The Bowdoin Gourmet

The mandarin chicken salad offered at McGee’s pub is one of my absolute favorite meals on campus.  Doesn’t it look delicious:

Recently I’ve wanted to be able to have a salad like this outside of the pub (and without the expense).  The logical place to try was the Thorne dining hall salad bar.  Here is what I came up with:

This version conspicuously lacks mandarin oranges, slivered almonds, and the sliced chicken, and has some new ingredients tossed in, but it ended up tasting quite good.  One key is to top it with the oriental-style dressing at the salad bar, which has the toasted-nut flavor that was so characteristic of the original.

This salad probably won’t displace the pub’s version as my campus favorite, but its nice to know that I have this tasty alternative at Thorne.