Thursday 17 December 2009

Mess vs N.C. vs Amul

The title holds these food joints (forgive me for calling our hostel mess that) in the increasing order of their appeal to your taste buds. In fact, the mess shouldn't be even figuring in the list. With its bullet proof rotis and some sabji whose name only the cook knows, the mess is far from home. What we looked forward to were the ice creams which came twice a week and the grand dinner which was once a month. Then, there is palak paneer without paneer and the dinner we dread the most is the one when they serve cabbage. No one even bothers going down to the mess. Instead, we directly head to the FC/NC.

N.C. aka the night canteen is famed for its bread omlette in all the hostel blocks. It's most probable you would meet someone who doesn't know what nc stands for but he definitely has downed the omlette from there. The other stuff there aren't worth mentioning leaving the manchurian rice and other manchurian dishes and the fresh juices.



It was love at first bite. She was gorgeous from the start. All the curves at the right place making our curves come at all the wrong places. Amul, the food Goddess...I salute thee. NITK life without Amul is like a fish out of water. Nothing comes in the way between us except those Gandhiji backed notes. Amul squeezes the cash out of you till you end up starting an account there. That's the worst thing you can do. It's worse than a credit card. Imagine a constant supply of food without having to cough up cash and then you see the bill at the end of the month. You get the picture right? Anyways, I made sure I never got caught in this trap.

P.S:Have I told you that the whole campus is non veg free leaving for a non veg mess which I still haven't seen?

2 comments:

  1. NC's great, but despite its best efforts to relieve students from the insipid dishes at mess, it hardly stands against the good old original NightCanteen @ SNP, the master of all cafes at NITK.

    It was year 2005, when we were in our second year. Even at late nights, we had a vast array of egg delicacies to choose from, making NC the most demanded restaurant at those hours. And then came Amul, in Feb. 2008, and contended directly with NC. By some extent, alternative food facilities at NITK have improved.

    Prior to those days, we had to rely mostly on the Nescafe near Second Block. And on Fridays, it was Sadanand or PD, depending on popular demand.

    Ritesh. P.,
    B. Tech. Chemical Engineering,
    Batch of 2008,
    NITK Suratkal.

    http://www.facebook.com/ritesh.pr

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  2. True...its a pity now that the current has pretty routine dishes. As for the Food court, its just taking up space in the campus

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