Dinner at the Marae

Kai at the Marae is considered tapu or sacred if you would, with this in mind I hoped I could move on from the average afternoon tea to a more sacred dinner.
Playing touch had increased my hunger to "I'm gonna bite someone soon if I don't eat soon." This added on with being last in line while experiencing post shower sweats was fueling my impatient hunger pains.

The selection of meat was good with beef and chicken on offer with also would you believe it seafood salad! This rating had the potential to be bias because of this dish. However there was fruit added to this salad which I felt was unnecessary, since when did fruit apart from lemon go well with creatures of the sea?
The roast potatoes were prepared well and were yellow. Salads were nothing spectacular but were a good addition. Roast pumpkin was on offer and had the orangely fluffy texture I liked but in saying that roast pumpkin isn't exactly rocket science to cook it's actually food science just not that difficult food science.

One major criticism of the meal was the lack of gravy with the roast meat and vegetables. This is the equivalent of sex without a blowjob first, of fish and chips without tomato sauce. I mean they had mayo with the salad so I just couldn't understand the roast without gravy.

Desert was also provided. Strawberries,cream,ice cream,fruit salad and jelly. Not ridiculously fancy stuff but it served it's purpose. The availability of fresh fruit on the tables complimented the desert menu and was a hit with my classmates so has a special audience vote there.

This was a vast improvement on afternoon tea and I can honestly say I did enjoy my meal, but mainly because I was so hungry and was allowed seconds. This is always an easy way to impress me. Leaving this out of the picture and taking into account that this blog is strictly professional this typical Marae meal may not rate that highly as it was not out of this world impressive. Lets see how it went.

Originality- nothing really original here 1/4 stars
Taste-2/4 stars (might have been improved if gravy was provided)
Appearance-1/4 stars
Added star for audience vote
Overall-5/12 stars

An added side note
Several of my classmates came down with food poisoning after the Marae visit. It seemed like my flatmate was having his stomach wrung out like a wet rag. Since I did not come down with food poisoning the rating will not be affected. To all those who came down with food poisoning and spent the weekend winging, harden the fuck up.
Larry