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I am looking for low calories, low trans-fat, low saturated fat, low sodium, high protein, high vitamin A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I... etc</p>
<p>(I am just tired of Western food)... Chinese at Cornell or Ithaca?
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<p>You can't have it both ways</p>
<p>isn't there a chinese food place called A&J something? i think it's in collegetown</p>
<p>There's Apollo</p>
<p>funny...I always thought Chinese food was deep fried, making it none of the things said in that quote</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure a big mac extra value meal is more favorable than most of the fast-food chinese places out there. As tasty as that general tsao's chicken is, it's absolutely loaded with fat, calories, and sugars.</p>
<p>I always got sick after eating at Apollo so I stopped</p>
<p>if you are looking for "other" types of food...campusfood.com will become your best friend :)</p>
<p>but the dining halls do have more than hamburgers, french fries, pizza (though they keep those the same everyday). healthy salad bars, make your own sandwiches, stir fry at mongos...its really a good variety. btu you cant find any "traditional authentic" chinese food anywhere...i think china is the best for that food, or someones home kitchen maybe. and i think if you are going to the "west" part of the world, you are going to be eating "western" food.</p>
<p>kartrider360 & gomestar: I am talking about more traditional Chinese food, such as slightly fried rice or noodle, mixed vegetable, Beef and noodle, sesame chicken/pork, rice rolls, etc. And also, ALL Chinese food are healthier than those of McDonald's (please look at how many people are obese in China v.s. the number of people who are obese in the U.S.). XD</p>
<p>Okay... if there are no "traditional" Chinese food @ Cornell, is there supermarket (Chinese supermarket/Asian supermarket) or any supermarkets that sell Chinese products (food products, etc...) I can cook at dorm?</p>
<p>Lastly... there has to be Japanese or Vietnamese restaurant somewhere?</p>
<p>In collegetown theres like a million asian food places. Idk if its authentic, somehow doubting it haha but there's asian people in there all the time so it can't be that bad. </p>
<p>SOO there is: Miyake, Plum Tree (both japanese), Vietnam Restaurant, Asian Noodle house, some Korean BBQ place. There's also Cafe Pacific which is half brownies/ice cream/cake and half asian food, lol.</p>
<p>Go to campusfood.com and there probably are a bunch of chinese delivery places.</p>
<p>Wegman's has an "international foods" aisle which might have what you want, if you want to make your own.</p>
<p>...all those restaurants I wrote are only in collegetown. If you have a car there are probs other ones in Ithaca too.</p>
<p>there's asian grocery stores around (one near triphammer). </p>
<p>Buuuut I don't know how to put this lightly ... it's not a great idea to cook chinese/asian food in dorms. It stinks. You'll just **** everybody off. Basic rice dishes are fine, but avoid anything with fish stock or too much sesame oil. </p>
<p>"ALL Chinese food are healthier than those of McDonald's (please look at how many people are obese in China v.s. the number of people who are obese in the U.S.)."</p>
<p>There was an interesting article in the sun 2 years ago that provided some interesting information to the contrary. Quite the eye opener. The number of fat people has more to do with portions and the time of the day that people eat and less with the actual food itself. Just look at what the French eat, you'd expect them to be huge.</p>
<p>Also, what we eat in Chinese restaurants in America is not what people in rural China eat</p>
<p>i think most westerners don't understand chinese food. most of the chinese food like sweet and sour pork, orange chicken, etc were all created to fit american tastes.
authentic chinese food is soo much healthier than anything american food can offer (except salad, i guess)
i am speaking as a health fanatic, who has researched all types of food.</p>
<p>I believe the Chinese food at Appel is pretty authentic -- I know the shrimp/chicken dumplings on Sunday mornings are directly imported, and the chefs ran a successful Asian restaurant before (and are really, really nice people!). I think Appel's Chinese is much more authentic than, say, mongo at RPC... but let's not get into Appel vs. RPC right now. =D</p>
<p>isolabella: Agree. Having been eating Chinese food for 17 years, I weigh a healthy 117 pounds (WWWWAAAAA SO THIN).</p>
<p>but really, take gomestar's advice...avoid cooking "authentic" asian food in dorms. it really smells up everything...seeps under doors and makes everyone's stuff smell like whatever you were cooking</p>
<p>I don't go out of my way to eat healthy. I eat whatever I want. I spent the last 2 weeks in Philly and ate 9 cheese steaks in that time. They were incredible. I ate out every lunch and dinner. </p>
<p>I'm 5'8" and 128 lbs. Life is way better when you eat more than rice cakes and don't calorie count every meal you get.</p>
<p>My lord. You're a twig.</p>
<p>yeah, but i can eat like a mad man. And I do. I even won a chicken wing eating competition once (I was in a favorable age group, though) and I didn't even get ill. </p>
<p>It's all about metabolism, not leading a sedentary lifestyle, and not eating a lot past 9 PM.</p>
<p>laurstar07: Is it really that bad? I just cook some rice, and some salmon, and egg, and some beans, and maybe Chinese cabbage. That doesn't smell right?</p>