Chicken caesar salad at Liveat
Hobart, Tasmania
Julianne and I meet for lunch at Liveat almost every Thursday. Julianne usually visits at least one other time each week. She always has the chicken caesar, and I usually do as well.
Liveat is a salad bar in the mall in Hobart. As such, it's not a fine dining experience. The salad is thrown together in seconds and shoved in a plastic container so it does score lower on presentation because of this. However, it is a take-away salad bar so the same expectations as a proper restaurant should not be applied.
Ingredient wise, chicken is an optional extra, though while it adds to the taste, it's debateable whether it's worth the extra two dollars. it comes in very thin slices of the sort you would have in a sandwich rather than a salad.
The egg is boiled, and sometimes they use iceberg lettuce instead of cos lettuce. There is no option for anchovies, and the dressing is more like mayonnaise.
Having said that, for what it is, it's very tasty. I can vouch for that as well.
As mentioned above, presentation isn't great, but you don't expect take-aways to look fantastic. The service, however, is excellent. The staff are all very friendly and most of them now know Julianne well enough to make her a chicken caesar (no croutons) without prompting.
As far as caesars go, this one is not supremely expensive but it is on the dearer side for a lunch - though with the loyalty card, Julianne gets one free salad out of every twelve. Bonus.
Overall, my vote is: yummy.
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| Total: | 7/10 |
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