Chili-less chili and the vegetarian special

Posted on March 21, 2005 by Gene

Things have never been the same down in the basement of our office building since Candy — aka Mrs. Kim — was tragically killed a year ago. Her kids took over running her little deli/cafe, but eventually sold out to another couple who swept in, cleaned up the place, and raised all the prices.
They are very nice, and always present your food with a polite bow. But the food… well, it’s a little odd. One day the special was “Taco with chili,” which conjures up a certain image. You know, a taco with some chili on top, right? Wrong. It ended up being a styrofoam container with a couple slices of tomato, some lettuce, a pile of tortilla chips, and some shredded chicken, beans, and celery. It was certainly puzzling.
There are some people in my office who are boycotting the new Summit Deli (or is it Cafe? I can’t remember) but today I was so hungry that I had to go down. That’s when I noticed something else strange on the menu, and it all clicked: the taco thing, the chicken sandwich with honey mustard that, it turns out, is just honey mustard-flavored chicken without any honey mustard… yup, it’s just that they don’t understand the language. I snapped this photo to prove it to you. It’s evidence that they don’t quite understand the word “vegetarian,” either. Unless it’s Tofurkey.