Another great part about working for the UN is the lunches. I didn't really have a great appreciation for the UN cafeteria until I worked for the NRC in Maryland. I had just assumed that every cafeteria had a salad bar, soups, hot meals, desserts, made-to-order steaks, burgers, and a Wok counter. This is not necessarily true.
After I began working for the NRC, I quickly realized that my meals were going to consist of a bag of fritos, doritos or ruffles...a coke...and either a white bread sandwhich or the salad of the day. Those were tough times.
Of course, when compared perhaps to a French cafe, the UN cafeteria does not have the latest technology in sauce making, nor does it always have the freshest of organic ingredients. But the food is very edible and 9 times out of 10, it is delicious. Even better? I pay about 3 euro on average for my daily noon-time meal. Andi gets his duck in mushroom gravy with potatoes, I get my vegetarian curry banana vegetable stew on rice, we are both happy and we have paid a total of 7 euro. That's pretty great, right?
That's a super deal for such good grub. I remember our lunch with you there being extremely delicious. Your memu choices are quite extensive also as I recall. It must be hard to stay awake in the afternoon after those good mid-day meals?
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I'm sure it tastes better than it looks... Explanation: I can't tell if the picture is of the duck in gravy or banana stew.....
ReplyDeletebut at least you can get beer!... which is pretty sweet.
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