In Search of the Holy Kale

Since I started my 30 day fitness plan about a week ago, which includes monitoring my activity through FitBit, keeping a food diary, exercising when I can find the time, and juicing almost daily,including a good amount of kale, which is packed with vitamin K, I discovered a wonderful dish at Highland Kitchen in Somerville called Shredded Kale salad. It was dressed with a lemon vinaigrette, pomegranate, and shredded parmesan cheese, and other delectable ingredients that made me forget I was on a diet. It was so good, I wanted to repeat the experience at lunch yesterday.

I eagerly looked up the menu for Veggie Planet, no kale salad. I googled kale salad in Harvard Sq., and saw rave reviews for the kale salad at Tory Row. I bundled up, braved the bitter cold, and rushed out to the restaurant to put in my order. What they brought to me was a plate of a substance that closely resembled green confetti, and tasted about as good. On the menu it was described as a combination of roasted and fresh kale with spices. It tasted like bitter ashes, and had a gritty, sandy texture, and didnt seem to have any dressing or other vegetables in it. I tried to brainwash myself that it was so good for me, as I choked it down. I inhaled the wrong way, and a piece of ash went down my windpipe. The bartender politely offered me a glass of water. Then I decided to order some chicken on top to improve the texture, so that I could at least swallow it. The grilled chicken was quite good, but at that point, a boiled egg would have tasted delicious. The chicken cost an extra $5. My barely palatable lunch came to a whopping $19 including tip!

Normally, I would have sent it back, but the wait staff were so nice, and it really wasn't their fault. I told them they should tell the chef to pay a visit to Highland Kitchen and try their kale salad.

Now I'm just biding my time, until I can hit up Highland Kitchen again...