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Tasty Surprise at the Cafe

My workplace has a cafeteria downstairs that served decent food, but over the weekend the old crew cleared out and new management took over. It’s not a cafeteria anymore; it’s a full blown cafe.

Before, available breakfast was bagels or pancakes or scrambled eggs out of powder. This morning, a chef was making omelettes out of egg whites with peppers, broccoli and onions. And I’ve never seen such a choice of fruits – bananas, apples, pears, bananas, blueberries, strawberries, plums, canteloupe, honeydew melon, watermelon. I just wanted coffee because my sweet wife had already prepared me a healthy blueberry and yogurt dish this morning.

I picked up a menu; gone is the old deli lunch station and the cheeseburger station. Now they have:

  • An “Exhibition” station (today for lunch will be pad thai with spring roll and dipping sauce);
  • An Italian station (chicken asparagus roasted pepper eppie roll);
  • A deli station (flank steak with bleu cheese and carmelized onion panini);
  • An entree station (peppercorn crusted NY strip steak)
  • A grill station (Roasted stuffed pork loin with risotto alla robusto
  • A “Balanced Choice” station (apricot and ginger glazed salmon filet);
  • A “Wild Greens” salad station (Grilled tuna steak with sweet tomato salsa);
  • An International station (Lamb gyro with hummus, baklava and spanikopita.
  • A Soup station from Au Bon Pain (chicken florentine or French onion).

The price ranges from $3.99 to $5.99. And it appears the menu will change daily – there’s some maple mustard tenderloin with carmelized apples at the Balanced Choice station tomorrow that sounds good.

First impression: wow.



5 responses to “Tasty Surprise at the Cafe”

  1. I’m hungry.

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  2. And I’m eating. I’m having the salmon with apricot and ginger glaze and for a side the corn and green bell pepper mix. Yum. 🙂

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  3. I’m having an apple. phhhhtt.

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  4. I kinda liked it when your cafeteria food was bad, that way my cooking tasted great in comparrison.

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  5. Sean: You know where I work. Come lunch with me.

    Diane: I have no complaints, love. Your cooking is the fab. 🙂

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Michael, a sinner saved by grace, sharing what the good Lord has shared with me.

Solomon, in the book of Ecclesiastes, said, “I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.”

If you’re not living for the glory of God, then what you’re doing is meaningless, no matter what it is. Living for God gives life meaning, and enjoying a “chasing after the wind” is a gift from God. I’m doing what I can to enjoy this gift daily.

Got questions? I’m not surprised. If you have any questions about Chasing the Wind, you can email me at chasingthewind@outlook.com.

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