I went to the cafeteria of the US Marine Corps base "Campfoster"

Marine Corps who is in charge of a hard task of placing a cut in the first place in the enemy area even in the US military and rescuing the civilians of their country left in dangerous places. What kind of meal do you usually have such an elite unit? Actually I entered Campfostar base and could see the cafeteria, so I took pictures from the dishes themselves to behind the scenes of cooking.

◆ I actually tried eating

The appearance of a dining room called MESSHALL is as follows.


It is like this around the entrance.


When entering the entrance there is a place like reception like this, base stakeholders can eat if you show "meal card" here. In addition, if you want to eat another meal separately from the 3 meals you can eat at $ 4.55 (about 358 yen).



First of all, the first part is dishes pickup and salad bar.


Take the woodgrain tray.


We also get knives and forks here.


The dish is like this.


Broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, lettuce and a variety of vegetables are available.


This time I chose Lettuce, Mini Tomato, Olive Fruit.


Since fruits can also be chosen, peaches and ... ....


Get Plum.


There was also a cracker with bags.


Today's soup is minestrone with plenty of vegetables on a tomato base.


The main can choose spaghetti and chicken plate. This time I chose chicken and headed for the reception counter.


I have a menu to choose for small paper, so I circle whatever I like. "WHITE MEAT" is a meat meat, "DARK MEAT" is a peach. In this time I will add a circle to peach and others will receive muffins and mashed potatoes.


This dish looks like this.


There is only meals for soldiers who have a lot of momentum, it is full volume.


The drinking corner looks like this.



A drink bar for cold and other soft drinks.


It is unique that there is a drink bar of milk and chocolate milk which are not seen so much in Japanese family friends. About 20 gallons (about 75 liters) of milk a day is consumed on a single day.



I have vitamin drinks and iced tea.


I decided to put iced tea this time.


Afterwards, with a tray and heading to the cafeteria seat OK.



Seats for general soldiers look like this.


Seats that can be used only by soldiers of a class are luxurious, such as a little backrest.


And this is the whole picture of the meal chosen this time.


Minestrone is not a taste of the seasoning, it is a modest seasoned seasoned taste of well-cooked vegetables. When I say military cuisine, I imagined something like oil gitogito, salt dumper, but unexpectedly it is very delicious taste.


Impression that ice tea is not much different from that of Japanese PET bottle drink.


The chicken of the main dish is raising the appetizing aroma of the surface where herbs are painted, burned and briskly.


Looking at the surface up look like this.


The meat quality is juicy and soft, so herbs have erased the smell and persistence of the meat, so it's delicious enough to eat anything.



The attached mashed potatoes have a rich gravy sauce and it can be eaten without getting tired although there is a considerable amount.



The muffin was a little passionate, so I feel like eating it with tea pouring.


After eating is finished, just pass the tray along the conveyor for the lower table near the exit. Thank you for the meal.


So, compared to meals such as family foods, the meal that goes up a few steps has become a mechanism to be eaten full, it was a dish of the contents considerably considered vegetables, meat, carbohydrates and nutrition balance. In addition, the menu seems to be made to go around once in 21 days.

The back side of the dining room is like this

This time I will show the back of the kitchen etc, so wear a hat so as not to drop the hair.



Looking at the Marines who line up in the row to receive meals from the kitchen side is like this.


Because the various menus are lined up as below, the men can pick out what they like and eat.



Decoration of watermelon decorated in the dining room.


There are huge steamers in the kitchen.



The ovens for making meat dishes etc. are as follows.


Just chicken baked up.


Save extra cuisine in a refrigerator with lined shelves as adult's height. It seems that we are trying to reduce waste by making proper temperature control so that it can be used at a later date.


Saved foods look like this.



With the emergency escape device for use when the inside of the refrigerator's door is trapped.


People who cut foods.




In case of a hurry it is also possible to cut at once in a machine like a large food processor



It has a metal blade.


Next we moved to the refrigerator.


It seems that there were many meals of junk food system like hamburgers and nuggets before, but now it is a healthy oriented menu with fresh fruit etc incorporated in the menu.



A refrigerator room where dairy products and sauces are stored.


This pack of cottage cheese looks like this.


Huge mustard.


Package of yoghurt size of a size like a bucket.


Breads are also kept in large quantities.


Ice cream is also huge.


It is stored in large quantities.


Vegetables put in a vacuum pack after being cut for use as soup.


Baked chicken.


Marines in line with chicken rows.


It is divided into 1/4 pieces and distributed.



Immediately after training, you can be sweaty and muddy, so there are hygienic problems in entering the dining hall, but when you want to eat soup even in such a case you should receive food from "walkthrough" which is not drive through Can.



People who work in front of the belt conveyor where dishes finished eating.


Afterwards it will be washed in the automatic dishwasher. In addition, this machine is designed to circulate a part of the water and use it, saving water costs and devising to reduce the impact on the environment.



I also went to the office of the unit to think about a menu of meals and procure ingredients.


Inside the office is like this.


Since this cafeteria is not generally released, we can not eat even if we visit the base, but we participate in events such as "Friendship Day" and "Air Show" held by the US military at various bases You can taste the atmosphere inside the base.