The Christmas Brunch

The notice on Christmas Eve quite simply said that on Christmas morning there would be a brunch at 11 am. While this was taken by many as an invitation to sleep in on the merry holiday, the foresighted ones descended near the cesspool en mass to check whether the rumours of apple pie and maple syrup were true.

They were met with a veritable feast! There was dark coffee with a dash of hazelnut sauce – which in the generous spirit of the day, you could fill your cup to the brim with; also apple juice sparkling in little plastic cups (notice of course that this was an ‘and’ option which meant you could have both!) There were pancakes drizzled in maple syrup and honey, bread topped with cheese and veggies; risotto, which left some of the GB stumped (sample: yeh chawal aise kyo banaya hai? Why have they made the rice like this?). For the non-vegetarians there was Firecracker Lamb and Sheperd’s Pie, while the vegetarians had Au Gratin and Rose Potatoes with Onions and Barbeque Sauce. Last but not the least – there was plum cake with a chunk of vanilla ice cream topped with strawberry syrup and grounded cashew nuts.

No surprises therefore as to the fact that Christmas morning saw endless lines, with even localites who’d gone back home for the holiday rushing back to college just for the meal. What made the food seem even more amazing was the fact that it was served outside, near the cesspool. The benches, the steps, the edge of the cess pool were soon all filled with chattering laughing students, relaxing in the wintry sunshine as they ate the grub. Even the resident lecturers ate the meal near the cesspool, making the brunch seem like a large-scale college picnic.


What more can one want? The food was good, the company amazing and last but not the least - it felt like a Christmas morning.