Semi-coherent ramblings but it's lovingly directed at Chartwells because I eat the silly school lunch on occasion and will now deliver a totally unbiased and objective commentary regarding the state of the cafeteria food circa March 2023.
Definitely could be better:
At the top of the list in the worst possible way, we have any fish dish. In my honest opinion, any kind of fish offered here is a dish that one should not approach under any circumstances apart from those symptomatic of imminent doom. They have an indescribable texture and equally confounding taste of malice.
Grilled fish is passable. I guess. Honestly, I think the fish that died for this deserve a second chance.
RATING: 2/10 - needs more salt and then some.
Ayo the pizza here
The pizza here is just a touch too doughy but like the touch of a gargantuan embodiment of the flour industry
There’s such a thing as a thick crust but I think these go above and beyond in being about the thickness of the crust of the earth with a thin smattering of toppings - so thin that it would be more probable that the toppings were an accident. It goes well with ketchup though.
RATING: 5/10 - not lactose intolerant friendly
Croissants and co.
The cinnamon swirl has an obscene amount of raisins in it. What is your secret? How do you fit a whole vine’s worth of raisins in a single cinnamon swirl??
Please, I need to know.
RATING: 5/10 - 100% of grape imports globally go to Chartwells, causing the wine industry to plummet. Sad!
Not god awful waffles and other desserts:
The chocolate waffles that they serve in the café might not be some catering god’s gift to the school but could pass as at least a passing thought of theirs.
Although if they’re called chocolate waffles, one would expect each square of the waffle to contain chocolate. After all, the only valid way to eat waffles is to distribute any toppings to every square, but in my experience, only 70 percent of the squares contain chocolate on a good day.
Aside from that one small problem, these waffles are a solid 8/10 choice should you find yourself in need of a light snack and are maybe a 6/10 otherwise. Though only temporarily, these chocolate waffles are just the thing I need to close the ever-present chocolate waffle-shaped hole in my heart and stomach.
RATING: 7/10 - cinnamon is good too.
In continuation to the matter of desserts, the brownies here are incredible by the sole virtue of being the only brownies I know of within a reasonable radius of 3 kilometers, although that doesn’t mean they aren’t good. Chocolatey and decadent, these brownies might not be to die for but are probably worth their price. Each and every day, these brownies never fail to impress me…
With how one day they could be borderline cake-like, and the next - dense as a neutron star, but unfortunately not 20 kilometers in diameter. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, though. Change is good if it’s chocolate flavored.
RATING: 8/10
Sure I’ve had better, but I’ve also had worse, and the fact that these dishes and foods in my experience aren’t part of the “worse” is rather encouraging. Keep it up Chartwells.
Editor’s note: We would like to state that the opinion of individual journalists at RCHK Leeks does not reflect the opinion of the company as a whole. The editor-in-chief would like to mention that he personally holds a no-tolerance policy regarding quality of food at Chartwells, and is willing to organize a hunger strike solely against the atrocity that Chartwells calls ‘carbonara pasta,’ which is actually cardboard tubes and cornstarch gruel. Please email tsangtn1@rchk.edu.hk if you would be interested in signing on to protest this injustice to Italians worldwide. Thank you.