Breakfast is pretty standard: an egg dish, a line for eggs and omelets made to order, meat (bacon/sausage), potatoes, waffles, pancakes, cereal, toast, fruit, etc. Occasionally grits and/or biscuits and gravy are out on the line in addition to everything else.
Lunch and dinner have three main dishes choices and sides. The mains consist of a vegan dish and some combination of chicken, beef, pork, or fish dishes. Beef and chicken are the most common and they do a pretty decent job with the beef, though when they screw it up, there's A1 or some 57 Sauce to take care of it. The chicken is a different story: So far, with only a couple exceptions, the chicken been badly overcooked. Think saltines without the crunch. The side dishes are usually some form of potato or rice.
Wednesday is Mexican day for lunch, and there have been a few cases where there has been a clear Thai or Indian theme. Lunch usually has a sandwich line and occasionally they have a burger bar open at night.
Other than the main lines, there is a cold salad bar (usually consisting of the leftover saltine chicken chilled and mixed with pasta), jello, fruits, vegetables, and dessert. From talking with some of the long time returning folks, this year they have done a much better job getting "freshies" (fresh fruit and vegetables), though how well they're treated on the trip down from New Zealand varies. Most of the time, the lettuce consists more of stalks than leafs and that too some getting used to. Eating it usually makes you resemble an animal eating hay or alfalfa. Throw on some salad dressing and if you're not careful, you use a lot of napkins.
Dessert is the best part of any meal, and sadly, not an option for anybody who likes what they currently weight or feels they could lose a few pounds. Since getting here I have seen cheesecake, lemon meringue pie, brownies, cinnamon roles, angel food cake (next to a giant bowl of whipped cream), rum cake, cookies (every Wednesday is cookie day!), creme brulee, and the list continues. Everybody likes the bakers.
Overall, the food is edible, though I've found that the longer/fancier the name, the less likely I am to enjoy it. By far the best meal so far has been the night they had flank steak cut into strips and soaked in barbecue sauce.
Lunch and dinner have three main dishes choices and sides. The mains consist of a vegan dish and some combination of chicken, beef, pork, or fish dishes. Beef and chicken are the most common and they do a pretty decent job with the beef, though when they screw it up, there's A1 or some 57 Sauce to take care of it. The chicken is a different story: So far, with only a couple exceptions, the chicken been badly overcooked. Think saltines without the crunch. The side dishes are usually some form of potato or rice.
Wednesday is Mexican day for lunch, and there have been a few cases where there has been a clear Thai or Indian theme. Lunch usually has a sandwich line and occasionally they have a burger bar open at night.
Other than the main lines, there is a cold salad bar (usually consisting of the leftover saltine chicken chilled and mixed with pasta), jello, fruits, vegetables, and dessert. From talking with some of the long time returning folks, this year they have done a much better job getting "freshies" (fresh fruit and vegetables), though how well they're treated on the trip down from New Zealand varies. Most of the time, the lettuce consists more of stalks than leafs and that too some getting used to. Eating it usually makes you resemble an animal eating hay or alfalfa. Throw on some salad dressing and if you're not careful, you use a lot of napkins.
Dessert is the best part of any meal, and sadly, not an option for anybody who likes what they currently weight or feels they could lose a few pounds. Since getting here I have seen cheesecake, lemon meringue pie, brownies, cinnamon roles, angel food cake (next to a giant bowl of whipped cream), rum cake, cookies (every Wednesday is cookie day!), creme brulee, and the list continues. Everybody likes the bakers.
Overall, the food is edible, though I've found that the longer/fancier the name, the less likely I am to enjoy it. By far the best meal so far has been the night they had flank steak cut into strips and soaked in barbecue sauce.
No comments:
Post a Comment