Salad, Dorothy Hamill Style

A few months ago, I blogged about the restyling of iceberg lettuce in the form of the wedge salad. Today I had one that was professionally done at Pangea.

Since I have a party to go to tonight, I didn't want anything terribly heavy. As a result, I wouldn't even let myself look at any part of the menu except the salad section. I've been going through a blue cheese kick lately (thanks to a delicious chicken kebab salad with blue cheese dressing I ate at George's downtown), so as soon as I saw blue cheese, I knew that was the salad for me. The rest of the components of the salad included red onion, apple, tomato, bacon, grilled chicken, cracked pepper, and . . . a wedge of iceberg lettuce.

The blue cheese was really pungent (not as mellow as the versions I've been eating lately), the chicken was nicely grilled, and the dressing was creamy. At the end of the meal, I felt satisfied rather than full. I don't think I'll ever crave this salad, but it made for a fine lunch on its strange, see-through plate. Now I'll be able to eat whatever I want tonight at the party.