How wrong can your lunch choice be? As I learned today, It can be pretty messy.
I ended up in a soup today because I didn't get my lunch choice right.
To add a bit of a background, Our local cafe has closed for renovation and we rely on Food trucks for our sustenance. Almost always the trucks are good- Indian, Mexican, Thai, Burgers etc. Those who prefer more traditional way, they have setup a tent which serves chef made menu. The tent also has the proverbial salad bar. This is usually the last resort for me.
Today I scanned through the available options but nothing seemed to call me. With a heavy heart I entered the tent. I made a note to set my food expectation levels to a minimal bar. But what they served me next, wasn't even on my expectation horizon.The chef must have made this item in some trance like state.
They served me with a strange combination - Stuffed Chicken breast, brown Rice and cucumbers.
I waited patiently for another item to arrive. "Enjoy your meal Sir", came the reply from the counter.
I looked at the items carefully. I tried a little game of permutation and combinations, but nothing seemed to fit.
Cucumbers with rice - nope. Chicken with brown rice - I gave this a try, but after a few jabs, I left the chicken in piece. Chicken with Cucumbers - I closed the lid. In my entire life, I haven't had to face this kind of embarrassment. I just couldn't eat the damn thing :(
After spending 1/2 hour contemplating to be or not to be hungry, I decided enough is enough. I went to the food trucks - again, and picked up the 1st food truck. They gave me noodles. mmmmm, it looked good and so was the aroma coming from the mini-kitchen. Without spending much time, I opened the metal wrap.
Behold! As soon as the 1st spoonful went into my mouth, I realised that I'd made a grave mistake - 2nd time in a day! I could've rather eaten rubber tube with a gusto, but these "noodles"! Noodles were they not. I made 3 brave attempts of swallowing those engulfed little wicked things, but my brain knocked off after the third attempt.
2/2 : I mean, what is the probability of getting inedible food 2 times in a row? may be it's not as low as I assumed.
After wasting my precious dollars on human served food, I turned towards the ultimate choice of a hungry individual - the Vending machine.
I ended up in a soup today because I didn't get my lunch choice right.
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To add a bit of a background, Our local cafe has closed for renovation and we rely on Food trucks for our sustenance. Almost always the trucks are good- Indian, Mexican, Thai, Burgers etc. Those who prefer more traditional way, they have setup a tent which serves chef made menu. The tent also has the proverbial salad bar. This is usually the last resort for me.
Today I scanned through the available options but nothing seemed to call me. With a heavy heart I entered the tent. I made a note to set my food expectation levels to a minimal bar. But what they served me next, wasn't even on my expectation horizon.The chef must have made this item in some trance like state.
They served me with a strange combination - Stuffed Chicken breast, brown Rice and cucumbers.
I waited patiently for another item to arrive. "Enjoy your meal Sir", came the reply from the counter.
I looked at the items carefully. I tried a little game of permutation and combinations, but nothing seemed to fit.
Cucumbers with rice - nope. Chicken with brown rice - I gave this a try, but after a few jabs, I left the chicken in piece. Chicken with Cucumbers - I closed the lid. In my entire life, I haven't had to face this kind of embarrassment. I just couldn't eat the damn thing :(
After spending 1/2 hour contemplating to be or not to be hungry, I decided enough is enough. I went to the food trucks - again, and picked up the 1st food truck. They gave me noodles. mmmmm, it looked good and so was the aroma coming from the mini-kitchen. Without spending much time, I opened the metal wrap.
Behold! As soon as the 1st spoonful went into my mouth, I realised that I'd made a grave mistake - 2nd time in a day! I could've rather eaten rubber tube with a gusto, but these "noodles"! Noodles were they not. I made 3 brave attempts of swallowing those engulfed little wicked things, but my brain knocked off after the third attempt.
2/2 : I mean, what is the probability of getting inedible food 2 times in a row? may be it's not as low as I assumed.
After wasting my precious dollars on human served food, I turned towards the ultimate choice of a hungry individual - the Vending machine.
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