T5 Eats

Our Vegas escape started out with one travel inconvenience after another. The subway was late. It was packed and there were no seats, so we had to stand as the cars swayed back and forth, giving us motion sickness. We got to the Airtrain, thinking we had gotten some good luck since they weren't charging for the Airtrain, but the reason was because there was some fire the day before and the Airtrain wasn't running the full trip to the airport. So we had to disembark at Federal Circle and take a shuttle bus to the terminal. The shuttle bus filled up and then just hung around for awhile before finally leaving. We were so happy when we finally set foot in JetBlue's Terminal 5 (where there were basically no lines for check-in or security) and our trip could officially begin. 

We got a table in the (relatively empty) food court and split the sandwiches we picked up earlier in the day at Trader Joe's. We used to just eat whatever was available at the airport but it's so expensive and the quality isn't always great (see here and here). We can get 2 Trader Joe's sandwiches for less than the price of one Cibo sandwich. Much better deal.

We brought two sandwiches with us, both of which we had tried on another trip (but I don't think we wrote about yet). The first one we ate was the tarragon chicken salad wrap, which we remembered was the one we liked less.

The wrap had white meat chicken pieces, celery, almonds, parsley, tarragon and romaine lettuce wrapped up in a tortilla. The last time we had it A thought it was pretty bland. This time it had much more flavor, and the lettuce added a nice crunch.

The other sandwich we got was the grilled pesto chicken wrap, which had grilled chicken, feta cheese, zucchini, summer squash, roasted red peppers, green onions and sundried tomatoes in a tortilla with a cashew walnut pesto vinaigrette.

This sandwich was good, but not as spectacular as we remembered. The two sandwiches were equally good, which wasn't the case the last time we got them. We remembered liking this one more, but the pesto didn't seem very flavorful this time so perhaps that accounts for the difference. It was still good, but it was matched by the tarragon chicken salad.

We weren't completely full from the sandwiches, but figured we would just snack on the plane. But the table next to us was sharing a box of waffle fries, and I was still feeling a little queasy between the subway and bus rides, so all I wanted were waffle fries. The answer? The "Pomes Frites" place in the airport food court.

The waffle fries weren't cheap, but they were a decent portion size so $4 wasn't a terrible wallet hit. Nicely fried up, they were perfect for soothing our tummies.

After our sandwiches, waffle fries, orange juice and some water, it was time to make our way to our gate to board our flight. Vacation was officially underway!