Where Did the Indian Food Go?

Stroll through the Greenhouse Café this month, and you may notice something missing. You can still get California-style tacos, Sicilian pizza, or an All-American burger, but if it’s Indian food you’re after, you can just forget it.

Monsoon Kitchen, the section of the café that served Indian cuisine, was temporarily replaced for the summer by American Barbecue, a special menu of Southern food. This is the first time Greenhouse changed its menu according to the season, and no one at the café, not even the manager Brad Hartman, could tell FlyBy why. Is it some kind of marketing ploy? Does Indian food not sell well during the summer or something? Oh well, we were just curious. And craving curry.

We’re told that the Indian cuisine will be coming back on Sept. 28, so if you actually prefer the Southern food, make sure to enjoy it before it disappears with the warm weather.

What’s on the menu? Get the dish after the jump.Here are the official offerings, as posted on the HUDS website:

• Barbecued chicken

• Pulled pork

• Baked beans

• Corn on the cob

• Coleslaw

• Potato salad

• Watermelon

• Lemonade

Today FlyBy also noticed corn bread, broccoli, Salisbury steak, and mac and cheese (which seemed particularly yellow-orange). As with most Greenhouse fare, the offerings seemed more brightly colored than your typical dining hall food, which we suppose is a good thing. Just one note: FlyBy recommends you skip the coleslaw and potato salad, unless you like your food sampled first by tiny flies. Consider yourself warned.

- Photo by Michelle Quach.