Mitsu3000gt
07-27-2015, 04:01 PM
I decided to try out that new "Dirt Belly" place, which is in the +15 between the CORE mall and Bankers Hall. They seem to promote themselves as a healthy/natural "garden fresh" type place.
They have two main offerings for food:
1) "Baco's" which are bread tacos ($8). It is simply very standard pita bread as far as I could tell, with your choice of Tuna, Chicken, or something else, I forget (I think all veggie).
2) Salads ($3.50/tiny scoop - not self serve) and then $4 to add chicken breast, $5 to add ahi tuna. To get a decent lunch portion you're looking at $15-20 for a similar size to a $8-10 salad from Sunterra/Marcellos. The Marcello's Power Bowl is still my favorite for good value healthy food at under $8.
They also had some interesting looking juices, but I didn't try them.
I got the Ahi Tuna "Baco" ($8), which is the "Baco" bread taco (aka standard pita bread). I wasn't a big fan. I got a tiny amount of Ahi Tuna which occupied the bottom 1/8th or so of the Baco. On top was a ton of sloppy cabbage, sauce, mint, and whatever else they put on there. It was extremely salty as well, and I am not sure if that is something they added, or if they put it in the sauce or on the fish. It was 90% lettuce/cabbage/bread, nearly impossible to eat, and messier than even the sloppiest donair or schwarma I have ever had. Taking one bite from one end dumped half the ingredients out of the other end. Get a TON of napkins. The few bites that I had with a decent distribution of ingredients tasted good minus the crazy amount of salt. It had ginger, mint, etc. which are all flavors I really like otherwise.
I might go back once more to try their grossly overpriced salads, just in case they are somehow amazing, but I would give their "Baco" a 1/5. Awesome sounding ingredient list, very poor execution. It needed a lot more Ahi Tuna, (which is the the reason I wanted to try it in the first place), far less salt, and a better distribution of ingredients so it's both easier to eat and you can get a bit of everything in each bite.
Probably won't bother going back unless I get curious and want to try the salads one day, but don't waste your time on the Ahi Tuna Baco unless you want a bunch of super salty cabbage/lettuce, sauce, and pita bread.
They have two main offerings for food:
1) "Baco's" which are bread tacos ($8). It is simply very standard pita bread as far as I could tell, with your choice of Tuna, Chicken, or something else, I forget (I think all veggie).
2) Salads ($3.50/tiny scoop - not self serve) and then $4 to add chicken breast, $5 to add ahi tuna. To get a decent lunch portion you're looking at $15-20 for a similar size to a $8-10 salad from Sunterra/Marcellos. The Marcello's Power Bowl is still my favorite for good value healthy food at under $8.
They also had some interesting looking juices, but I didn't try them.
I got the Ahi Tuna "Baco" ($8), which is the "Baco" bread taco (aka standard pita bread). I wasn't a big fan. I got a tiny amount of Ahi Tuna which occupied the bottom 1/8th or so of the Baco. On top was a ton of sloppy cabbage, sauce, mint, and whatever else they put on there. It was extremely salty as well, and I am not sure if that is something they added, or if they put it in the sauce or on the fish. It was 90% lettuce/cabbage/bread, nearly impossible to eat, and messier than even the sloppiest donair or schwarma I have ever had. Taking one bite from one end dumped half the ingredients out of the other end. Get a TON of napkins. The few bites that I had with a decent distribution of ingredients tasted good minus the crazy amount of salt. It had ginger, mint, etc. which are all flavors I really like otherwise.
I might go back once more to try their grossly overpriced salads, just in case they are somehow amazing, but I would give their "Baco" a 1/5. Awesome sounding ingredient list, very poor execution. It needed a lot more Ahi Tuna, (which is the the reason I wanted to try it in the first place), far less salt, and a better distribution of ingredients so it's both easier to eat and you can get a bit of everything in each bite.
Probably won't bother going back unless I get curious and want to try the salads one day, but don't waste your time on the Ahi Tuna Baco unless you want a bunch of super salty cabbage/lettuce, sauce, and pita bread.