{"id":23486,"date":"2020-04-08T14:50:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T19:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=23486"},"modified":"2020-04-08T18:57:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T23:57:30","slug":"lunch-delivery-from-global-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/08\/lunch-delivery-from-global-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunch delivery from Global Cafe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I sat at my computer desk thinking, &#8220;What&#8217;s for lunch?&#8221; The options were<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Frozen dinner I bought at Walgreens<\/li>\n<li>Canned meal I bought at Family Dollar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Neither option was terribly appealing, especially considering today would be the fifth straight day for those options. So I delayed lunch and surfed Twitter to come up with content for my second blog post of the day (scroll down for &#8220;House arrest day 20\/update 2&#8221; if you haven&#8217;t seen it yet). While surfing I found this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Don&#8217;t forget about Concourse delivery! Order lunch from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaucyChicken901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SaucyChicken901<\/a>, lunch or dinner from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlobalCafe901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GlobalCafe901<\/a>, or groceries from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurbMarket901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CurbMarket901<\/a>, and have them delivered for free within a 4-mile radius of Concourse (see image). To order, call the restaurant or order online. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tzEoh0iZrn\">pic.twitter.com\/tzEoh0iZrn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Crosstown Concourse (@YourConcourse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YourConcourse\/status\/1247916013515046912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It reminded me that Global Cafe delivers Downtown now, and trying its cuisine has been on my to-do list since <del>we were all put under house arrest<\/del> we all agreed to socially distance and flatten the curve. Global Cafe is a really neat concept in Crosstown Concourse, offering cuisine made by Syrian, Sudanese, and Venezuelan chefs. I decided to order enough to have leftovers for tomorrow. I put my two entrees in the online cart and moved to checkout. I was able to put in my credit card information, enter a tip, and save my information for future orders.<\/p>\n<p>I placed my order at 1:07 PM and the receipt I was emailed said to expect my delivery between 1:45 and 1:55. However, Global Cafe and Crosstown Concourse exceeded expectations; at 1:37 I received a text that my delivery driver was outside. I ran down to meet her, and she had on a mask covering her face and nose for safety. No need to do anything other than take the bag; no contact at all. Completely, totally safe.<\/p>\n<p>The Chile Guajillo Shrimp was one of the two entrees I ordered.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_5378.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23487\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_5378.jpg?resize=500%2C464\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_5378.jpg?resize=500%2C464 500w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_5378.jpg?resize=300%2C278 300w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_5378.jpg?resize=1200%2C1114 1200w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_5378.jpg?w=1680 1680w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_5378.jpg?w=2520 2520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Venezuelan dish consists of seared shrimp in a mild chile Guajillo sauce with Spanish rice. This has some really good flavor but it was not overly spicy &#8211; something I was wondering about, because I&#8217;ve had Guajillo shrimp in Mexican restaurants that set off a four-alarm fire in my mouth. This dish is one you can enjoy no matter what your preferred level of spice is.<\/p>\n<p>The other dish I got was Dama with Rous.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_5380.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23488\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_5380.jpg?resize=414%2C500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_5380.jpg?resize=414%2C500 414w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_5380.jpg?resize=248%2C300 248w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_5380.jpg?resize=1200%2C1450 1200w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_5380.jpg?w=1680 1680w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_5380.jpg?w=2520 2520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 414px) 85vw, 414px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a Sudanese dish of beef tender in tomato sauce with rice, topped with onions, peppers, and tomatoes. Yummy! The beef was tender and juicy and the sauce &#8211; well, it&#8217;s impossible for me to describe the sauce because I&#8217;ve never had anything like that before. It was a perfect complement to the meat and the rice, though.<\/p>\n<p>This dish is slightly spicy, which I thought was perfect, but if you&#8217;re a wuss when it comes to spice you might want to call the restaurant and ask if there&#8217;s anything they can do to tone it down a bit.<\/p>\n<p>Apologies to my Syrian friends for not getting to sample your country&#8217;s delicious food. I want to try some chicken shawarma on my next delivery order. I also want to go back for a second helping of Venezuelan food and get a stuffed arepa next time.<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/globalcafe901.square.site\/\">Global Cafe&#8217;s website<\/a> to see what they&#8217;ve got. In addition to appetizers, entrees and desserts, they have supplemented their delivery menu with family dinners, wine, beer and mixed drinks. They currently have a pretty sweet deal going on with Memphis Made Fireside, Wiseacre Tiny Bomb, or Crosstown Sirene for 99 cents. I am pleased to report that they also carry the Cadillac of beers, PBR, in 16 ounce cans for $1.95.<\/p>\n<p>Given them a try to expand your culinary horizons. Back later today or tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I sat at my computer desk thinking, &#8220;What&#8217;s for lunch?&#8221; The options were Frozen dinner I bought at Walgreens Canned meal I bought at Family Dollar Neither option was terribly appealing, especially considering today would be the fifth straight day for those options. So I delayed lunch and surfed Twitter to come up with &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/08\/lunch-delivery-from-global-cafe\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lunch delivery from Global Cafe&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23486"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23486"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23493,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23486\/revisions\/23493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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