When I was in school, I really did not frequent the school canteen much. My mom always packed my food for lunch and for the short breaks.
The school canteen was located at the far corner of a corridor in the ground floor. I still don't understand why they had chosen that location for a canteen during our times. It was not airy and spacious. They probably did not want us to stick around the canteen for a long time. I never felt comfortable going to the canteen. It seemed to be a dungeon to me.
I used to occasionally visit the canteen (which was actually very rare) to get the peppermint candies or pepsicola. I don't remember the brand that we used to buy but those candies would be rectangular shaped white candies. They were wrapped in simple paper.
Pepsicola was not a soft drink. It was kind of a freezie - made by freezing sugar water inside a long flat plastic pouch. It came in different flavors - orange, grape, cola. It was made by a local vendor. It was not hygienic - we never knew what water he used. But I never missed an opportunity to buy it. We could get one for just 50 paise.
The other times I used to visit the canteen was when they had these birthday treats. I think I would have probably gone to less than 10 such treats in my whole school life.
We had an old woman who used to bring her wooden cart everyday that had - raw mangoes cut into pieces, indian jujube (elantha pazham in thamizh), groundnuts. She was always there outside the school gate and made very good business. For some reason, I never bought from her although many students were her frequent customers.
There was another guy who used to sell ice creams in an ice cream cart. Well, that was one I never missed. I liked the chocobar and the pista ice cream stick. I have actually tried in vain to find if any other brand has those pista ice cream sticks these days.
College canteen was spacious and located in a place surrounded by trees. I never hanged out a lot in the college canteen during my under graduation. The only time we snacked on something was during the last day of our semester exams. Even then we used to go to the McRennett bakery that was situated opposite to our college and buy a cake and a vegetable puff. With 10 rupees you could get a cake (6 bucks) and puff (4 bucks).
It was a different story during post graduation. Our gang always frequented the canteen during those free hours. I remember buying parotta or chapathi. On other days, we just bought the usual snack items from the canteen.
The school canteen was located at the far corner of a corridor in the ground floor. I still don't understand why they had chosen that location for a canteen during our times. It was not airy and spacious. They probably did not want us to stick around the canteen for a long time. I never felt comfortable going to the canteen. It seemed to be a dungeon to me.
I used to occasionally visit the canteen (which was actually very rare) to get the peppermint candies or pepsicola. I don't remember the brand that we used to buy but those candies would be rectangular shaped white candies. They were wrapped in simple paper.
The other times I used to visit the canteen was when they had these birthday treats. I think I would have probably gone to less than 10 such treats in my whole school life.
We had an old woman who used to bring her wooden cart everyday that had - raw mangoes cut into pieces, indian jujube (elantha pazham in thamizh), groundnuts. She was always there outside the school gate and made very good business. For some reason, I never bought from her although many students were her frequent customers.
There was another guy who used to sell ice creams in an ice cream cart. Well, that was one I never missed. I liked the chocobar and the pista ice cream stick. I have actually tried in vain to find if any other brand has those pista ice cream sticks these days.
College canteen was spacious and located in a place surrounded by trees. I never hanged out a lot in the college canteen during my under graduation. The only time we snacked on something was during the last day of our semester exams. Even then we used to go to the McRennett bakery that was situated opposite to our college and buy a cake and a vegetable puff. With 10 rupees you could get a cake (6 bucks) and puff (4 bucks).
It was a different story during post graduation. Our gang always frequented the canteen during those free hours. I remember buying parotta or chapathi. On other days, we just bought the usual snack items from the canteen.
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