Journal Entry #11 April 5th

NEWS STORY

On Tuesday April 5th, I went to lunch with Chelsey at the Faculty Club, a hidden “fine” dining restaurant right in the middle of campus, located behind the Theater and Dance building, next to Parking structure #23. We arrived around 12:15 PM and were pleasantly surprised by the nice decor and ambiance. It was definitely a step up from all other dining establishments in Isla Vista, and we received great service right away, being shown to a table with white tablecloths and actual napkins. It was easy to have a casual conversation over the surprisingly stiff drinks because of the gorgeous view of the campus lagoon right outside. She ordered the Brie and Pesto panini, which was consisted of Brie, pesto, spinach, fire-roasted peppers and red onions served on grilled house made onion bread, while I got the sliced marinated tri-tip sautéed with salsa fresca served on a grilled house made roll with garlic aïoli topped with melted pepper jack cheeseOn Tuesday April 5th, I went to lunch with Chelsey at the Faculty Club, a hidden “fine” dining restaurant right in the middle of campus, located behind the Theater and Dance building, next to Parking structure #23. We arrived around 12:15 PM and were pleasantly surprised by the nice decor and ambiance. It was definitely a step up from all other dining establishments in Isla Vista, and we received great service right away, being shown to a table with white tablecloths and actual napkins. It was easy to have a casual conversation over the surprisingly stiff drinks because of the gorgeous view of the campus lagoon right outside. She ordered the Brie and Pesto panini, which was consisted of Brie, pesto, spinach, fire-roasted peppers and red onions served on grilled house made onion bread, while I got the sliced marinated tri-tip sautéed with salsa fresca served on a grilled house made roll with garlic aïoli topped with melted pepper jack cheese. Chelsey was enjoying her panini at first, but after a few bites, she wanted me to taste her panini because, “Something about the bread tastes funny.” I was like, ” You should send it back if it tastes weird.” to which she replied, “No, it’s okay, I’m really hungry it doesn’t matter.” However, after a few more bites, Chelsey turned green and ran to the bathroom. I looked at her sandwich, and realized that there was MOLD on the brie! I hadn’t eaten much brie before, but I was pretty sure it wasn’t supposed to be green and black … and hairy.

I started devouring my tri-tip torta. The melted pepper jack cheese perfectly complemented the garlic aoili, and was absolutely delicious … until I took a fat bite of tri-tip and suddenly realized there was some extra meat in it. Unfortunately, instead of tri-tip, I found myself looking at a half-chewed HUMAN THUMB! I immediately jumped up, ran to the bathroom myself, and I was so disgusted that I couldn’t make it all the way. As Chelsey was exiting the women’s side, I projectile vomited all over her.

Needless to say, she was pissed because she just finished cleaning herself up. I started shaking and writing in disgust at myself, the meal, and the whole situation. A nice lunch was ruined by careless food preparation.

After we cleaned up, the server comp’d our meal, but it didn’t make up for moldy cheese and a fucking human thumb … WARNING: DO NOT GO TO THE FACULTY CLUB!

http://www.faculty-club.ucsb.edu/