Olive Garden's ' Never Ending Pasta Pass' promises seven weeks of unlimited pasta for $100, and one man has decided to make the most of it.
A Fargo, North Dakota resident, who goes only by 'Vino,' was able to get his hands on one of the 1000 limited passes, which went on sale September 8 and sold out within an hour. He decided to make it his mission to try every combination of pasta, sauce and meat that Olive Garden has to offer, and chronicle the undertaking on his blog, ' All of Garden.'
'On this site, I will document my journey - the friendships I create and destroy, the changes my body goes through as it adjusts to a purely carbohydrate-based diet,' Vino wrote on the blog. He has a total of 49 days to eat 150 pasta dish combinations.
In order to accomplish this, Vino has been eating four different bowls of past a day. He eats one for lunch, and samples three for dinner. The restaurant's promotion started on September 23, and with the first week of his experiment behind him, Vino has churned out 8 days worth of reviews and hilarious anecdotes.
His body initially struggled with the all-carb, high sodium diet. He told The Daily Mail he had 'severe side effects' in the first few days of the experiment. Here's a sample of his experience from day three:
'There are certain things man was not meant to eat. Today, my body made it quite clear to me that 'Nothing but pasta, forever,' is near the top of that list. I will spare you the details, but suffice to say it will take some time for equilibrium to be re-established and for me to restore order among the bacterial fauna of my gut.'
Now, however, Vino says he has adjusted to the diet.
'So far I haven't gotten bored. There's a surprising amount of subtle differences amongst the menu items once you start looking for them,' Vino told the Mail.
He gives names like 'Penne Loafer' and 'Simon & Garfunkle' to each pasta combination he orders, and posts photos and reviews at the end of each day.
He wrote one review for a combination he called ' Hall & Oates':
'Just as Daryl Hall's rich tenor is perfectly accompanied by John Oates' smooth backing vocals on a solid foundation of rock-soul grooves, this dish is tightly balanced between two stars, either of whom would be a laughingstock if they ever did attempt to Go Solo. And with Chicken Fritta topping only an additional $3.49, you don't have to be a Rich Girl to appreciate this one!'
During his first week, Vino has also documented his clash with Olive Garden staff over using his pass for takeout, and his failure to impress a date with his pasta program.
Vino is not the only 'Never Ending' pass holder to blog about his adventure.
Matt Pershe, an AmeriCorps volunteer, has taken a less extreme approach, but with a different focus. Pershe's Tumblr blog, ' The Never Ending Pasta Blog,' focuses on the financial side of the unlimited pasta deal.
'This is about eating as cheaply as possible off of my AmeriCorps VISTA stipend,' he writes on his blog. 'I won't guarantee that I'll eat there daily, and I'll be taking my health into strong consideration as the weeks go by.'
At the end of each day, Pershe calculates the cost of his pasta, and adds up the total amount covered by the $100 card to date. At the end of day six, he had eaten $67.96 worth of pasta.
Another blog, written by avid Olive Garden fan Hagana Kim, focuses more on the dietary and health side of eating daily pasta. At the end of each post on ' 49 Days of Pasta,' Kim totals out his Olive Garden calories, the cost of the meal, the number of breadsticks he ate and his current weight.
So far, Kim appears to be maintaining his weight between 173 and 174 pounds. He has been thrilled with the pass so far.
'This card is pure magic,' Kim wrote on day six. 'It's like a credit card that you never have to pay off. The bill just disappears.'
Could you eat the same thing at the same restaurant for 49 days straight? Watch Vino's introduction video, and leave a comment below.
Related Stories
Entities 0 Name: Vino Count: 3 1 Name: Kim Count: 3 2 Name: John Oates Count: 1 3 Name: VISTA Count: 1 4 Name: North Dakota Count: 1 5 Name: Hagana Kim Count: 1 6 Name: Simon & Garfunkle Count: 1 7 Name: Matt Pershe Count: 1 8 Name: The Daily Mail Count: 1 9 Name: Fargo Count: 1 10 Name: Daryl Hall Count: 1 11 Name: Pershe Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/1rpSy10 Title: What Life Is Like With Olive Garden's Never Ending Pasta Pass Description: Posted: Owners of Olive Garden's Never Ending Pasta Pass have had about a week to start carbo-loading. For a measly $100, one thousand lucky noodle lovers snagged seven weeks of unlimited pasta (beyond pasta, card-holders are privy to endless Coca-Cola sodas, breadsticks and soup or salad). Though the promotion didn't start until Sept.
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar