Look, if you're here, you're here... and there's not much to be done about it until you're better. So here's Sean's handy guide to survive ward life, the food edition.
The tea and coffee trolley comes around early in the morning. It serves international mud & over brewed grass. - ask for some hot water and pop in the tea bag you brought from home.
The breakfast trolley will follow around soon, you'll need your wits about you if you want to eat, the staff delivering are quick and in rush. Be decisive. If you're the sleepy in kind (like me) leave a note standing on your table to remind you. There's the standard battery of cereals, muesli, tubs of youghrt, glasses of juice, and the real treat - jelly and custard. The jelly will serve you well come morning tea, so keep your spoon. As much as the warm milk and porridge options sound, just don't and thank me later.
The hot meals of the day are very hit and miss, more miss than hit. Pie is not pie, it's just the loose filling. Quiche is a store bought bacon laden slice. Move your pencil away from the words 'steak' & 'roast', unless rubber, leather and cardboard are amongst your dietary needs.
There's a 98% chance your hot meal came with what they call 'mash potato' it's a dry solid ball of carb and salt, use this to bulk out your meal, fill you up. DO NOT put it in your mouth without another flavour on your fork. Other vegetables are pleasantly cooked, and can be eaten with a small sprinkle of the salt n pepper for flavour.
Be aware of any salad with meat, and think about what what on the menu yesterday, if the meat matches, it's up to you.
Soup and bread will help you at the night meals, they aren't exciting, but they have flavour. Sandwiches are made with one of those nice Country style loaves and the real cheese slices.
Now if your meal has arrived and there's not any chance you're eating it, get one of your visiting friends to pop down to the cafe downstairs. Be aware of really long wait times, and horribly inflated captive market prices. They'd almost be quicker to pop over to the plaza food court (and this will reset their parking ticket time too)
Orderlies will keep you well watered with cordial and water, bendy straws too if you need them! read more