Variety Pizza & Deli

Ordered from: Variety Pizza & Deli

Stewart's Cream Soda
Popcorn Chicken
Grilled Cheese (w/ french fries)
French Fries (oops!)
Spaghetti
$25.99 with tax and tip

NHam: I got the popcorn chicken, which is good - better than D'Carlitos, although like those these also came with marinara sauce, which I continue to not understand. I'd recommend getting these if you have your own sauce or getting some honey mustard on the side. (I ended up not eating much of the popcorn chicken and dunking the garlic bread that came with KHam's spaghetti in the marinara sauce. Tasty!)
I also got the grilled cheese, which is very good, although not what I thought it would be - this was almost more like a "fried cheese" sandwhich. It felt like they took a long sub roll, applied some olive oil, and dropped it in the fryer. The result is that it's nice and light and flaky. Very nice surprise.
Finally, I got the fries - and I accidently got both fries with the sandwich and on the side - and although they were kind of cold, they were at least edible and not mushy, to which I credit the fact that they almost felt like they had been battered before being fried. Good stuff, and although they would have been better hot, as always, fries are the hardest thing to get right with delivery food, so being edible at all is a plus.

Would I order again: Most certainly.

KHam: There wasn't enough sauce on it. I mean, it was good. It's kind of hard to fuck up take out spaghetti. Um. I'd order there again. I should probably stop ordering spaghetti everywhere.

Would I order again: I just said I would!

Mild Wally's

Ordered from: Mild Wally's

Ziti Marinara (Regular)
Spaghetti Marinara (Large)
Garlic Bread

($20.59 plus tax and tip)

KHam: They have, hands down, the best sauce of any take-out place or restaurant at which I've ordered spaghetti. If I could get away with it, I'd like to order the large spaghetti and eat the entire fried dough by myself and when I'm covered in sugar I like pretending I'm a cocaine dealer. The large spaghetti makes awesome leftovers, I try not to eat all of it at the first sitting. On top of that, they deliver pretty promptly, and I love the fact that you can get Ben & Jerry's delivered even though we didn't get it delivered this time.

Would I order again: Yes.

NHam: I'm not the spaghetti expert here, so I don't know that I have a lot to say. (cue huge paragraph): I got the ziti, which was good, although the sauce inevitably separated a little bit. The chunky parts of it are good as a open-faced sandwich using the garlic bread as the, um, bread. You know, the bottom part.
Since I don't have a lot to say about what I got this time, let me talk about something we sometimes order: The "Big Fried Dough". They're not fucking around with this fried dough. It is indeed Big, easily as large as a full-size pizza, and covered with powdered sugar. It's really good, and we didn't order it this time only because, frankly, it can be kind of a mess; Cutting it, let alone eating it, without getting grease from the dough everywhere is tough, and not spilling the powdered sugar is impossible. I'd recommend eating it if you're about to throw all your clothes in the laundry and hop into the shower and possibly wash your floor, but otherwise, while good, it's a little bit too much of a hassle. Also, I promise this is the last time I write more about something we sometimes get but didn't than about what I actually got this time.

Would I order again: We order from here all the time. If you're out of what you need to make spaghetti at home, hit this place up.

Ichiban

Ordered from: Ichiban

Cirspy Orange Beef (sic)
Stir Fried Minced Chicken with Lettuce Wrap
Veggie Lo Mein
Wonton Soup
Tofu Teriyaki

($45.77 plus tax and tip)

Kham: The wonton soup was good. The tofu teriyaki tasted too much like the grill, and I don't like the charred taste, so I couldn't really eat too much of it. I feel like they almost forgot to put the flavoring on the noodles, because they were really bland. This may be a case of it's better to eat in the restaurant, because we have eaten there before and liked the food. 

Would I order again: I'd just go there. 

Nham: Oh, where to begin. I've gotten the "Cirspy" orange beef in the restaurant before, and it's good. Delivered, it's tough as shoe leather; I literally could not tear a hunk of it off with my teeth to eat! I guess I could have cut it with a knife, but who knows how long I'd have been sitting there chewing. Luckily, it wasn't a total disaster - the stir fried minced chicken was good, and I still enjoy the novelty of eating wraps made up of big lettuce leaves. I had much more chicken than I did lettuce leaves, so I ended up putting the leftover chicken on a bun and eating it, which was also good. So that was nice, but we did end up throwing most of the food out, which is never what you want to happen.

Would I order again: I feel like you're better off going to the restaurant. 

Debbie's Kitchen and Catering

Ordered from: Debbie's Kitchen and Catering

Egg Salad Sandwhich (on Hard Roll)
BBQ Chips (small)
Create My Own Sandwhich: Swiss, Bacon, Tomato, Peppers, Garlic Mayo (on Hard Roll)
Sweet Potato Coconut Curry Soup
$29.52 including tax and tip

KHam: Oh, this was good. And the soup is really good too. Um. I don't know. The whole thing was just really delicious and I'm glad I ordered it.

Would I order again: Definitely.

NHam: Man, that's an expensive egg salad sandwhich! Really tasty, though. Egg salad plus bacon on a hard roll is one of my favorites, and this was a good one - the egg salad wasn't too bitter and it went with the BBQ chips perfectly. My only complaint is that this may have been the messiest egg salad sandwhich I've ever eaten - the egg salad really didn't want to stay on that bun, which made it harder to get into my mouth, which is where the food goes. Keep some napkins ready if you're ordering this sucker.

Would I order again: Any time I want egg salad and have $7.20 to burn

Fiorello Bakery & Deli

Ordered from: Fiorello Bakery & Deli

Veggie Sub (Large), with: Swiss cheese, banana peppers, mayo, roasted peppers, tomatoes, and sun dried tomatoes (ed note: someone really likes tomatoes).
Chicken Salad Sub (Large), with: Lettuce.
($21.57 plus tax and tip)

NHam: I got the chicken salad sub. It's good. I'm not sure I have a lot to say here; Fiorello's is basically a deli that delivers, so the menu isn't as huge as some of these other places - subs, wraps, soup and salads. I've had the chicken salad sub from them twice, and it's very good each time. (One advantage of a sub over the triple-decker from last time is that the chicken salad doesn't fall out, although it doesn't feel as classy.)  If you NEED a great deli sandwich and you're too lazy to drive, you can't go wrong ordering from here.

Would I order again: I already have!

KHam: It was good. Odd taste, but good. The sun dried tomatoes may not have been unnecessary, but how many places actually let you pick that as an option? I figured I had to go for it. There's not much else to say about a veggie sub. It was good? There was a little too much bread. That's okay.

Would I order again: Yes!

Gourmella's Pizzeria & Deli

Ordered from: Gourmella's Pizzeria & Deli

The Florence (with French Fries) - chicken salad sandwhich with lettuce, tomato, and bacon
Grilled Cheese (on White)
Spaghetti
Garlic Bread (Small)

$28.82 with tax and tip (palindromical!)

KHam: I got the spaghetti. I'm trying to think of something to say. Um. I mean, the spaghetti was good, it tasted like they cooked it in a pan and it had a different flavor to it. That's all I have to say :X

Would I order again: Yes.

NHam: It's always a good sign when the place you order from has good fries; as I keep saying, it's the hardest thing to get right with delivery food, and these were great. Of course, the fries were just a side to the real star, the "Florence" - triple-decker (!) chicken salad sandwhich on toast. Felt very fancy. Tasted great, too, the bacon and lettuce were nice, and  my only complaint about it is that there was a little too much chicken salad on it (some fell out after a few bites which was a little messy). That's a good problem to have. I also got the grilled cheese, which was fine and well-grilled the way I like it; I don't have much to say here as I got this because we hadn't eaten all day and I was really hungry. Overall, I was very pleased - when all I can complain about is having too much of the main attraction you're in great shape.

Would I order again: Most definitively.

D.P. Dough

Ordered from: D.P. Dough

Your Mom (the wrap)
Construction Zone (make your own calzone) - tomato, onion, potato, garlic

KHam: Ehhhhhhhhh. The vegetables didn't taste cooked; It seemed like chopped up vegetables stuffed in a pizza crust. It's a testament to how unremarkable the sauce that I can't even think of words to describe how it tasted. I'm disappointed, we got this before and I swear liking it before because we ordered it several times. Maybe we just caught them on a bad day.

Would I order again: I might give them another shot in a couple months.

NHam: I got "Your Mom" - don't ask me why lettuce, bacon, chicken, and ranch is someone's mom. Also, they were out of bacon. (How do you run out of bacon? It's called Price Chopper.) The chicken was good and there was plenty of ranch, but I got two bites of lettuce, then two bites of lettuce and chicken, and then two bites of chicken. So, um, I can't really recommend it. If you need a calzone, go here. Otherwise, stay clear (more like rapping thru albany.blogspot.com! -ed)

Would I order again: Uh, no.