<p>I'm interested in how the meal plan food is at Yale. Is it the standard socialist cafeteria food fare or is it actually good? I'm not talking about outside restaurants in New Haven itself. </p>
<p>I also don't mind if it's not "natural" or "organic"... or even slightly unhealthy for that matter... I'm interested in the taste, cuisine and variety of food.</p>
<p>such an important question…</p>
<p>It’s actually pretty good. And your meal plan allows you to go to most any cafeteria/dining hall on campus. Undergrads don’t realize how different and sometimes better the SOM dining hall is. If you take science classes, go to SOM for lunch.</p>
<p>I was there this summer for a summer program and the food was iffy. Some meals were pretty good, others not so good. Unfortunately, the kids I met who go there during the year said that the food stinks during the school year. But each dining hall is different in quality. While i was there, Trumbull had way better food than Saybrook/branford which share a kitchen(i believe).</p>
<p>I actually asked my interviewer how the food was. She said that the biggest thing that struck her was how “diverse” the meal plan was. Apparently there are foods from just about every culture you can think of.</p>
<p>Hmm this IS a very important question. I am wondering about how the Italian food is on campus, this apizza I read about seems like something that I would like to check out.</p>
<p>I stayed there this summer and thought the food was very good - and that’s saying something because I’m picky and have a sensitive stomach. Trumbull was better than Branford/Saybrook by a long shot. But regardless of what Residential College you’re in, you can use your mealplan at dining halls from any of the other colleges.</p>
<p>That being said, I don’t know if it’s different during the school year.</p>
<p>If you got to the dining website, you can see what the menus are each day for all the different places to eat.
[What</a> we offer, Dining: Yale University](<a href=“http://www.yale.edu/dining/locations/menu.html]What”>http://www.yale.edu/dining/locations/menu.html)</p>
<p>I am not very picky, but personally, I find the food excellent. There’s lots of variety, and you can get proper meals, not just like food court fast food. Even if there’s nothing to tempt you from the daily menu, you could make meals every day just from the standards and it would take a long time before even that became repetitive. Certainly, there are some misses, but live and learn. </p>
<p>If you are used to your parents cooking you individual meals to your personal specifications using the finest ingredients, I can see it would be a bit of a come down, but I think sometimes when people complain about the food, it’s kind of like when people complain about the accommodation - while there are some places that are better than others within Yale, they are all very much better than what you would see at a lot of other schools.</p>
<p>I hope the food is not “healthy” or “organic” I am a beef eater and I don’t really care for vegatables. Which is obviously seeing as i am from Texas!</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>Omg I love a great piece of steak waaaay better than any vegan crap.</p>
<p>LOL: “any vegan crap” That’s supportive and high minded of you Mal77. I’m sure with that attitude you’ll fit right in. Sheesh!</p>
<p>Here’s the link to the Yale Station site, also. Besides daily menus, you can see the weather, semi-classified ads, and the bulletin board for things go on around campus. Some of the features won’t work for you if you’re not a student, but you can get a general idea of things. </p>
<p>This might create yet another round of longing among the Bulldog-wannabees. Sorry in advance.</p>
<p>It’s spring break-that’s why the menus are empty. </p>
<p>[YaleStation</a>, the Yale University Portal](<a href=“http://yalestation.yale.edu/]YaleStation”>http://yalestation.yale.edu/)</p>
<p>the food is actually pretty good. there’s excellent variety, food from a variety of different cultures, and for picky eaters, there’s cheeseburgers, veggie burgers, turkey burgers, grilled cheese and hot dogs on the grill everyday. that being said, some dining halls prepare the food better than others. i personally don’t find saybrook/branford that bad, trumbull and berkeley are good but always crowded, silliman, je, pierson and davenport are eh…and td, morse and stiles are pretty good. and commons is okay too. the food shouldn’t affect your decision that much because it’s not that bad. its better than 99% of other colleges lol.</p>
<p>Yale has actually been working on their meal offerings quite a bit over the past few years - I’m a senior and the quality and variety of the food has gotten markedly better. The dining halls offer at least one entree with fresh ingredients from the Yale Sustainable Food Project every night, and all meals are made with local and organic ingredients. They’ve also stopped buying from food provider Aramark to keep buying locally. I definitely think this has an impact on the taste of the food itself, besides just being more environmentally sound. </p>
<p>Plus, the colleges are expanding your options for every meal. Commons has always had a pasta bar every day, but some colleges are bringing in pasta and nacho bars daily if you don’t like the main hot choices. Plus in Morse we got a smoothie bar this year …</p>
<p>I’m in Trumbull and the food there has always been pretty good. I’m a relatively picky eater, but I’ve always found at least something there. Other colleges also have good food, others have pretty terrible food. You have the option to eat basically at any dining hall on campus, so you’ll have options.</p>
<p>Does the JE dining hall still have made to order omelets every weekday morning?</p>
<p>(JE is very near the Old Campus for you future freshmen!)</p>
<p>T26E4, I have never had vegan food (I had a vegie burger one time though) but I doubt it would be very platable to my palate. I am in accord with Mal77’s sentiment.</p>
<p>I was trying to be sarcastic – pointing out Mal’s snooty, condescending and intolerant tone about something different. I personally don’t understand vegan eating either but the judgmental tone isn’t necessary.</p>
<p>Haha. Seriously though, food is very important. Especially in a students college life. Good food, good mood.</p>
<p>sheesh some of you are open minded, lol. </p>
<p>i’m a vegetarian, and i completely understand the concept of eating vegan.</p>
<p>i have plenty of friends who are meat eaters, but enjoy vegan/vegetarian food once in awhile. vegetarian food is not that different; besides the fact there is NO meat. the emphasis is on flavors, vegetables, cuisines, palate, texture etc. </p>
<p>it’s delicious.</p>