Project Idea - Hot food comes to Cafe Sion

The big news this year at Sion Hill is that we finally have a daily hot food option! In general the food is actually okay and costs no more than one of the crappy sandwich. Service with a smile is still obviously not an option though. I was thinking it might be an idea to do a small publication or app that celebrates this breakthrough - I banged on about a lack of hot meals in every student rep meeting in the first and second year, along with the provision to pay by card (this has happened too).

It's just an idea at this stage, but I have been photographing my meals for a while just in case I want to go ahead with a little project. It's quite good fun looking back at the food and trying to identify what it was:



I think that one was okay, despite being vegetarian, although it was a bit heavy on courgette. On a Monday we don't get a regular hot meal, instead there is the option of "pasta machine", which the lovely ladies of Cafe Sion are still struggling to get to grips with. It's basically quick-cook penne pasta with a choice of vegetable or meatball ragu for £1.80, which to be fair is reasonable. However, the vege option seems to be just the carnivore version sans-meatball, yet for the same price! Also, we have found that the number of meatballs varies considerably - from a mighty six to as few as two.