Food, Glorious Food

Food here is pretty good. Aside from the fast food places listed in the Camp Virginia section, there is also a huge assortment of groceries at the FX. My meals are paid for at the DFac (Dining Facility/mess hall). They serve breakfast, lunch, dinner and midnight chow. I've never been to midnight chow, but I assume it's very much like the midnight buffet on a cruise ship. Or maybe not.

There's lots of choices for breakfast including fresh made omlets with ingredients that you pick, bacon, eggs, waffles, cold cereal, hot cereal, fruit, etc. So far I've had only hot cereal with nuts and raisins mixed in. The coffee is good too.

In addition to the main dishes for lunch and dinner there's also a fast food section with chicken nuggets, hamburgers and/or hot dogs, pizza, french fries and onion rings. Every meal also has a pasta bar (spaghetti and meatballs) or taco bar (tortilla shells, beans, cheese, ground meat), fajita bar (chicken, beef, vegetables, sour cream, guacamole), Chinese food bar (rice, spring rolls, noodles, orange chicken) or a soul food bar (greens, ribs, black-eyed peas), etc. Two main dishes (beef, chicken, lamb, pork) are served at every meal with sides of vegetables and carbs. The military has obviously gone healthy because there's steamed vegetables, a salad bar with fresh ingredients and tuna, turkey, roast beef and lots and lots of fruit. The fijata bar has whole wheat tortillas?! So far I've managed to stay away from the dessert bar where they serve pie, Baskin-Robbins ice cream with lots of toppings, soft-serve, cakes and cookies.

Water is everywhere. Every building you walk into has a refrigerator filled with bottled water. It's free; you just take it. The DFac also has: coffee, tea, decaf, packets of Crystal Light (!!), juices, 4 kinds of milk, including chocolate milk, 4 kinds of soy milk, including chocolate soy milk, a soda machine, milkshakes (at the dessert bar) and water, water and more water. Signs are posted to drink water, more water and then some more water. The world is right if we all stay hydrated.