Foodie Digest

Sometimes food is just, well, food. But calories are too precious to eat food that’s not tasty. Welcome to our weekend lunch dilemma. Big wants a satisfying meal; Small wants to optimize for proper calorie intake. Today’s breakfast/lunch satisfied. We chose one of our regular standby’s—Rocco’s.

Rocco’s is a favorite because of the expansive list of options. Weekends lets you choose breakfast, lunch or dinner-type entrees. Even better, you can mix and match as you please.

Today’s feast: Small chose the heart-healthy (and calorie-conscious) veggie egg white omelet, served with grilled tomatoes. Mmm. breakfast. Then added the lunch option of a pastina soup. The omelet contained sauteed carrots, mushrooms, and zucchini, and was much more flavorful than a typical healthy-ish omelet. The soup arrived less hot than Small expected so her usual addition of ice cubes rendered the soup, um, cold. (Small’s fault). Still, homey, tasty, healthy. Big opted for blueberry pancakes with a side of meatballs. The pancakes came doused with melted butter. The meatballs were a little on the crispy side but still quite good. Service was friendly as usual. And Small and Big giggled—as admittedly they usually do—when the bill included “side balls”.

Overall thumbs: Pointing skyward.

Tastiness rating: High. As long as you know to expect hearty standard fare, you won’t be disappointed. Not a gastronomic wonder but always a good use of calories.

Service rating: High. This isn’t a cloth napkin tablecloth kind of place. But service is always warm, friendly, and accommodating.