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Campus Life - Letters from MITDining out on campusBy Shin Kuwaki
There are many options for eating at MIT. Many students go to the Stratton Student Center for their meals, where the main dining facilities are located. At LaVerde's, which is the campus market, students can buy fresh fruit and vegetables, meats, cereals, juices and most items usually sold in local supermarkets. In addition, there is a bakery/sandwich shop where students can select their own toppings to make their own sandwiches. Across from the market, there is a crepe shop that just opened in the fall, where they serve both dessert crepes and savory crepes. Savory crepes came as a surprise to me; they contain meat, cheese, sauteed vegetables and other ingredients that you might see in a regular meal. Dessert crepes contain fruit, chocolate, whipped cream, jam and other various sweet toppings.
Both of the dining halls serve an ethnically diverse range of foods like pizza, bagel sandwiches, smoothies, sushi and packaged salads that are ready-to-go. These meals-to-go are very helpful for students with busy schedules. There are also food trucks scattered about the campus, offering cheap meals-to-go, as well as several small coffee shops that serve freshly brewed coffee to keep us awake through the day. Paying for meals is very convenient because students can deposit a certain amount of money for their meals at the beginning of the year and use their student ID cards at the cash register to pay for their meals and groceries. The card can also be used at some restaurants in the area, which gives students some leeway in their choice of where and what to eat. When I began working in the Biology Department building as a sophomore, I often ate at the Bio Cafe where they served wraps with names like "Lab#1" and "Genetics," which might have scared some customers away. Actually, they are just normal wraps with creative names: "Lab#1" is a turkey wrap and "Genetics" a mozzarella and basil wrap. I also enjoyed being able to eat with fellow students also working in the area. This year, as a junior, I hardly have any meals at the on-campus dining facilities. However, when I do go there on occasion, it brings back the good memories from earlier years when I used to eat there with my friends nearly every day.
Shukan ST: Dec. 20, 2002 (C) All rights reserved |