Archive for June, 2007

Bad D Hall Karma

June 18, 2007

Okay, so last week, I chipped a tooth on the baked apples, one of my favorite Dhall treats. This week, as I am dieting, I decided to go heavy on the salad bar, fixed a shining example of what a salad should be, dressed without cheese and with oil/vinegar. I get halfway through eating it, and notice something clinging to a leaf. That’s right, a nice juicy caterpillar. I just hope I didn’t eat any of his friends. Now, my Dad used to own a grocery store. It’s impossible to keep bugs off produce. I do know that. And this guy, well…he was super slimey, so probably clung strongly to his leaf up to his demise and after. So it’s not the fault of anyone at D-Hall (the salad is pre bagged, so I found out.) I just think I’m having some bad karma there, but as things happen in threes, what’s next? I will say, I reported the incident to a guy named Mike, who said to tell them to comp my next meal. He was helpful, and cute too, so not a bad transaction for the day. I’m always happy to give up dessert in return for eye candy. Hmmm, I’m feeling a little funky though, maybe I need to go home sick?

caterpillar at Dhall

Patterns

June 15, 2007

Ok. I think I’m close to breaking the code. Mac and cheese is served on Tuesdays while meatloaf is served on Thursday always in a consecutive manner and it’s been five weeks. Why five? Is this number somehow significant. We shall see…

I foresee that on July 26th, we will once again have meatloaf. Do you know what this could mean?! We may have broken the mystery of the menu!

Muahahahaha.

Meatloaf brilliance

June 14, 2007

Ah, I was upset that I missed the mac and cheese on Tuesday. I sent out a meeting request for Tuesday which I then had to bail on due to a last minute appointment. We had a workshop today but I made sure we all went to the D-Hall and forwarded the outsiders our lunch schedule.

I hit the Mongolian Grill first for my bowl of shrimp stir-fry but in the end I should have skipped it for a double dose of the meatloaf.

Not only was it made to perfection, I mean absolute perfection. As I walked up to the counter, there, resting atop the layers, was the glorious meatloaf butt. Cuz ya know, I love the end of any loaf. It just doesn’t get any tastier than that. It was a sign. The angels were singing.

I placed it on my plate along with a dollop of mashed potatoes drizzled with gravy. Oh and there were fried apples! Giddy with delight, I hurried to the Westhampton Room to sample my dishes. The meatloaf, mashed potatoes and apples were perfect. Perfectly seasoned. Perfectly cooked.

But then I have the huge bowl of shrimp stir-fry. Ugh. I can’t stand to see food go to waste. Grudgingly, I ate it while staring at the gravy trail on my plate. It was great but it wasn’t meatloaf.

But why look, it’s Chef, looking dashing in his pressed white chef coat. The man behind the meatloaf! We salute you!

I scream?

June 14, 2007

Ok – I don’t know who “starkman” is but he’s obviously mentally unstable and suffering from a retarded palette. Bad, starkman, bad.

And aweful is spelt awful.  ; )

I scream, I scream

June 13, 2007

The stir fry was pretty much tasteless.  If they don’t drown it then they forget to shake a little flavor on it.

The real sadness though was the scooped ice cream.  This stuff is aweful, even the vanilla is aweful!  How can ice cream be so aweful?? I am really depressed about this.  There have been three times in my entire life where I had ice cream that was so bad that I threw it away, two of those times were at U of R. 

icecream

Please, Super Man, save us!

Thank goodness for dessert 2.0, the cheese cake was pretty good.