{"id":619,"date":"2011-10-08T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2011-10-08T19:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=619"},"modified":"2011-10-07T11:44:30","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T18:44:30","slug":"worth-the-trip-stir-it-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2011\/10\/08\/worth-the-trip-stir-it-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Worth the Trip<\/i>: Stir it up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Campus Caf<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lansdowne campus<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chicken teriyaki stir-fry<\/strong><\/p>\n

$6.82<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(Photo by Tyler Rowe\/Nexus)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Presentation and service<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jason: <\/strong>The staff here is excellent, but not being able to order lunch before 11 am is ridiculous. Who has the right to deny you stir-fry for breakfast? Nobody. And stir-fry in the morning is delicious.<\/p>\n

Tyler:<\/strong> Yeah, I get why there are hard and fast rules for the breakfast\/lunch switchover. But these guys were on some down-to-the-minute rigidity.<\/p>\n

Taste<\/strong><\/p>\n

J:<\/strong> It\u2019s really good. I\u2019d be so bold as to say it\u2019s the best thing in the cafeteria. Fresh veggies, choice of protein, the rice doesn\u2019t taste old or stale, and a large portion for under seven bucks. If I have one critique it\u2019s that the chicken was a little rubbery. Normally, I would make some sort of witty anecdote but it\u2019s hard to be funny when you actually like the food.<\/p>\n

T:<\/strong> Papa Saliani is right: the stir-fry is the single best thing Camosun\u2019s cafeteria puts in a Styrofoam shell. In terms of cost, size, and taste, it\u2019s a never-miss option. I probably get it 85 percent of the time I go there for lunch. I\u2019m not too chicken to say that my only beef is I would like more protein options, but I wouldn\u2019t want the campus to dig into its pork barrel for such a simple thing.<\/p>\n

Shogun<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hillside Mall<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chicken teriyaki stir-fry<\/strong><\/p>\n

$7.13<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(Photo by Tyler Rowe\/Nexus)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Presentation and service<\/strong><\/p>\n

J:<\/strong> It was pouring rain when we walked to Hillside and my jacket didn\u2019t so much repel water as it did just hold it in, so I needed something to warm me up, and quick. Shogun didn\u2019t disappoint. They were kind, fast, and the food was hot. The portion was a bit smaller than the cafeteria, but still plenty of food.<\/p>\n

T:<\/strong> The Hillside Mall food court reminds me of when I failed grade 10 P.E. because we used to pile into my buddy\u2019s Oldsmobile and go to Taco Time instead of getting a little exercise. We\u2019d see who could eat the most spicy sauce and watch the retirees get their midday walk.<\/p>\n

Taste<\/strong><\/p>\n

J:<\/strong> I like the way the chicken is cut better; it\u2019s shaved rather than diced, and the sauce isn\u2019t as sweet, which is good, but the veggies aren\u2019t as fresh tasting as the cafeteria. It\u2019s a tough call, they\u2019re both so similar; for all-around deliciousness, it\u2019s Shogun by a margin, but for price and convenience it\u2019s the cafeteria. It\u2019s a photo finish for taste.<\/p>\n

T:<\/strong> I guess the chicken is thrown into a chicken randomizer. The sauce is straight up better than the caf\u2019s. But the veggies pale in comparison, and the dish is smaller and more expensive.<\/p>\n

Verdict: <\/strong>The Lansdowne cafeteria wins. In the end, Shogun just isn\u2019t worth the trip. At the cafeteria you get bigger portions, fresher veggies, you don\u2019t have to leave campus, and all for less money. On top of that, waiting for your food to come up at the cafeteria is one of the best ways to make conversation with members of the opposite (or same) sex. Bring your appetite and your A-game because the cafeteria\u2019s stir fry and maybe even some sexy times await.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Campus Caf Lansdowne campus Chicken teriyaki stir-fry $6.82 Presentation and service Jason: The staff here is excellent, but not being able to order lunch before 11 am is ridiculous. Who has the right to deny you stir-fry for breakfast? Nobody. And stir-fry in the morning is delicious. Tyler: Yeah, I get why there are hard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-columns","category-october52011"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":694,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619\/revisions\/694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}