help with business trip hotel menu?!

[PickyNic]

Hi All,

I'm away on business all next week and will be eating with my colleague each night. I've had a look at the menu on line and am struggling to identify what i can eat. i'm on 19 points a day. Any advice much appreciated. I'm panicking because i think it will be a sit down 2 course lunch every day so hopefully there will be a salad option!! 2 evening Menu's are below. Please help x:sign0009:

Restaurant

To Start….

Olive Garden, wide selection of breads, oils and olives all you care to ​

Eat £3.50​

Spinach & Broccoli soup with mascarpone​

£3.95​

Pea lemon & Parmesan Risotto, drizzled with balsamic ​

4.95​

Butter Mussels with Basil & Parmesan, with crusty bread​

5.95​

Tomato & Baby Mozzarella Crostini with sun dried tomato​

5.75​

To Follow….

Grilled sirloin brushed with herb oil., s/w Tuscan potatoes​

21.95 (3.95 supplement in course meals)​

Tagliatelle in a Lemon Basil & Parmesan oil ​

15.95 ​

Sea bass baked in foil with fennel, lemon and baby potatoes​

16.75 ​

Olive Fried Chicken tossed with penne pasta, infused with sun dried tomatoes ​

15.95​

Chorizo sausage & red pepper risotto topped with lime and rocket salad​

15.50​

Monkfish Baked in Parma Ham with herb salad​

16.95​

Pork Scaloppini with lemon & caper sauce with lyonnaise ​

16.50​

Home made meatballs served with Tomato & Basil Sauce on a bed of tagliatelle ​

15.95​

Bar Menu​

Large Bowl of Homemade Soup of the Day with crusty roll - £3.95​

Chicken Wings with BBQ sauce - £4.95​

Tomato Basil & Feta Cheese Brochette - £3.95​

Nachos with Jalapenos Melted Cheese, Salsa & Sour Cream - £4.95​

100% Irish Steak Burger ​

(6oz) with Cheese & Fries £7.95​

add bacon £8.95​

6oz Suburbia Steak ​

Minute steak on cabbage & bacon potatoes​

Served with garlic butter.​

£9.95​

Beer Batter Cod, with Tartar Sauce, Fries and Mushy Peas ​

£8.50​

Chicken or Vegetable Curry, With A Red Pepper Rice & Poppa Dom​

£8.95​

Belfast Hearty Beef Stew, Served with Wheaten Bread​

£7.95​

Pizzas & Paninis ​

(Also available on 24 hour room service menu)​

Pepperoni Pizza £8.95​

Ham & Mushroom Pizza £8.95​

Margarita Pizza £7.95​

Chicken & Smoked Bacon Panini £6.95​

Smoked Bacon & Cheese Panini £5.95​

Tuna sweetcorn & Cheese Panini £6.95​

Chef’s Salad ​

Massive mixed greens, topped in rows – grilled chicken, avocado, tomato, red onion, bacon, ​

cheddar & smoked cheese, & hard boiled egg. Served with your choice of dressing​

£7.95​

 

[Less Rotund One]

Hi Nicola,

I go away for work a lot and have now started just asking the chef to make me what I want to eat - whether its on the menu or not.... best done in advance so that they can get the stuff in.

I haven't had one yet that has said no. I have even taken WW recipes to hotels and asked them to make it for me! And they have - brilliant. I think chefs like the challenge sometimes.

If choosing from the menu - stick with chicken/fish etc and ask for no dressings, sauces, coatings. Avoid the creamy stuff and load your plate up with veg with no butter. You won't go far wrong.

oh, but stay away from puddings...they are the devil's work....xx

 

[Starlight]

Possibly something like soup followed by monkfish would be a good option. From memory monkfish is really low

 

[blackwidow]

monkfish is really really low - a decent portion (around half a pound / 225g) is only 2 points and if you've not had it before its a really meaty fish and so tasty!

although parma ham isnt exactly good for you, its cut wafer thin, so again two slices might only cost you 1.5 points tops xxx