Are my ribbons tied? is my hair in place? Have I got a cute expression on my face?

souvlaki pita
from: Pita Pit
price: almost $7
rating: &&&/&&&&&
listening to: ween (the band, not the crazy commenter)
comments: the pita wasn't that great. maybe I should get less stuff in it. the chickeny flavour was quite overpowered by the fixins. but when I order things where they ask what you want on it, I have a hard time not saying "everything". maybe I should work on that.

and vivian dracula had:

a piece of exhaust pipe and some oil
from: Midas brake and muffler
price: under $300
rating: &&&&.5/&&&&&
comments: vivian dracula started getting real noisy yesterday as the hole in the exhaust pipe grew. so I took it into Midas on 4th and arbutus today. they did a great job. nice and quick, and they didn't try to seel me anything else that I did or didn't need. just the exhasut repair and an oil change. fun.

what a killer

3 items: kungpauchicken, beefnspinach and the fish
from: Yi Kou Xiang (northern foods) or maybe it's alled "combo" now ?
price: $5
rating: &&&.7/&&&&&
listening to: built to spill covering cortez the killer
comments: yeah yah. long time no bloggin. so sue me. decent lunch. nothing special. now click the pic to see the stupid prez's new dancing toy!

and craig had:

tortellini n stuff
from: his home
price: n/a
rating: &&&&&/&&&&&
comments: craig didn't review his lunch before he went home. but I assume he'd give it &&&&& the way he went on about it. more importantly this is his last week at webct. true story. now click the pic to see the prez's latest love interest.

ps: congrats to jeff, dave, misha, darius, junghwa and any other past or current co-ops or employees who graduatered this week. ween? how about you?

wake up young man, it's time to wake up

beer n burger
from: the pit
rating: &&&&.5/&&&&&
listening to: mad season
comments: burger was slightly above average his here friday. but that's not what earned this extra high rating. that was due to the kind ATM-repair man who found $20 while moving the ATM and bought us a pitcher with it! nice! not sure why he chose us, but we were rather grateful (after being rather sceptical, that is). viv's possee was grateful for it as well, I reckon.

and jeff, jason and jenna had:

jeff:
Coconut curry chicken is gooooooooooood. How good? It’s so good that Greg Chan and Jason put a hole in my lunch box.
jason:
burgerrr, veggie burgerrr, cheesesss, fries, ketchup, order mixup, tension, order fixup, relief
jenna:
i had california roll and japanese cream puffs. only $3.95 total. They tastes ok. I wasn't hungry at lunch. Califonia rolls have too much rice though. Cream puffs are very creamy, yummy. Greg Chan tried one puff. He didn't say it was bad, so I assume he liked it too. :)

twenty twenty twenty four hours to gooooo

rare pho to go
from: A-1 Vietnamese and Korean (or "Mese Food" as stated in that pic)
price: $4.70
rating: &&&.8/&&&&&
listening to: ramones
comments: good pho. not great. just good. there was one single pice of jalapeno in it. I haven't seen that before here. oh well. it made my lips burn after nibbling on it. and mad props go to gary ellwood for giving me what I needed to make my Timbitsman (clicky tha picky).

and a mystery person had:

100 points to the first person to identify who's lunch this was. if you click the pic, you will see the person. mildly iPhoto'ed.

special chinese post!!!

咸牛肉三明治从
在哪買的 : the Delly
价格: $4.75
評分: 四分之五顆星
评论: Delly 的三明治总是可口的。我爱他们 好吃好吃. 现在点击照片可以看到可憐的機器人們被困在圍欄裡.

and anny had:

方家剩菜
在哪買的: 卡利不本那比
价格: 媽媽的愛心: 無價之寶
評分: 四分之五顆星
评论: 方阿媽的愛心比方媽媽的愛心還好吃. 现在点击照片可以看到兩個女孩在我的窗戶外替彼此檢查眼睛. 葛瑞格是笨蛋.

****special thanks to anny for this great translating!****

I still can't remember when, or how I lost my way

sushi combo a
from: osaka sushi
price: $6.44 or something
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: Neil Young "cortez the killer" then Built to Spill "Cortez the Killer" non-stop for the past two days.
comments: sushi = good. now click the pic to see the fancy new "combo" sign that they got at Northern Foods.


poutine + big dog
from: Vera's
price: little below $11
rating: &&&&.1/&&&&& [due, mostly, to health considerations]
comments: alexandru says, "vera's has good everything [if you're into burgers] and a decent hotdog selection. The poutine is pretty good compared to other fast-food's offerings so it gets second place for me [between kfc, mcd's, burger king, a&w, my old high-school's caf and Seymour mtn's caf :) ]. The only better one I used to eat was a small pizza and fries joint somewhere by my old high-school but I think they're closed down now. The hotdog was.. well... a hotdog :) But if I'm hungry for a poutine I go to Vera's and so does my little lady friend :)"

bonedigger bonedigger! dogs in the moonlight...

burger n beer
listening to: paul simon
I'm not reviewing this. it's the same as it always is.

and jenna had:

katsu don with pork and eggs
from: the honour roll (in the sub)
price: $5.25
rating: &&&/&&&&&
comments: jenna says, "The pork bun (the breaded outside) is not crispy and the whole thing is a little sweeter than it should be, but i'll say it tastes ok."

I bin searching the whole darn day..

3 items (actually 4) tomato and egg, beans n beef, the fish and some noodley salady
from: Yi Kou Xiang (northern foods)
price: $5
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: robert nesta marley
comments: since yi kou xiang (and the other chinese food places) have stopped honouring customer appreciation cards, I have stopped going there. today broke that boycott. and maybe they had even noticed my lack of business, because the girl graciously offered me a 4th item. some noodley, cucumbery salad. and it was really good. now click the pic to see our newest 'smokey' and the best shirt I have ever seen (for a relatively new hire) in the office.

and vlad had:

Looks like a burger …at least he thought he was getting one :) … Should be one of 2: either Hamburger or Cheeseburger
from: "From the Bbq – “Bakery” in front of SUB"
price: "Can’t tell ..this is a secret …and it’s very expensive burger some what from 3.25 to 4.50 … an hour :P"
rating: &&&/&&&&&
comments: vlad (crazily) said, "It’s hard to rate since I bought it and spent some time walking to the office; -> then I’ve found out about the meeting (which I forgot about) and it had to lie-down on my desk for another hour; -> then I burned it in the “oven” in the kitchen – so after all those experiment (and considering that I was too hungry by then ;)) – I’d give it – 3 (but I think it’s not a bad one). burger – I think a better then a Mc one"

last night was some beerlariness done our way

boccoccinio and promiscuitto and tomatoto panininini
from: cafe crepe
price: $7.44
rating: &&&.5/&&&&&
listening to: the streets
comments: the paninini is really delicious. the rating was affected by the high price. and if you click on the pic, you will see the gallery that's growing outside gord's window. some nice paintings by his daughter. there's even a little write up
about the artist.

and I also got:

new shorts
from: helly hansen
price: $31 after tax
comments: no guest lunch. intstead, here is jason modeling the shorts I bought at the village. maybe I should have saved this pic for my other blog... http://shortsatthevillage.blogspot.com now click the pic to see how greg and jason would not be outdone by justine's art.

happy census day!!

1/2 and 50% donair (chicken and lamb)
from: Donair Town
price: $5
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
comments: the donair was good. I wasn't all that hungry, though. it's because kim is really leaving today. there were 3 cakes brought in for her! yum. 2 of which... cheesecake! I thought this one had the best message on it. haha. and today is census day. so make sur eyou click the pic and see one of my favourite beer mugs.

and craig had:

Rendang Beef & Sayur Lemak with Rice
from: Banana Leaf
price: $8.00
rating: BBB.b/BBBBB
comments: Craig is writing this entire comment (Craig is not somebody to be messed with when he speaks about himself in the 3rd person): I forgot about the lunch on Monday. Grrr, Mondays are not my forté. Goodbye Kim! I was told at 11am that I had a dumb 90 minute meeting start at 11:30 today, but fortunately after I realized I had my Monday leftovers in the fridge! It was tasty enough I suppose. It certainly tasted a lot better than the pic looks, but nothing to write home about. I'd like to try it again fresh some day...
...now click the pic to see what happens when you don't coat yourself in sunscreen during an ultimate tourament. hee hee. bad jeff.

bye kimmy!!!

roti canai and singapore laksa
from: Banana Leaf
price: $14ish
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
comments: kim's penultimate day at webct. we'll miss her. now click the pics to see our ultimate team from the weekend. we were amazing with a spotless 0and4 record!

and kimmy had:

kim's last LATV review: "Banana Leaf was pretty good. I shared 4 different dishes with VNC and Anny. If you do decide to venture out there, definitely order the Roti Canai. The price definitely good, FREE FOR ME. Thanks to everyone that came out.. Bye-Bye WebCT! I give it &&&& out of &&&&&."

until the colour of a man's skin is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes... me say war

butter chicken and spinach curry
from: curry point
price: $5.85
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: Bob Marley
comments: friday and no beer. what's up with that? and a blog entry on time?? what's up with that??? so, 4 of us had curry today. and it was after a practice ultimate game. that meant we were all good an hungry. click any of the pics to see the 'Bb Guns' ultimate team in action!

and jenna, jason and jeff had:

curries
jenna: Butter chicken and butter vegetable: &&&&/&&&&&
"A good lunch. . They are not spicy as I expected. I enjoyed them after some running around at ultimate playing."
jeff: Butter chicken and cauliflower: &&&&/&&&&&
"it was good. but it was too cold by the time I ate it. too much work!! aargh!"
jason: yogurt curry and mutter paneer: &&&&/&&&&&
"I am jason! look at me! I always eat curry! bloolooloooooo!"

oysters and dry lancers

roast beouf sandwich with cream of broccoli soup
from: The Delly
price: $6.75
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: pavement
comments: Delly sandwiches are always good. the soup was good, too. but, you know... who was this person who invented cream of broccoli soup?? I mean, I like broccoli, but when I eat it, I don't think... "mmm... this would go great in cream!" it just seems wrong. I don't think I ever dipped my broccoli in my milk growing up. but hey, it works. it's good. now click the pic to see a friend's photography web page.

and tommy had:

Leftovers from the night before
from: good old home-made style
price: Priceless
rating: &&&/&&&&&
comments: tommy says, "home-style cooking by my aunt. rice with leftover veggies, pork, and beef wrapped with 'golden mushrooms'" this photo was tweaked by the mighty cragger. now click the pic to see who is fun to frighten.

the humble subjects watched with mixed emotion...

sushi combo A
from: Osaka Sushi
price: $6.20
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: Uncle Tupelo covering CCR's Effigy
comments: there is sushi somewhere in this pic. deal with it. now, if you choose to click the pic, you gonna see an ancestor of mine. and she was a pirate. a pirate queen, to some. I'm not sure exactly how I'm related, but we've traced the o'malley name (me mom's family name) back a few generations to the west coast of Ireland there. maybe I'm grace's great great great great great nephew or something?

and erin had:

butter chicken bowl and a piece of naan
price: $5.06
rating: &&&.5/&&&&&
comments: erin says, "When did the bowl price go up to $3.73?!? However when I asked for less chicken and more sauce, the serving guy did a fanastic job. I had plenty of sauce for my piece of naan and all the rice in the bowl. Yay! However points off for price increases and the sauce tasting not as good as I remembered it as well as my overall" now click the pic to see the tournament that some of us Blackboarders will be playing in this saturday!

jesus was batman. no! that was bruce wayne!

a donair and jeff's samosa
from: Donair Town and jeff
price: $4
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: black grape
comments: this donair was delicious. and the samosa was good, too. thanks, jeff. and the linked pic is from a little f64 photo session we went back to the 70s for. if you like it, here is some more.

and stojan had:

chicken with basmati rice and spring roll
from: hospital cafeteria
price: $6.20
rating: &&&&&+/&&&&&
comments: when I asked stojan how he could possibly rate this meal over 5 he said, "Because it is soooo tasty, chicken is so soft an juicy it melts in ones mouth, tastes like free run bird, and like it is not enough it is covered with honey syrup, perfectly complemented by just right rice with addition of unexpectedly good spring roll. It was very enjoyable, fully satisfied my hunger and didn't make me sleepy after lunch, on the contrary, it boosted my energy and awareness." and then he said, "And no, it's certainly not the best food I've ever eaten in my life, but it might be the best I've eaten on UBC and around." wow. maybe I should go to the hospital sometime? and the linked pic was the blackboard icecream cake we had for some celebratory reason. it was yummy. and not quite that blue, green or blurry in real life.

now don't have me break this thing down for nothin'!

chicken udon
from: Osaka Sushi
price: $5.30
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: outkast
comments: hi. I'm greg and I like soggy chicken. now click the pic to see what coworker got married on the weekend. I wasn't there, but I seen some pictures. whoo!

and jeff had:

combo #4; fried chicken, potato noodle, salad, rice
from: A-1 Vietnamese/Korean
price: $5.80
rating: &&&&.4/&&&&&
comments: jeff says, "I love the chicken, I love potato noodle. Better than what Greg is getting :D everybody go try it!" now click the pic to see the art I forced jason to create using pictures of the fancy beverages he had at lunch.

it's all a big scam to make y'all eat pig ham

bacon cheese burger, fries n beer
from: The Pit
price: $6.10 + beer.
rating: &&&.5/&&&&&
listening to: Mouse and the Mask. Danger Doom in the hizzie.
comments: burgers n beer = blurry pics, yo.

and jason had:

Veggie Burger (-mayo, +cheddar, +mozza) and Fries w/ Beer
From: The Pit
Rating: &&&/&&&&&
Commetns: These veggie burgers are just ok. Without my chosen options, they're less than ok. The fries and the beer make up for the burger's inadequacies, and bring it to a respectable 3/5. The burger I had at The Point in PoMo on saturday, however, was phenomenal, and would get a 5/5. That is all.

wonderin what the damage is to retain Harvey Birdman?

beefneggonricespicytogo
from: Hong Kong Chinese
price: $5.30
rating: &&&/&&&&&
listening to: Danger Doom
comments: I haven't had beefneggonrice lately. in fact, I haven't been to HK Chinese lately. so I was shocked to learn that they have also discontinued use of the customer appreciation cards. bah! what's with that?? I haven't been to Yi Kou Xiang since they stopped allowing them. and now, guess what? that's right. boycott time. at least for a little while. they don't appreciate their customers? then I don't appreciate them, neither. yeah! /end rant. now click the pic to see the new kitties that darcy gog got from the SPCA the other day. meow! the left one sure looks like Hemi.

and Jeff had:

maybe I can put a review in here tomorrow. cuz jeff is long gone. but please click the pic. it's a big load, but I think it's worth it. a bunch of us went to play the ultimate frisbee game at lunch. from this photo series, it looks more like we just went out to race magic dogs. go 01!!!

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one of these mornings, you're gonna rise, rise up singin'

donair plate (chicken and lamb)
from: Donair Town
price: $7
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: Janis.
comments: the platter was good. the humous was tasty. the greek salad was not that great. the lamb and chicken and rice were tasty and filling. overall, a decent meal. now click the pic to see how strangers pose for me outside my window... ok, maaaaybe they were posing for a differnt camera. maaaaaybe, they never even saw me.

and jenna had:

a chicken donair
from: Donair Town
price: $4.00
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
comments: jenna says, "Delicious chicken, fresh lettus and tomato. It's not too big so that I can finish it and not waste food." now click the pic to see what the comments were all about two days ago. ps: r. and g.... how was the concert????

The south takes what the north delivers

sushi combo A
from: Osaka Sushi
price: $6.20
rating: &&&&/&&&&&
listening to: pavement (still)
comments: the sushi is yummy. clicky picky to see the view I sometimes get from my desk. in the morning, the sunlight comes through and hits the new leaves (there were no leaves 2 weeks ago) but doesn't hit the building across the road. this light makes my view rather pretty.


3 items
from: Yi Kou Xiang
price: $5
comments: no ratings from greg. why? cuz he's gone to Dubai. click the pick to see what this land of endless money has to offer.

range rovin' with the cinema stars

beef curry and zuccini curry
from: Curry Point
price: $5.85 (I get discount for having container!)
rating: &&&.5/&&&&&
listening to: Pavement
comments: it's curry monday. so there. and choosing not to have butter chicken and yogurt... not a great idea. stick to what is best, methinks. next time. now click the pic to see my houseguest. if you think she looks a bit sad, she is. it's hard to tell from the picture, but she was actually crying a bit. weird. I best go check on her now.

and erin had:

tofu n green beans n stuff.
from: HK Chinese
price: $5ish (I'm guessing)
rating: &/&&&&& (I'm educatedly guessing)
comments: erin had to go to cooking class, so she's not here to give a review. but I know she hated her lunch. the fried rice was dry and flavourless, the beans were burnt and overall, it sucked. again... it was not the main chef. it was the younger chef. she didn't know this before ordering because he was in the back. see the comments for erin's full rant. and click the pic to see the link she wanted me to share today. we actually met one of those longboarders when visiting r. in the 'fax. hoo ha.