Opinion – Campus Eatery
Campus eatery lacks in the flavor department
Published on: Daily Sundial – April 22, 2009, Wednesday
URL: http://sundial.csun.edu/campus-eatery-lacks-in-the-flavor-department-1.1725999
As you all may know, the Sierra Marketplace is one of the many eateries on campus. They sell a variety of foods, such as deli sandwiches, pizzas, freshly cooked pasta, Chinese food and more.
With so many varieties for students to choose from to satisfy their hunger when they’re on campus, the food needs to be somewhat flavorful. Even though the prices students pay aren’t a staggering amount, they should still get their monies worth.
Checkers Club – 111/365
It has been over a month since I have eaten at the Sierra Marketplace, and I have strayed away from it because I was very unpleased by what I have eaten in the earlier months. I even wrote an article about it on the Daily Sundial about it, and it will be published tomorrow! I am very excited about it. I will definitely share it with you guys.
But back to what I was saying, I went back to the Sierra Marketplace today because I was feeling hungry. Hardly anything sounded appealing. I knew I wanted something light but flavorful at the same time, so I pondered for a good while. I finally decided on this panini sandwich called Checkers Club. It had turkey breast, tomatoes, provolone cheese, bacon bits and mayonnaise in between flatbread. The flavor was actually not bad! Well, if the school failed at making this, I would be concerned, but I really enjoyed the panini sandwich. It surely was light tasting, and it was enough to make myself full. What was even more awesome is that they used real bacon, and you can’t really go wrong with bacon. Nom om om.
Rating: ★★★★☆
St. Patrick’s Day Food Specials – 76/365
I suppose it’s sort of cute that the school’s Sierra Marketplace caters some St. Patrick’s Day specials such as the Irish soup (top) and the roasted beef and cabbage with a side — mine being mashed potatoes (bottom). The Irish soup consisted of roasted beef, onions, carrots, celery, and red potatoes. The flavor was light, but it still had a good amount of flavor. I think if the soup had a tomato paste base, the flavor would’ve been even richer, but it was nice overall.
On the other hand, I didn’t really like the roasted beef and cabbage with a side. First, I’m not even sure if it was roasted beef since it didn’t even taste like beef, but it wasn’t really pork either. It made me pretty nervous there. Second, the flavor was very salty. The more I ate it, the more I hated it. I tried to combine the saltiness with the mashed potatoes, which didn’t have a whole lot of flavor by the way, but it just didn’t blend well together. In the end, I threw the last few bites away because I just couldn’t stand it anymore. If this ever goes on the menu again, I will be sure to not order it. The soup was so much better.
Rating (top): Rating: ★★★☆☆
Rating (bottom): Rating: ★☆☆☆☆