Amtrak Express, NYP to BOS, CT USA

Ordered at the cafe on the Amtrak Express Train from New York Penn Station to Boston

We had booked the 4pm Amtrak Express from NYC to Boston, allowing us to have a lazy breakfast in bed, late checkout from the hotel, and a stroll through the city before boarding our train. With no time for lunch (besides the delicious looking “exotic” fruits we bought at Eataly) we headed right to Penn Station, grabbed a Red Cap (fantastic pro-tip from Josh), and found perfect seats together on the train.

I was hungry. We had stocked up on CC Lemon and Raw Coconut Juice by the hotel but we had nothing to nosh on (saving the fruits for home). And then I remembered from the ride to NYC: the café on the train has a club sandwich wrap. Done. I had no high hopes, in fact I was expecting the worst… my last Amtrak train meal was some clam chowder maybe 2 years ago which I will never forget as being one of the worst chowders I have ever experienced…. But I digress.

Once the train got on the way I headed to the café and grabbed a club sandwich wrap, coffee, water, and a handful of napkins. I ran back to our seats and opened the plastic wrapping like it was Christmas; this would be my first red pepper tortilla based club, and who knew how this would pan out. But I was pleasantly surprised.

The gouda cheese was an interesting choice but definitely appreciated – it added a strong muted flavor to the club. I enjoyed that. Turkey was decent… not much more to say about that. Noting special, but at least it didn’t taste poor. Ample crispy lettuce that enhanced the sandwich/wrap complimented the uncrispy quasi-fake bacon, which, fortunately/unfortunately there were only 2-3 bites worth scattered around the lettuce. The thick red pepper tortilla made every bite a true mouthful of chewiness, but didn’t add as much flavor as I thought it would. There was surprisingly no real mayo usage which was perfect because this club didn’t need it: each mouthful was already full of moisture. Unfortunately, as you can tell by the photo, this club was a bit tiny… I’m not sure it would satisfy anyone’s hunger. Overall it was actually quite nice; the ingredients blended together well and I enjoyed this club more than I thought I would… although I try not to board trains without food already on hand, the Amtrak Express club sandwich wrap was a great second resort.

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