Signature Triple Deli Salad @ Cafe Express
Calling this dish a “salad” seems a little like cheating. Yes, the cornucopia of ingredients is laid upon a bed of spring mixed greens. And yes, there are three types of salads involved: tuna, chicken, and pasta. However, this is hardly the kind of salad I think my trainer was talking about. No matter. The calorie splurge is definitely worth it. The three salads are seriously delicious. The chicken salad was creamy and very flavorful without being mayonnaisey.
The pasta salad consisted of shells tossed in an olive oil and pesto dressing. It was was perfectly al dente and very tasty. As far as the tuna is concerned, I was surprised. I’m not usually interested in tuna that is a.) no longer pink and b.) pulverized. However, wonder of wonders, I really liked this! It was fresh, not overly salty, and avoided the same pitfall as the chicken by not tasting like it was drenched in mayonnaise. Between the three, I couldn’t pick a favorite but I really enjoyed going back and forth between them trying to decide.
The salad is dressed with a creamy parmesan dressing, sprinkled with pinenuts, glazed pecans, and finished off with a couple of Kalamata olives and grape tomatoes. It’s a lot of flavors going on, but they all really work together well. No flavor overwhelms the other. Health food salad? Not quite. Perfect for a sunny afternoon lunch on their patio? Definitely. And if you’re an iced tea fan, you must get their black currant iced tea. It is light years beyond the usual restaurant tea. (I’ve stopped in just to get a tea to-go.)
Price: $8.79
Cafe Express
5307 E. Mockingbird Ln. | Dallas, TX 75206
Other locations in Dallas, Plano, and Southlake
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i feel like this is a little too much going on in one bowl… i tend to get nervous when tuna is combined with salad or when pasta is cold, so this whole shebang is a little scary to me…
but i’ll take your word for it, because cafe express usually know how to work it.
yeah they do. just trust me on this one