issue 24 // volume 42 life & style // no. ‘Wi

Off-Campus Cuisine:
Longtail Kitchen

the pad thai, and a disposable
bowl for the yellow curry.

The yellow curry was full
of flavour with a hint of spice,
and it was topped with firm
baby corn and mussels that were

all you have to do is walk up
and ask, instead of waiting
impatiently and wondering
why no one has come to your
table. That kind of honesty is
refreshing. “Love me or leave

Jamal Al-Bayaa
Staff Writer

 

hen you walk into Longtail
for your first time, you may
wait awkwardly by the front door

until you realize that there aren't
any servers in the small, 20-seat

restaurant.

There are just two chefs,

a menu, and a cash register.
Ordering food at Longtail is
the same as ordering food
at McDonald’s, but luckily
the quality of the food and
its plating is much better

at the local restaurant.

A pad thai dish and a yellow
curry dish both came beautifully
presented and brought directly
to my table, since I was
eating in. | could tell this is
really a place that encourages
takeout, since my plates were
actually cardboard boxes for

  

delicious and tender when I bit
into them. The pad thai was
excellent, every bite representing
the flavours of Thailand in a
quick and easy to enjoy dish.

Longtail has amazing
food, but ultimately it suffers
from the same thing that all
my favorite Thai restaurants
suffer from—poor service.

White table cloths and
server uniforms are replaced with
simple food at a cheap price,
designed to make you feel like
you're taking a break from the
formalities of life, instead of
getting swept up in them. The
relaxed atmosphere lets you
know that if you want anything,

me,” Longtail says. And the
food is good enough that they
don’t care which one you pick.
This is food that you
really should take home—or
to school, or just to the food
court in the Quay. Eating in is
a cramped experience where
you're not quite sure what to do.
I think it’s all worth it,
though. What you lose in
atmosphere you immediately
gain in mobility and comfort.
This stuff makes a great lunch.
More importantly, you save on
the cost. Dishes max out at $13
fora meaty curry, and you can
expect to spend no more than
$25 on a light dinner for two.

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Image via longtailkitchen.com

 

Image via lulus.com

Indie Fashion
Feature: LuLus

> Limiting your dreams of summer fun!

Brittney MacDonald
Life and Style Editor

 

Fu: yourself longing for that
cheery spring weather, or
maybe youre just really looking
to get a jump start on building
your summer wardrobe? Well
have I got the website for you!
For fans of all those fluttery
spring/summer dresses we

all know and love—especially
because they’re just so gosh
darn comfortable—we have

LuLu’s!

LuLu’s specializes in
women’s clothing, combining
the modern with the bohemian
with soft silhouettes and
simplistic patterns and colours.
The majority of their clothing
doesn't fit tight to the body,
making it perfect to either
layer, or to wear on casual
days when you want to be
comfortable but also chic.

Looking through their
catalogue I can tell you now that
LuLu’s is probably the epitome
of beachwear. Most of it looks
like something that wouldn't
be hard to spot at Coachella or
at an outdoor music festival.

I especially love their wide
selection of sunglasses.

An issue | have noticed

is the colour selection. There
isn’t a huge variety on available
fabrics or colours, making
the overall aesthetic pretty
bland and monotone. Most
of the garments are available
are available in pastel shades
of pink and blue; a brighter,
more vibrant royal blue, or
charcoal grey. According to
user comments the colour
palette changes from collection
to collection, which generally
swaps every season or so, which
adds to the over-all “get it now!”
feel of the website itself, which
literally just gives you coupons
the moment you access it.
Another issue I noticed
was the price range—it’s a little
all over the place. There seems
to be no rhyme or reason to
the prices themselves, which
range from $30-100. Items that
are made from similar fabric,
such as the Heavenly Hues
Maxi Dress and Mood and
Melody High-Low Dress, have
price discrepancies of $20-
30, which leads me to believe
that they base their prices on
amount of fabric used instead
of complexity of design. This
is generally a sign that the
label itself is reluctant to cater
to plus size women, so their
sizing might reflect that.