Update [3/7/13]: The Risotto is no longer the worst dish I have had.
Something is horribly wrong when you cannot remember a worse meal. This something was the Risotto at Purple. You keep digging through your memories- 1 month back, 1 year back, 3 years back, and nothing was that bad.
As a man who is passionate about food, there was only one reason why I would leave food behind- I am stuffed and cannot consume anymore. The Risotto made the 2nd reason- leaving food because it was terrible. A dagger went through my heart as the waitress asked me if I wanted to box the half finished plate and I said no. And I wasn't even full. I would have told them how terrible it was if it wasn't a company meal. I went to Jamba Juice for a Mango a Go-Go to recuperate afterwards.
We were served pretty decent calamari and spread so nothing prepared me from this disaster of a meal. Forgive me for not recalling it precisely as I tried to forget the whole experience. This particular Risotto was made with some sort of New York steak/filet mignon.
How could it go wrong with beef? Purple definitely shattered my paradigm, in the worst way.
The blend of the beef strips, onions, and rice was about blandest thing ever. It was like they steam cooked the beef and made some sauce that tasted like nothing. The strongest flavor was from the onions, which weren't strong at all. The whole thing tasted like some nasty form of oatmeal, except I would have rather ate oatmeal, and I don't like oatmeal.
My co-workers were eager to hear me rate the food since they also didn't finish because of how terrible it was. As my brain began to crunch the numbers I found myself struggling. There is nothing close to this horrible dish that I can relate to. I would have rather had the following, in descending order:
- Dry Chicken Breast
- Top Ramen
- Microwavables
- Raw Broccoli with no dressing
- Stiff Carrots with no dressing
- Plain Oatmeal
So to the best of my knowledge, this is a 1.9, with pretty much nothing around it other than food I hate [which might be food you like]. The Risotto is a strong candidate for the worst food in the entire universe. I hate Purple for adding this bad memory into my life and I hope I won't go back there for any events that I am obligated to.
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