This was … ahem about 25 years ago, so I don’t recall. But if so, even worse - the French would be the last people on earth to perpetuate that kind of abomination!
I also remember this was down in the Science Ghetto, where they probably figured we were all troglodytes who couldn’t tell the difference. Up the road on the main campus, were cafes that were all sophisticated and stuff, and might even serve cappucino, though they spelt it “cuppuchino”
Cuisine where you simmer spicy things gently for three hours, versus cuisine where you show generally unspicy food to a scalding surface for 60 seconds… admittedly the Chinese do know about soup, so they might be able to learn Indian food without drama, but I think it would take a lot of unlearning to go the other way.
At KB? Err, if so I was there at the same time as you, me probably being a year ahead. The best thing the canteen did up there was a pie and beans and a pint for a pound. Potterow had much better food.
Self-correction - I meant to say “chicken chimi” above and my autocorrect would have none of it.
They do also have chicken chili, and it’s not bad, although I can’t actually taste any chili peppers in it.
I should note that I’m speaking specifically about Taco Time Northwest, which due to historical weirdness is actually a completely different company than the Taco Times outside WA, and looking at their websites there are some differences in their menu items (e.g. the non-NW Taco Times don’t put ranch on their soft tacos, whereas the NW ones do).
Once in San Francisco after a late night of clubbing (ah, my lost days of youth), we found a lunch counter open at 3 am. They sold pizza. Sort of. It was nasty pasty white bread crust slathered in ketchup and with some sort of commodity cheese on top.
Once our cafeteria was serving what looked like spaghetti and garlic bread. I took one bite of the bread and discovered someone had sprinkled sugar all over it. Gross.
I have encountered quesadillas that were triangles of puff pastry folded around cheese. Also, “vegan quesadillas” filled with mashed potatoes. These were in primary- and secondary-school cafeterias, respectively, >10 years ago.
Potterow had much better food.
