Wednesday, November 16, 2022

UC Davis (Part 2 of 2)

Whenever I visit any College/University cafeteria in USA I am amazed how excellent they are and so many varieties of food to choose from.

By contrast when I was doing my college in Chennai, my dorm (hostel) canteen was just mediocre. They had two wings. One for vegetarian and another for non-vegetarian. It was OK for me. My wife went to a reputed college, which was considered India’s Radcliffe College at that time, HATED the hostel food. 

At UC Davis, the cafeteria food was very tasty and had so many different varieties to choose from. It accommodated all religions and all cultures. You are able to get food from steak to pure vegetarian to vegan.

There are 4 cafeterias at the campus. Here is the picture of the cafeteria I went. 


Here is a sample section of where you pick up the food. 


Here is the eating place. 


Being a vegetarian, I chose a falafel burger and fries. (Falafel is similar to masal vada between 2 buns.)


Every food section has a notification board.  Here is one for Rice and Choley.


Here is my plate of Rice and Choley.



Of course, the dessert section. 


And there were sodas of all kinds, ice creams, milk, tea, and coffee. 

Enjoyed the cafeteria food very much.
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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 17, 2022 at 4:29 AM

    Now O find many hostels providing good food but still lot to improve. My husband went to BITS Pilani in 70’s and got excellent food , so much that he wanted me to cook like that😀

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    1. SGNovember 17, 2022 at 7:52 AM

      Thanks for your comments Ms. Anonymous. I am glad to hear many Indian college hostels are now providing good food for the students.

      I would appreciate if you give me your name to properly recognize you. Thanks.

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    2. SGNovember 17, 2022 at 11:06 AM

      Ms. Anonymous, please write to my email address. I have a few recipes obtained from the cooks at Indian restaurants.

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  2. Kirtivasan GanesanNovember 19, 2022 at 4:29 PM

    Feeling hungry on seeing those plates of food !!

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  3. Pradeep NairNovember 28, 2022 at 10:35 PM

    One thing that I have noticed from my little travels abroad is that in many of these developed nations, there is a good amount of attention given to aspects like cleanliness, orderliness, signboards, etc and also to the needs of the people. Here for some reason all those things are of low priority.

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  4. vanderloostJanuary 11, 2023 at 2:08 AM

    Its neat and clean and well organized. But sorry to say the chholey Chawal look quite spiceless and dreary. Being a pucca North Indian I would prefer my chholey chawal to be conventional to put it very mildly.

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