RAMCloud Nuts and Bolts Lunch Ideas
This is a list of places we have ordered lunch from (or have discovered, and would like to order at some point). If you find more places, please add them to the list. If there's a mistake in the current list, correct it.
- Can deliver:
- Coupa Cafe - Sandwiches, wraps
- CoHo - Sandwiches, wraps
- Tootsies Barn - Sandwiches, lasagna
- Plutos - Sandwiches, salads
- Abundant Air Cafe - Sandwiches, salads
- Lotus Thai Bistro - Thai
- Bangkok Cuisine - Thai
- Spice Kit - Asian street food
- Sushi House - Sushi, noodles
- Sushi 88 and Ramen - Sushi, bento boxes
- Oren's Hummus - Mediterranean
- Mediterranean Wraps - Mediterranean
- Cafe 220 - Mediterranean
- Gyros Gyros - Mediterranean
- Cafe Taxim - Mediterranean
- Osteria - Italian
- Pasta Pomodoro - Italian
- Do not deliver, but located close enough:
- Bytes - Sandwiches, pizzas
- Ikes - Sandwiches
- Do not deliver, need to drive:
- California Pizza Kitchen - Pizzas, pastas, sandwiches
- Online ordering services: You can use the following services that allow ordering for lunch at multiple restaurants. If you make an account, you can save all the delivery information, CC information and then you don't have to retype everything everytime.
- seamless.com - Ankita has ordered from here multiple times, and is quite happy with it.
- rotr.com - They seem to have a wider selection of restaurants. However, they add many fees and the total amount ends up being way higher than the actual food cost.
- Some of these places need orders to be placed up to 2 days in advance.
- Typically there are 12 people at lunch.
- This includes 3 vegetarians.
- You may order (non-alcoholic) drinks.
- John likes Sprite, Mendel likes sparkling water (though most places don't have that option), others like Coke and Diet Coke.
- Tipping 10% for a delivery is reasonable per Sue's standards.
- Receipts to be submitted to Sue George for reimbursement. It's the same to her whether you submit a bunch at once or one at a time. She wants to see an itemized receipt and a method of payment.
- While ordering:
- The address for delivery is: Room 359, Gates Computer Science Building, 353 Serra Mall, Stanford.
- Remember to give your phone number.
- Ask them to provide utensils. In case they don't, we now have a large supply of utensils under the center table in 444. (There are enough to last 2013, but if/when they start running out, replenish by buying from a store and getting reimbursement from Sue.)
Past orders:
Spicekit 2013-06-20
Individual Kits (14):
2 x Banh Mi Five Spice Chicken
2 x Ssam Five Spice Chicken
2 x Ssam Roasted Pork
2 x Ssam Organic Tofu
2 x Bowl Five Spice Chicken
2 x Bowl Organic Tofu
Sides: Family style
Lotus Chips large bowl
Drinks (10):
4 x Coke
4 x Diet Coke
2 x Sprite
Backayard 2013-05-02
Was too expensive.
Spicekit 2013-04-18
Hi SpiceKit Palo Alto,
I'd like to place the following order for 14 people for lunch on
Thursday, Apr 18:
Individual Kits (14):
3 x Banh Mi Five Spice Chicken
2 x Banh Mi Beef Shortribs
2 x Banh Mi Roasted Pork
2 x Banh Mi Organic Tofu
2 x Bowl Five Spice Chicken
1 x Bowl Beef Shortribs
2 x Bowl Organic Tofu
Sides (28):
14 x Ginger-Peanut Slaw
10 x Steamed Buns Pork Belly
4 x Steamed Buns Vegetarian
Drinks (10):
4 x Coke
3 x Diet Coke
1 x Coke Zero
2 x Sprite
Can you deliver these to the Gates Building Room 359 on Stanford
Campus (353 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305) at noon on Thursday? My
cell phone is xxx.xxx.xxxx. Please confirm.
Thanks,
Ryan Stutsman
Lotus Thai Bistro 2013-04-11
CoHo 2013-04-05
Email sent to: coho@stanford.edu
Dear CoHo,
I'd like to place the following order for 10 people for lunch for
Thursday Apr 4.
3 turkey sandwich boxes,
2 roast beef sandwich boxes,
2 chicken salad sandwich boxes,
2 roasted tomato sandwich boxes,
1 roasted veggie & tofu sandwich box
For the goodies, please include a mix of {apple, chips, side salad}
and {apple, cookies, side salad}. Any breads other than gluten-free are fine.
For the beverages, please include 4 bottled waters and 6 sodas.
Can you deliver these to Gates 359 at noon on Thursday Apr 4? My cell phone is
xxx-xxx-xxxx. Please confirm.
Thanks,
Ryan Stutsman
We should have specified less diet soda and no water, perhaps. Vegetarians seem to prefer the veggie and tofu box, maybe up this by one and drop one tomato sandwich. This wasn't enough food, either. Next time need at least 12.
Abundant Air Cafe 2013-03-28
Ordered online on seamless.com
3 - Veggie Panini
3 - Tuscan Chicken Panini
2 - Pesto & Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta Salad - Pint
2 - Broccoli Salad - Pint
2 - BBQ Pulled Pork Panini
2 - Egg Salad Panini
5 - Apple Juice
5 - Fresh Orange Juice
Sushi 88 and Ramen 2013-03-21
Ordered online on seamless.com
4 - Chicken Teriyaki Lunch Entrée
3 - Tonkastu Lunch Entrée
1 - Tempura Combination Lunch Entrée
3 - Seaweed Salad
4 - Avokyu Roll
4 - Age Roll
3 - Wakame Rol
4 - Shiitake Roll
2 - Garlic Edamame
Note: The entrees were for non-vegetarians. Sushi enough for vegetarian, and some to share.
Observation: No on seemed to particularly like the garlic edamame.
Cafe Taxim 2013-03-14
Ordered online on seamless.com
3 - Spanakopita (Borek)
3 - Deluxe Falafel Wrap
3 - Chicken Gyro Wrap
3 - Lamb Skewer Wrap
3 - Stuffed Falafel Salad
Observation:
1. We had a little more food that we needed since 1 person didn't show up.
2. John loved the food. He said exactly what he'd said last week about this being the best RAMCloud lunch he's eaten yet.
Pasta Pomodoro 2013-03-07
Lotus Thai Bistro 2013-02-28
- In drinks, I didn't order Sprite, since we already have a couple left over from the previous lunches, so we can just use those.
- I had emailed them, but after not hearing back for a while, I called. Turns out that they don't check email very often. Its better to just place the order on phone.