Thursday, April 15th Lunch: Nachos

Yet again, we are presented with Nachos.

It seems that Nachos present, in the eyes of every food service I have encountered, the "let's take it easy" day, concerning lunches.

Meal contents (For my meal):

• Tri-color tortilla chips
• "Queso fundito" (we'll get to this one in a bit)
• Black Beans
• Taco meat
• Sour cream
• Half-pint 2% milk
• Cookies (2): Chocolate Chip and Chocolate Chocolate Chip

Overview:

The concept of "queso fundito" is insulting to the students of the college, as well as anyone with sensible food tastes. I've heard many times that Walter Burke Catering goes out of their way to provide us with "fresh-made" food made with "real" ingredients. However, their take on traditional Mexican Queso Fundido provides little to no correlation with the reality of this dish.

Actual Queso Fundido:

















Walter Burke Catering's idea of "Queso Fundito"


















The most intense flavor in Walter Burke's cheese sauce is: Water. There's cheese, there's water, and there's intense bland. That's about as far as it goes.

Let us take the time to remember Bon Apetit, our former food providers. Members of WBC's staff consistently put themselves in a place over Bon Apetit, but we must examine and compare the food.

On nacho days at Bon Apetit (which were, to be honest, rather rare) we had a freshly prepared cheese sauce that was labeled as such: Cheese Sauce. They were honest about the ingredients and composition of the food. At Walter Burke, this is rarely the case. Have you ever noticed how most of the orangeish soups taste and smell exactly the same?

Because we rarely get any face time with the chefs responsible for the cuisine, they have no responsibility to us. We are a captive audience, and we must suffer their concoctions of wildly varying quality.

Anyway: on to the food.

Food Review

Par for the course, as far as Walter Burke nachos are concerned. Watery synthetic cheese sauce, underseasoned and bland beef, and pretty decent beans. I've always been a fan of their black beans, as I find it one their simplest preparations, for the most part. Later, I'll post my "Unified Theory of Food" and explain what it is I mean there. Overall, the meal was fair to poor. One decent element (and inoffensive tortilla chips) cannot make up for the lackluster quality of the meal in general.

The desert was fair. As far as their cookie preparation goes, it's fairly hit and miss. Today the cookies were palatable (the chocolate chocolate chip being the most pleasant, as the straight-up chocolate chip was a little undercooked and doughy).

OVERALL MEAL GRADE (OUT OF FIVE STARS): 1/5

~The Customer From Hell

Mission Statement

Hello, CSF Students, and welcome to The Mobile Café. This is the place to talk about Walter Burke Catering's food service at the College of Santa Fe.

As the service has no real forum for suggestions, complaints, or critique, I, The Customer From Hell, have set up this blog as a place for the students to comment on the food service. What do you like? What would you like to see? We hope to make this publicly known to the Walter Burke staff.

Features will include:

• Meal Reviews

Here, we'll take a look at specific meals. (If any vegetarians wish to contribute to the blog, contact me via the comments)

• Menu Overview and Analysis

We will examine and analyze the weekly menus provided by WBC.

• Highlights and Lowlights

A presentation of Walter Burke Catering does best, and what they do worst.

• Suggestions and Special Comments

Finally, this section will deal with possible meal suggestions from the bloggers and the students, as well as any other features we may think of.

Check back frequently for updates.


Sincerely,
The Customer From Hell