Yes, it's another post about free food.
At Google, there are many places where the cooks personalize our food to our exact specifications. Some people here don't think too much of it, but I am very touched when the cook looks me in the eye and smiles and gives me something delicious. Sometimes the lines are long: I think 15 minutes is about the longest a line can get. Here are some of the personalized foods I have eaten or need to eat:
- Personalized smoothies every morning: start with your choice of juice; they scoop in the exact ingredients you ask for; choose yoghourt and/or ice; choose fortifiers such as ginseng or bee pollen; enjoy.
- Personalized omelettes: fill up a little bowl with as many mushrooms, pieces of sausage, leaves of spinach, etc. as you want; cheese is optional; there's some other dimension of choice I haven't quite identified (the guy asks if I want regular and I say yes).
- Personalized eggs: one or two, cooked to your specifications.
- Personalized breakfast burritos: they're new, and it's in the same line as the omelettes; I imagine you're given the added choice of white or whole weat.
- Personalized sushi: while the cook was hand-rolling my piece of sushi, he told me that the sprouts were special radish-flavoured sprouts from Asia or something. (Okay, so I forget. You would too, if somebody was actually right in front of you rolling you a piece of sushi.)
- Personalized burritos: TBD.
- Personalized quesadillas: I can't wait to try these.
- Personalized ice cream: Okay, so it's about as personalized as at any Ben & Jerry's ice cream store. But it feels even more so. I think because it's free.
- Personalized salad: choose the ingredients; choose chicken or beef or tofu or naught; watch them toss it with loads of flair.
- Personalized [dish of the day]: In some cafes, you give them your plate and tell them which dish you want and they chop it up in front of you; just say when.
- Personalized emails: I even get my own email address!
I'm sure I've forgotten some; maybe I'll add to the Comments section as they spring to mind.
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