AET 0 Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 So, any other people here working in schools (or other places for that matter), what are your kyushoku lunches like? Until recently ours were really good I used to look forward to them - a good mix of Japanese and Western style things. But we've got this new guy in who is doing all the planning and they are now overwhelmingly Japanese style.... the kids are not too keen, neither am I, and even the Japanese teachers are complaining. The menu is getting boring and very repetitive. And everything is either very fish and/or very usui. Sad. Link to post Share on other sites
sakebomb 0 Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 A couple of my students go to a school where they never eat the same lunch in that month, everyday is different. The parents also get a copy of the menu so they can see what their children are eating. All sounds like a good idea. I was talking to one of their fathers and he seemed really pleased and it looked so good he wanted to go there for lunch. Do they take nutrient into account I wonder, I recently watch the School Dinners series from the BBC and was appalled at what the kids had to eat for lunch, if you are a parent it is definetely worth watching - pretty scary!! AET maybe you should take your own lunch! Link to post Share on other sites
AET 0 Posted May 26, 2005 Author Share Posted May 26, 2005 Quote: Do they take nutrient into account I wonder Definitely. I think all schools have a monthly menu that the parents get as well. Ours have calorie counts and everything as well as notes and "tips" on the menu. Link to post Share on other sites
cheeseman 1 Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 Do many schools offer cheeses at all? I think it would be a good idea. Not only would the kids love it and feast on all the deliciousness, but it would be nutritious too! Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 > Not only would the kids love it and feast on all the deliciousness, but it would be nutritious too! And they would get much, much fatter than some of them already are! Yay! My kid likes his school tucker. It seems to be very varied and healthy. How well I remember the horrors of my own school cafeteria - lining up in the cold with smelly bullies to file into the stinky caff, there to select from a dismal array of fat-streaked carbohydrates served up gracelessly by overweight proletarians. And the interminable foul-tasting burps afterwards. Good god! Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 well in OZ @ primary school we just take our own. Once a week we were allowed to buy our lunch at the canteen and that was a real treat! Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 Lunch at our school was good, I generally liked it. Class up north, you see. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 We have a cafeteria here which is expensive and the proportions are small, and the food suxs too... but it saves my lazy @ss from having to make something everyday. I cant be fussed. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 > Class up north, you see. Got a good head on your mushy peas did you? Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 A good head? Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 I have fond memories of the healthy and nutritious jam roly-poly pudding with custard. I sometimes had seconds. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 Me too. I sometimes had thirds and fourths which was probably why I was such a podgy kid (until I found out what 'virgin' actually meant and why it was considered an insult.) Link to post Share on other sites
I'm Sexy 0 Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 When I am school we had really good lunch. Our town was famous for modern mixed lunch menu - we had good mix of Japanese traditional style and more western style menus. What kind of food in US or UK schools? Link to post Share on other sites
farquah 0 Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by grungy-gonads: I have fond memories of the healthy and nutritious jam roly-poly pudding with custard. I sometimes had seconds. Got to have a nice skin on the custard though!!! My school here is fantastic! We have three different caffeteria/restaurants to choose from; Noodles, rice and bread. You can get anything from Katsu Curry to Ramen!!! We even have a sushi chef every Friday, which was today`s menu for me! Link to post Share on other sites
IIIII 2 Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 My experience with kyushoku here have been largely good. I know a few people who have been subjected to rice/seaweed/fish almost every day (they didn't like seaweed/fish - the main point being lack of variety.) Our place had a load of variety and quite often had some really cool stuff. They did an excellent curry and gyoza. Link to post Share on other sites
blinkin'ek 0 Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 Gyoza for kyushoku? Ace. The ones I had did some brillian salads - potato salad was the best. And they always gave me tons coz I needed it (big gaijin and all)... Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 I'm on the bento trail many lunches. There's some really good ones out there. Link to post Share on other sites
97 0 Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 Our school lunch is great I really like it. There's only a few times I don't like it, most of the time I really do. Today was chicken curry day. Link to post Share on other sites
HoTRoD 2 Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Daigaku imo. Nice. Although I wonder why they're called that. "University potato?" Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 I remember all our dinner ladies being big whale-like ladies. Very friendly they were, especially Mrs Connors (she was nice). Why so big? Too much jam roly poly perhaps? That must have been a staple part of the menu at schools, we had a good one too. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 I'd love to have some jam rolypoly again. That was boss. I've not had it since I was at school probably. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 You can have my portion too gg. Link to post Share on other sites
akibun 0 Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 I don't know how change since I was school, but I enjoyed school lunches. They were good at our school good variety. What is jam roypoly? Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Thank you kind sir. YUMM. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 and thats a WHAT? Link to post Share on other sites
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