<p>galoisien...</p>
<p>we're going away to college, not on a cruise. Im not a current student so i cant tell you if/if not you will be seeing those, but i doubt it</p>
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<p>Huh? I'm just looking for something resembling the staple dishes I used to eat. Most people in New England don't seem to have a palette. ;) Actually something involving spices <em>other</em> than tobasco sauce, general red/black pepper and so forth would work really well.</p>
<p>Basically, I thought there might be a section of the cafeteria that addressed the issue that diversity extends to food also. In Singapore spicy dishes are an everyday food, and I suspect, much of South and Southeast Asia as well. (In fact, I've never been on a cruise, and I didn't know that the overprivileged yuppies who go on them would condescend to eating staple commoner dishes from inferior countries not of Western Europe. )</p>
<p>Plus, curry isn't asking for much, is it? ;) In Britain I hear, it's as pervasive as salsa on tacos would be in the US. A possible lack of home dishes is possibly why I am thinking about buying a really down-sized meal plan second year, in order to compensate for additional costs of having to buy and cook the curry spices and coconut milk myself. Do you remember any Indonesian/Singaporean recipes, lisieux?? And Indonesian cuisine is not that different from Malaysian cuisine, right, since Indonesia and Malaysia speak roughly the same language anyway? ;) I'm afraid that living for years in Maine has made me lose my sense of how to cook my birth country's cuisine. :(</p>
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<p>People in China eat dog, although they are taking it off the menu in official restaurants in Beijing next week, it would not be something I would care to see in the cafeteria. Personally, I love ethnic food, especially the spicey kind. But that doesn't mean I am entitled to expect my native dishes in the cafeteria. </p>
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<p>How does calling people you don't know "overprivileged yuppies" for going on a vacation support your demand for embracing diversity?</p>
<p>I'm part Chinese but I was raised pretty white. However, I still don't see the problem with eating dog. It's just another animal. People have fish as pets right? I eat fish all the time and don't have people yelling at me "OMFG, you're eating fish! I have a pet fish at home!"</p>
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<p>I was simply playing upon your repartee, sir!</p>
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But that doesn't mean I am entitled to expect my native dishes in the cafeteria.
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<p>We're not entitled to non-soggy eggs in Newcomb either. Yet people still complain about them? ;)</p>
<p>Actually it's just more of the fact that we're forced to take out a dining plan. I just want to make the most of those 1795 dollars, you know? ;) Given that a large minority (if not majority) of students would probably appreciate a spicy dish of some sort, I was simply wondering how ethnic dishes get at cafeterias.</p>
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nevermind after second thought. besides shoebox answered me question</p>
<p>Im going to get kicked off CC by all the nasty things I want to say. But I'll hold back, and just pray I don't ever run into some of you at UVA. Or I hope Cav is around to shove a beer or two or ten down my throat so I black out in the middle of McCormick Rd or on the steps of Thornton. </p>
<p>Anyways, your international dishes are tacos, fake Chinese food, or maybe something with mangos. </p>
<p>A better phrase is "This is America, this is college in the dirty south, this is not your home or home country or your own food wishes".</p>
<p>And I hate spicy food. They serve plenty of it. It's just American spicy food. Virginia happens to be in that wonderful country, where we can eat Nemo, go on cruises (and, I was in 8th grade when I went on one...I'm not middle class, I'm not a yuppie), wear sweaters, not steal people's stuff, not get caned over some brewskis, and get a decent education in one or two subjects.</p>
<p>shoebox,</p>
<p>your comment made me spill my pineapple juice. now i have no pineapple juice :'(.</p>
<p>Random question, how often do you dine with the same people? I know that prob. the first two weeks, you will dine with a lot of strangers, ppl you just met, but im pretty sure by the second month you will be dining with the same people?</p>
<p>What? No pineapple juice? That is sad, it's one of my favorites.</p>
<p>Um, you'll probably dine mostly with people who live in your hall, since you can walk by and be like "yo, let's go get some American food because for the tenth time, UVA doesn't serve much international food". People in your class sometimes is popular too, especially if you know them. A lot of people just go get to-go boxes and eat in their rooms. It's hard to say though, people are all different. Some are hermits and eat alone..or never. Mostly it's your hallmates first year probably, and apartment mates second year onwards.</p>
<p>Haha yeah right. I still say Newcomb's exoticness ends with "catfish pizza." They have rice or something sometimes but it's all pretty gross imho.</p>
<p>I also enjoy putting things from the salad bar onto my tacos, sandwiches, etc. I dunno, when you live in Brown, you're pretty much self restricted to Newcomb since it's right THERE so I just prepare myself for a semester of bland food and enjoy my weekends when Newcomb is closed to eat real food.</p>
<p>Since someone invoked the intellectual property debate here I will say that plagiarism is of quite a different nature than reverse-engineering. Anyway at one point I heard that Dining was taking student recipes, which is why I thought they cared about feedback. Anyway.</p>
<p>Get off the intellectual property discussion! You will go on for hours, with no way to end it.</p>
<p>Sure, you can eat all the ethnic food or international food you want on a cruise or in some yuppie resort on a vacation. You know why, because you are in a foreign country! When in Rome, do as the Romans. If I'm in Mexico, I'm gonna eat some tacos. The moral of this, when in America, eat American. If you want something from an "inferior country in Europe", drink some Russian Vodka. To quench your seemingly insatiable thirst for spicy food, put some tabasco on your grits.</p>
<p>Actually in Mexico I would eat something I couldn't find anywhere else. But I digress. Charlottesville has so much more gastronomic variety than New England. I'm actually looking for cheap mass-produced curry so I don't have to spend extra on top of meal plans to cook it. I thought I was just living in the wrong state. Anyway cooking curry is not unlike making coffee - add water and powder. Coffee isn't American either. And neither is pizza. :)</p>
<p>You've asked that question a million times. The dining hall does take student recipes like, once or twice a semester. They pick a few of the best and make it for one or two nights. That's all. It's some type of contest. Enter it, that's the only way you'll see curry probably.
Another suggestion: join a culture group of some kind that has meals. It'll probably cost you, but you'd get your curry.
Lastly, the type of coffee we drink is very American. And pizza in Italy was never a giant ball of flour and grease.</p>
<p>galoisien and shoebox, you guys have no idea how entertaining you are. LOL.</p>
<p>galoisien, Charlottesville has a very rich variety of culture are cuisine within the city itself. There are a number of middle-eastern and indian restaurants as well as many fusion ones. There are also like 5 amazing coffee shops where I guarantee you can get coffee that isn't very "american"... because its delicious.</p>
<p>I love good food, especially of the international variety and believe me there is no short of it in c-ville if you are willing to pay to eat at a restaurant (not even an expensive one, Just Curry has delicious curries of many varieties for $6-$10). I also really enjoy fine coffee, and can tell you a number of places off of the top of my head with amazing coffee. For a nice coffee shop, there is the Mudhouse (near downtown mall), which will even do latte art, and for a sort of coffee dealer you could try greenberrys(the real one, on Barracks road) which has many varieties of international coffee's and tea's for purchase in raw form.</p>
<p>also, I could go on about libertarian economics and IP for hours too, but sometimes people don't want to hear about it ;)</p>
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<p>I know! Which is why I am perplexed by the fact that the dining halls (which we are shelling 3.6k / year for) are so in contrast to the town.</p>
<p>I don't know how IRC kitchens are like, or whether all my floormates would want curry aromas floating through the level. (I would hazard the guess that by their being in the IRC, they would be a bit more enthusiastic than average). But if I find that they're OK with it, I would probably stick to making curry in my dorm most of the time, and maybe bringing up Newcomb pasta to mix in it. ;) [What's the policy on takeout if you're Unlimited?] </p>
<p>I'm just grumbling about the value of a compulsory meal plan when cooking is possibly cheaper and more specific to one's palette. Ahh, price elasticity, or lack thereof.</p>
<p>Um, welcome to college. Your life is scaled down tremendously, and you learn to get by.<br>
And they force you to get a mealplan so you're able to eat. Also, they don't let you have cars, so it's hard to get to stores. I think you're looking into food way too much. It's just food. I don't really like pasta or basic cafeteria stuff either, but it's easy and straightforward and everyone else is eating it and I've learned to get by.
And, you can take to-go whenever you want, regardless of mealplan.
Last idea: why on earth did you sign up for the most expensive mealplan if you're never going to eat the food? You should've just gone with the 15/week if you're going to be so grumpy.</p>
<p>Because I would use those Plus Dollars really really quick. It didn't make economic sense to me.</p>
<p>And I've never had a car to drive to my grocery store either. ;) </p>
<p>Now if those Plus Dollars were for ingredients at a supermarket (where you're paying for raw material, not the finished goods) we have a different story.</p>
<p>shoebox, for first years they are all the same price.</p>
<p>I will say to g-man though that he would do well to be on a meal plan like the plus-10. The added plus dollars are great when newcomb food doesn't seem too appetizing, which is a lot. And the food at crossroads/the castle is way better than Newcomb/Ohill. Being in the IRC could make that a little weird though since there aren't too many plus-dollar focused places right there.</p>
<p>At least you'd be eating. It sounds like you already hate the food without even trying it, so why bother?</p>