**The restaurant:** World Wrapps, inside REI.

**The lunch:** A bowl of white rice with chunks of plain grilled chicken.

**The price:** $3.50.

While we were ordering, the cashier asked, “White rice or brown rice?” Iris tugged at my pant leg and hissed, “White rice.” Then, while eating, she gestured at me with a piece of chicken and said, “This is some good chicken.”

I tasted some (I was having the Thai chicken wrap) and, thanks to my finely honed palate, I can reveal the secret ingredient. Salt.