Festival-Shmestival
One week until exams.
As I’ve mentioned before, most ISAT kids spend most of their meal plan in Festival. Festival is similar to a food court in the mall. It’s one of the better dining establishments on campus (if you ask me), but it can get a little old to eat there day in and day out. On Friday, a few fellow ISAT students and I were walking through the ISAT building towards Festival when a lady in a little white chef coat came running after us. She started yelling at us, “Hey wait! Are you hungry?! Do you have time to sit down and eat?! Please, come here!”
We did. Apparently, a nutrition course is held in the HHS building (Health and Human Services, which is connected to the ISAT building) that focuses on food quantity and preparation (or something). In any event, the nice lady informed us that one table had not shown up to judge her students’ food, and she needed hungry volunteers. We accepted the duty.
What we got was a surprisingly nice set up in a secret room on the basement floor. The food was Mexican, and thus all the tables were decorated with tiny sombreros, Mexican flags, and lots of tortilla chips. We were served rice, enchiladas (beef or cheese or one of each), a choice of beverage, and even a fancy dessert of sherbet and freshly made donut holes…for FREE! To me, a college student suffering from the typical college student financial status, this was a more than welcome surprise. All we had to do was fill out a comment card following the meal.
After a rough week full of tests and projects and studying, a free Mexican meal with miniature sombreros is just what I needed. The ISAT building is full of surprises.