Birthday lunch

10/23/08 : Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop in Millbrae, CA

Tri tip sandwich with pesto, swiss, on sourdough roll

Initial impressions: wow, this is a tasty sandwich. The pesto explodes over the meat and bread. OK, that sounded bad, let's move on...The meat is reminiscent of a philly cheese steak, in fact the whole sandwich is. I guess the meat/cheese combo is pretty similar, and the thinly sliced meat is as well. Is tri-tip what they use in Philly? Don’t know. I ate a few cheesesteaks when we went to Philly last year, so I know what I'm talking about here, unlike the majority of what I'm about to tackle.

I ate half of the sandwich. Attempting to get the grease off my iphone after taking the photo proved rather difficult. There’s a little spice left in my mouth, but the meat itself was pretty bland. I remember as a kid I never liked the taste of meat and always had to put lots of ketchup on it. I wonder if that has changed. Could there be a meat that is tasty just by itself?

OK after about 10 minutes I got a strange pain in the back of my neck. I think little bits of tri-tip are pumping through my body clogging everything up. Or maybe it was the Dr. Pepper I was drinking. Just to seal the deal. Meat CHECK, gooey cheese CHECK, garlicy pesto CHECK, super sugary caffeine drink CHECK. Oh yeah, you are all gonna want to steer clear of me for a few days here…