tomorrow's menu

just had my lunch of chicken and bacon lasagne - interesting idea, not sure i'll replicate it at home.

tomorrow's choices
lunch
lamb in cider with dumplings, carrots mash
bakewell tart + custard
evening
orange juice
egg mayonnaise salad
ice-cream


whilst it is easy to mock hospital food, things have moved on. gone are the days when your food was plated up in the kitchens that were strategically placed about as far away from the ward as you can get. the trays would then be put in trolleys that managed to both cool the hot food and warm the cold food, at the same time. meaning that by the time your food reached your bedside, it might of been edible but you just didn't want it.
here we make our order from a selection of dishes, some of which have been created by celebrity chefs (though we are not told which ones). the orders are then collated and the whole wards order is sent down (not too sure how that bit works, but i did hear the healthcare workers total the number of portions for each item)
then around midday or 5pm a mini serving counter is brought onto the ward. on roskear all available members of staff queue up with trays and a couple of people then plate/ tray up your food and bring it to your bedside! therefore the hot food is hotter than i used to remember and the cool food is cold, though if it's ice-cream i would still recommend that you have that as a starter.

i had my chest x-ray this morning and saw the trolley of food for this ward come off the lift as i got on! also getting out of the lift were andrew, helen, isaac and joseph - which will only mean anything if you know them - but they had just been for an appointment. we managed a quick chat before i was wheeled off to x-ray.

it is now nearly visiting hour, so let's see who comes today...