch in diameter, filled with about 1 tablespoon of creamy filling. Very nice. As I picked up my spiced lemonade, the guy next to me said: another day in food heaven. How do I ever top this? That is the question, indeed.

Dinner

Today is the Chinese Lunar New Year, so we are having various Chinese delights at our weekly Thank God It's Almost Friday (Tee-Gee-Eye-A-Eff) party. (Can someone please think of a better acronym for this? I can't stand typing it, and saying it aloud is sucking the little energy I have out of my brain.) I know it's a Google tradition and all, but man that is hard to say.

posted by Stefan Smagula at 12:31 PM