Sometimes the stars align and good things happen on the internet. For example, an industrial-grade wisteria factory in China called Donghua Jinlong is going viral on TikTok (because its videos chef kiss), an egg breaking the record for the photo with the most ‘likes’ on Instagram, Billie Eilish putting all her followers on her “Best Friends” list with a great marketing campaign, or the Twitter account of the university cafeteria in Almería becoming the Twitter account, the most viral of recent weeks. One of his profiles.

@comedorual. This is it University of Almería Dining Room userAn account that posts its dining room menu every day between 8:00 and 8:30 with amazing punctuality because it couldn’t possibly be any other way. Today is May 15You can enjoy delicious cannelloni or almond soup as a starter, and choose from breaded cutlets and croquettes as a main course. The key is dessert: pudding.

I am writing these lines at 11:25 without having breakfast yet, you can guess my situation. Anyway, let’s continue.

The tweet that started it all | Click on the image to see the original tweet

Origin of the meme. It all started 30. April, when the dining room publishes its gastronomic offer, as it does every day. First, garlic chicken or potatoes with Cuban rice. The second is grilled chicken or croquettes. Custard for dessert. I think I speak for every student when I say that the combination of Cuban rice, croquettes and pudding is probably the best menu ever seen in an educational institution.

Some delicacies worthy of Olympus, if you ask me.

How hungry.

Almería Dining Room Menu | Image: @tormnt0, click image to see original tweet

Dining room menu of the University of Almería | Image: @Sogar_Daddy, click image to see original tweet

Twitter is going crazy. As expected, I must add, the tweet soon went viral, for obvious and entirely justified reasons. The tweet was filled with replies from users praising the flavors offered by a culinary team represented today by one person: Conchi.

Conchi not available. The ones that exist are Magdalena, Delia and Carmen, the three cooks we met thanks to the account in the program, which is one of the best accounts on Twitter. Andalusia Direct. In their report, which lasts about 3 minutes, the cooks explain that they did not expect this reaction and that the pudding recipe has been passed down from generation to generation.

The most viral menu of the day | Click on the image to see the original tweet

The most innocent and stupid virality. Without eating or drinking, the UAL Dining Hall account had become a meme, with its most recent tweets reaching less than 50,000 views and up to a million views. Let it not be said to amortize what is verified. But the record From 7 May and that’s when the account hit its biggest hit: 3.2 million views and a menu of delicacies that made my tummy growl again. Note this in case it inspires you:

• First: Bean stew or pasta bolognese.
• Second: Garlic meat or croquettes.
• Dessert: pudding.

Humor. And of course, meme-derived memes emerged. When croquettes (Quetas), pasta (Rones), cannelloni (Lones) and pudding (Tillas) appear on the menu, users celebrate on Twitter; Since the account goes viral, these items are usually not missing from the menu. In Twitter terms, the most preferred menus are Rums/Lones, Quetas and Tillas. In fact, the account managed to exploit this in a good way and now there is Tillas on the menu, not pudding. Some geniuses.

So how much does all this cost? Six euros.

I won’t add anything more.

Six euros, SIX.

Now, with your permission, I will have breakfast.

Heaven on Earth | Image by @ebeeme13, click image to see original tweet

Image: Screenshots from UAL and Twitter

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