Nachos in Paradise: Queens Cafeteria

About once a month or so, the cafeteria at Queen's has the nacho/burrito bar where for $7.99 you can get a big ass pile of nachos or a big ass burrito. My super picky office-mate and I went down early to make sure we did not miss out. Even at 11:15am there was already a huge line. Everybody loves NACHOS! When I say super picky, I am not exaggerating. Lucky for her, the guys making the nachos were super helpful and aimed to please. They gave her exactly what she wanted and I think extra cheese since her nachos were so plain. We headed back to the office and stuffed our faces, trying not to get any ooey gooey mess on our business dresses. I failed. First bite in, a glob dropped onto me. The nachos were nothing spectacular with basic ingredients and nothing to make them stand out as epic, but of course that did not stop us from eating every bite. Even sub-par nachos are still nachos.

Nacho Bar - $7.99 - Chips, cheese sauce, shredded cheese, olives, jalapenos, onions, tomatoes, red peppers, sour cream, guacamole, lettuce, side of rice and beans.

Shananigans (3.5) - PRESENTATION: Piled high with a variety of toppings. Side of rice and beans is a little weird. Is that lettuce? Boo! RAD: Olives, red bell peppers, jalapenos. LAME: Lettuce, so many broken chips so it is hard to get a good bite, the lettuce on the chips BEFORE the cheese means it soaks up all the cheese and the chips are dry, had to use a fork to eat because it was just too messy with all the broken chips. TOPPING TO CHIP RATIO: 3.5, too many toppings on too many broken chips. Not the worst nachos ever, but far from the best. Pretty good for a cafeteria I guess and bonus that I got to have nachos on my lunch break at work with my coworker.

Lizzy (4) - PRESENTATION: The nachos look delicious, but it is hard to be too beautiful when you are in a Styrofoam container. RAD: SOOooOOoo MUCH CHEESE. They also gave me rice and beans! I think because I am extra picky and got only meat and cheese the guy behind the counter gave me more cheese :D! LAME: Well my nachos were splendid, but Shannon’s had lettuce (doubleyew tee eff) and her nachos looked sad a dry. TOPPING TO CHIP RATIO: 4, As I neared the end of my plate, I thought I had stumbled across a perfect ratio. Alas, when I went for the last couple chips, under a mini pile of chicken and cheese, they were nonexistent. I had to eat the last two bites with a fork. I much prefer the too many topping ratio than the too many sad cheeseless chips scenario so this didn’t bother me too much. The guys really did a good job making my picky nacho eater plate with just chips, chicken, and cheese. It was obvious they gave me extra cheese and that pleased me greatly. The mix of real cheese and (delicious) cheese sludge was awesome. The chicken was also really yummy, it had a good flavor, and was not dry. 10/10 would nom again. Nachos rule.