UofM Bursley 2/18/2013

Okay so since this is my first time doing this I'm going to go ahead and explain what it is that I'm doing so that it hopefully makes sense. So I go to the dining halls every once and a while here and some of them are good and some of them... not so much. But I decided that since we keep making posts about food I would start posting about when I go to the dining halls and rating my individual dishes then coming up with a grand total... kind of just for fun pretty much. And because I like to talk about food. The scale is from 1-10 with 1 being I actually had to spit it back out, 5 Okay and 10 being oh my God get in my mouth right now. The dining hall I went to for dinner tonight is one of the not so good ones, but its the one closest to my apartment, so I end up there pretty often. Alright, lets try this!

First, there was soup. Chicken Tortellini. Which was clearly just the tortellini they were serving that day and the chicken soup they served the day before mixed together. But whatever, it didn't suck. And I guess I like that they try to not waste food. That's nice to know.

Rating: 4

Second I had some mashed potatoes, which were pretty good, but I mean its kind of hard to mess up something that you just peel and squish up. Actually apparently some people really don't like the mashed potatoes at this dining hall because they have chunks of not fully mashed potatoes throughout, but I really like that so I was excited. Although, for some reason there was no gravy, it was still okay.

Rating: 7

Next I tried some bread sticks which are usually hit or miss. It all depends on how long its been since they came out of the oven. These ones were on the better side.

Rating: 5

Then I tried some pasta with Alfredo sauce, which as you can tell I had to completely cover in pepper for it to have any taste. At this point I really just wanted something to fill my stomach because I was pretty disappointed (but not surprised) with the meal so far. I also realized that I pretty much only eat carbs....

Rating: 5

Last I had some Lucky Charms for dessert, which of course were delicious, but I feel like they really shouldn't count since the dining hall had no part in making them delicious. But I guess they made them accessible to me so I'll go ahead and give it to 'em.

Rating: 8

So now is the point where the grand total comes in. Since every meal has a different number of dishes I'm going to add up the numbers and divide it by the number of dishes so I get an average out of 10 for the meal to rate the whole thing and compare it to future meals.

4 + 7 + 5 + 5 + 8

5

Total meal rating: 5.8

Not too bad for Bursley honestly. And the Lucky Charms really helped them out. I pretty much included that last picture because I never ever finish most dishes since they arent really that great. I guess I just thought it was interesting. Well, until next time I guess! This was fun, I like talking about food and it will be fun to see the differences between the dining halls here.