Peach Eats

On today's menu:
Red's American Bistro at Philip Morris Headquarters.

Accepting an invite from friend Apple, I enjoyed the fine offerings of our local lung shriveler at Red's, the on-site restaurante of PMo. Decor includes lots of red and black (possibly a tribute to lung disease), complete with race car on wall--somewhat incongruent with vases of red roses on tables. But with eats this cheap, you could mount hospital waste on the wall and it wouldn't hamper my appetite at all.

"May I recommend the leftovers from Room 421 with that, ladies?"

As the first for dejeuner, we were able to soak up the ambience outside overlooking the lush green property, complete with a bird's eye view of the loading dock. Naturally the excellent service (waitresses in white tuxedo shirt and black bow tie) and wonderful company made up for that. Bread and iced tea flew to the table nearly before the words left our lips. Then, shrimp wrapped in crispy wonton wrappers for an appetizer with spicy red sauce. Ho-hum...and at three wontons resting on a bed of greens, Red's not aiming for satiety.

Apple ordered the penne with southwestern chicken, a hearty serving of chicken, pasta, and tangy sauce. Peach ordered the nicoise salad and was pleased to discover it was superb--potatoes roasted to perfection, black olives, french green beans, and tuna steak (slightly more done than preferred but good nonethless).

And for dessert....

You PMo workers know how to live! Apple was a real doll for picking up the tab for her skid row pal...who nearly was shat on by a bird. Very close call, and grainy yellow poop thankfully came at the end of lunch. But, an authentic experience when enjoying Richmond's scenery and indigent species. Returning to the King Dongs in the vending machine will be slightly more difficult now that I've seen how the profiting class live.

The Peach review: 3 stars