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Sporadic reviews of good food at the ISTA @istaresearch.bsky.social Cafeteria, composed by the secret society of ISTA foodies. We won't waste time on overly negative and instead love the good food at ISTA. Haters gonna hate, we gonna eat.
Thursdays be the bland sister of Tuesdays, NOT! Yesterday's menu was an extravaganza. Cheeseburgers that were total lookers, nests of quinoa promised tongue tranquility. The winner, spätzle w/ goat cheese, red cabbage & walnut made you think it shouldn't work: fireworks ensued. An ISTA10 in spätzle.
October 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Thursdays be the bland sister of Tuesdays, NOT! Yesterday's menu was an extravaganza. Cheeseburgers that were total lookers, nests of quinoa promised tongue tranquility. The winner, spätzle w/ goat cheese, red cabbage & walnut made you think it shouldn't work: fireworks ensued. An ISTA10 in spätzle.
"What's the ISTA 10?", someone asked. Here's the deal: Dom & his team are cooking on a budget. Schnitzel plate €6.50, vegan bowl €7.50 Not trivial to deliver restaurant-quality dishes, but from time to time they get it right, and outperform the budget. That's an ISTA 10. Best plate in memory.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
"What's the ISTA 10?", someone asked. Here's the deal: Dom & his team are cooking on a budget. Schnitzel plate €6.50, vegan bowl €7.50 Not trivial to deliver restaurant-quality dishes, but from time to time they get it right, and outperform the budget. That's an ISTA 10. Best plate in memory.
Everybody knows, Wednesday is Schnitzelday at @istaresearch.bsky.social! Though not an ISTA 10, it was a source of delight, as well as satiation. Little-known hack though: Wednesday's salad bar features Tuesday's Vegan Bowl left-overs & it blows your mind. Salad is the new schnitzel.
October 9, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Everybody knows, Wednesday is Schnitzelday at @istaresearch.bsky.social! Though not an ISTA 10, it was a source of delight, as well as satiation. Little-known hack though: Wednesday's salad bar features Tuesday's Vegan Bowl left-overs & it blows your mind. Salad is the new schnitzel.
"Vegan bowl" is Tuesday typical at @istaresearch.bsky.social, but it's seen turbulences after cook Tobias's departure left a Toby-shaped hole in the pattern of our taste buds. Today's dish aims for past glory, w/ fried tofu & pomegranate seeds, successful by any other measure than its own past. 8/10
October 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
"Vegan bowl" is Tuesday typical at @istaresearch.bsky.social, but it's seen turbulences after cook Tobias's departure left a Toby-shaped hole in the pattern of our taste buds. Today's dish aims for past glory, w/ fried tofu & pomegranate seeds, successful by any other measure than its own past. 8/10
Why "against the odds", you ask? Well, it was a bit wet, stingy on the tomatoes, and came with a "Kaiser" Roll. Mexican't, no way, José, I admit I was skeptical? But the dish was unpretentious; chill as a street dog; growled at me. With the help of some chilli flakes, it surprised me w/ complexity.
Today, we were offered a simple chilli-con-carne. A LOT could go wrong: Under/overcooking, excess fat, bitter (or unpeeled) tomatoes, careless spice, (ONLY chili, cumin, paprika, oregano, coriander, garlic & onion--PLEASE, ftloG!). Dom & his crew didn't do none a dat! Against the odds, I loved it.
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October 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Why "against the odds", you ask? Well, it was a bit wet, stingy on the tomatoes, and came with a "Kaiser" Roll. Mexican't, no way, José, I admit I was skeptical? But the dish was unpretentious; chill as a street dog; growled at me. With the help of some chilli flakes, it surprised me w/ complexity.
Today, we were offered a simple chilli-con-carne. A LOT could go wrong: Under/overcooking, excess fat, bitter (or unpeeled) tomatoes, careless spice, (ONLY chili, cumin, paprika, oregano, coriander, garlic & onion--PLEASE, ftloG!). Dom & his crew didn't do none a dat! Against the odds, I loved it.
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October 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Today, we were offered a simple chilli-con-carne. A LOT could go wrong: Under/overcooking, excess fat, bitter (or unpeeled) tomatoes, careless spice, (ONLY chili, cumin, paprika, oregano, coriander, garlic & onion--PLEASE, ftloG!). Dom & his crew didn't do none a dat! Against the odds, I loved it.
We already posted our first review, but here is our hello world: Follow us for sporadic reviews of good food at the ISTA
@istaresearch.bsky.social
Cafeteria. We won't waste time on overly negative experiences, and instead share our love of the good food at ISTA. Haters gonna hate, we gonna eat.
@istaresearch.bsky.social
Cafeteria. We won't waste time on overly negative experiences, and instead share our love of the good food at ISTA. Haters gonna hate, we gonna eat.
September 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We already posted our first review, but here is our hello world: Follow us for sporadic reviews of good food at the ISTA
@istaresearch.bsky.social
Cafeteria. We won't waste time on overly negative experiences, and instead share our love of the good food at ISTA. Haters gonna hate, we gonna eat.
@istaresearch.bsky.social
Cafeteria. We won't waste time on overly negative experiences, and instead share our love of the good food at ISTA. Haters gonna hate, we gonna eat.
Yesterday's carrot cake triggered the birth of this account. It was !spectacular! Made by the cafe's apprentice, this simple tart-style deliciousness was pretty & perfect. Delicate carrot flakes with a bite, in a cake of moist, dense consistency that gave itself up to melting in your mouth. Bravo
September 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Yesterday's carrot cake triggered the birth of this account. It was !spectacular! Made by the cafe's apprentice, this simple tart-style deliciousness was pretty & perfect. Delicate carrot flakes with a bite, in a cake of moist, dense consistency that gave itself up to melting in your mouth. Bravo