corporate cafeteria misnomers abound

The setting: Credit Suisse corporate cafeteria. I'm visiting a friend, and the day's special station is "noodle bar." I take a look: "Pad Thai" (made with fettuccine); "Malaysian noodles" (made with fusilli); "Chinese sesame noodles" (made with linguini); and "Soba salad" (amazingly, made with actual soba noodles). Curious, I fill a plastic container with soba and some of the Malaysian noodles. I also get some random items from the salad bar: marinated mozzarella, potato and sausage salad, and "Waldorf" wild rice salad.

The soba goes to mush between my molars and the dominant taste is of salt and flavorless grease. A few stray flecks of carrot and some other forgettable shredded veg play the part of "salad." The Malaysian noodles are only slightly better than the soba salad, just as mushy but at least carrying a vague soy sauce and peanut flavor along with the grease. The mozzarella manages to be completely texture alone, having absolutely no taste when I chew it, and the other salads are no better. This is what these high-powered bankers eat? I feel even more glad I chose to avoid working in finance.