Students question authenticity of diverse dining hall food
12 Mar 2024
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign states that “University Housing offers a wide variety of dining services to meet your needs” in regard to the dining options for undergraduate students under the subtitle, “Delicious Dining Options.”
Some students have questioned the authenticity of the food from other cultures served by the dining halls. Qingzi Yang, freshman in LAS, claimed that there is room for improvement in the Asian food that the dining halls serve.
“I think (Asian dining hall food is) OK for most of the time, but could be better,” Yang said.
Yang expressed that although she is delighted that the dining halls take diversity into consideration, she has mixed feelings about the food. “They always end up not tasting that good since the way they make them is not right,” Yang said.
Emma Hahn, freshman in LAS, said she liked the attempt at diversity.“I think it’s cool that they offer a diverse food selection,” Hahn said. Hahn also expressed how the quality of food is a gamble in the dining halls, even if the options are diverse.
“The dining hall food is alright, it seems like a hit or miss,” Hahn said. Hahn said she had mixed opinions about how authentically the dining halls are representing food from other cultures.
“They have the intent of representing the foreign food authentically, but at the end of the day, this food is delivered to the dining center and made to serve large quantities of people,” Hahn said.
Some students have questioned the authenticity of the food from other cultures served by the dining halls. Qingzi Yang, freshman in LAS, claimed that there is room for improvement in the Asian food that the dining halls serve.
“I think (Asian dining hall food is) OK for most of the time, but could be better,” Yang said.
Yang expressed that although she is delighted that the dining halls take diversity into consideration, she has mixed feelings about the food. “They always end up not tasting that good since the way they make them is not right,” Yang said.
Emma Hahn, freshman in LAS, said she liked the attempt at diversity.“I think it’s cool that they offer a diverse food selection,” Hahn said. Hahn also expressed how the quality of food is a gamble in the dining halls, even if the options are diverse.
“The dining hall food is alright, it seems like a hit or miss,” Hahn said. Hahn said she had mixed opinions about how authentically the dining halls are representing food from other cultures.
“They have the intent of representing the foreign food authentically, but at the end of the day, this food is delivered to the dining center and made to serve large quantities of people,” Hahn said.
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