<p>First what is their food like and is there a meal plan. second do the have transfer housing. thanks</p>
<p>No transfer housing.</p>
<p>Food is amazing. I did a summere program there and they have all the foods a 18 year old would want.</p>
<p>which is probably not healthy food</p>
<p>If you live on campus, you're required to get an 1800 point (1pt = 1$) meal plan. If you buy cereal and milk from the grocery store ie trader joes or ralphs, you can possibly stretch the points through the year - more common is restocking on points at the end of spring quarter.</p>
<p>Food is not too bad compared to most colleges [except colleges up there on the 'best food' list - <a href="http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/rankings/rankingDetails.asp?categoryID=6&topicID=45%5D%5B/url">http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/rankings/rankingDetails.asp?categoryID=6&topicID=45][/url</a>]. If you need rice, bring a rice cooker, since the quality of the rice here is not too good.</p>
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<p>If you don't like the food in your college's restaurant, go to the Price Center where there's sushi, Wendy's and Panda Express. Plus there's a farmer's market every Tuesday so the food is good.</p>
<p>also if you have extra points you use them to "buy" cool stuff at Earl's Place at the end of the year!</p>
<p>This thread reminds me why i skip Plaza for Muir... lol.</p>
<p>campus is dead on weekends and anytime with no class...</p>
<p>the beaches are accessible probably in two out of the nine months (too cold). </p>
<p>no car=nowhere</p>
<p>Here's a breakdown of the food as far as I know and care to explain it right now:</p>
<p>REVELLE PLAZA CAFE:
Highlights: Alot of variety in the food. However, it is not friendly to vegetarians, and even less to vegans. THe gardenburger contains cheese.
THings I've seen at Plaza that I have seen nowhere else: Chicken pot pie, corn bread (which is very good), rotisserie.
Atmosphere:
Food Variety:
There's a grill that serves your usual hot wings, burgers, fries etc</p>
<p>One part of plaza tries to serve different international foods at lunch and dinner everyday. They sometimes have "Mediterranean" (not very authentic), "Asian" (not good either), "Southern" (your typical fried chicken, mashed potatoes fare), Mexican (cannot compare to OVT's (Marshall's eatery)
). There's also a Rotisserie that serves chicken and occasionally poached salmon or baked cod, "New York" steak, stuff like that, which I like very much. The steak's usually pretty tough, but I guess they make em all extra well done just to be safe. They have a big variety of sides, which is real nice.
There's stirfry place, the quality of which depends on who's making it.
Sandwich place is just what you'd expect, except they can get stingy with hummus. Pizza place... they don't bake them as you order them, which bothers some people. Muir's Sierra Summit does that. However you can customize your pizzas, but you can also do that at several other places, so there's nothing fantastic or distinct about pizza at Plaza Cafe.
THe selectin of beverages is definitely commendable. Hot coffee, hot cocoa, sodas, juices, milk, soy milk, definitley one of the bigger selections.
The salad bar is the bomb diggity. The veggies can be old at times, but it's definitely the best out of all the dining halls I have been to. I have heard that foodworks at sixth packs a killer salad, but I have also heard the place is pretty much a single room, and doesn't serve anything else that's good, so unless you absolutely ahve to have a darn good salad, probably isn't worth the trip to the boonies (which is where sixth is located).
Breakfast is definitley the best meal at plaza. They serve a MASSIVE and scrumptuous breakfast burrito, just as good omelettes, and there's everything from bacon to eggs to frenchtoast to oatmeal to biscuites and really awesome freshmade waffles.
There is practically NOTHING on weekends. THey pull out the nachos cart, let the self service roll, and the stuff at the grill is pretty much inedible by then (see below).</p>
<p>Quality: The quesadillas are from hell, but everything else is pretty regular. However, they change the oil they use for the grill once a week (on monday), so I wouldn't suggest getting anything there past maybe wednesday. </p>
<p>MUIR'S SIERRA SUMMIT
Highlights: My personal favorite, because of the atmosphere, mostly. And the bomb diggity spicy breadsticks. Quesadillas are made to order. Noodle soup is also served, with customization possiblities such as a choice of beef or shrimp and/or tofu. Very vegetarian and vegan friendly. Has a section called "The Vegenator" which always serves some really good vegetarian creations. Really relaly good.
They also have a coldstone creamery-like place, and a smoothie bar, which some people find indispensable. Do you see now why I love it?
Atmosphere: There's always music playing, it's alot mroe colorful than plaza, and has more of a restaurant feel that plaza, whose vibe is more of that of a mess hall. There is also no music at plaza.
Food variety: As I have described above, there's tons of variety. Not as "international" as Revelle, but the "international" stuff at Revelle isn't particularly authentic. It does lack a rotisserie, but they have freshly carved roast beef, so it's not much to complain about.
Food quality: Quesadillas are made to order, as are the pizzas and breadsticks(they bake them after you order/customize them), and personally, I couldn't ask for more.</p>
<p>Muir also has a mexican restaurant that takes food points called El Mercado. Never been, the I've seen it from the outside. There are couches, lots of people. Open for two hours a day, only for lunch, but seems like people liek to make the most of it. </p>
<p>MARSHALL'S OCEANVIEW TERRACE (OVT)
I live at revelle, so it's quite a walk, but it's a pretty walk in the evening. You can't really see the ocean, (just barely a few inches under the horizon) but you can definitely tell it's there when the sun's setting and the horizon gets all purple and pink and pretty.
HIGHLIGHTS: The mexican food is definitley the best served at UCSD. They make the biggest, fattest quesadilla you ever did see. A draw back is that they use cheddar and mozarella, and i usually like my quesadilla with Jack. But that's how it is all around campus, so as far is this post is concerned, OVT's quesadilla is the shizzle. THey also make killer taco salad in those spiffy tortilla bowls. There's a noodle place (open only on weekdays) that actually has a variety of noodles and broths to choose from (egg noodles, udon, chicken broth, miso broth, etc). Probably the best noodle place. I've never been over to where they serve italian food, so I can't testify to its quality or whether it's always italian or maybe they switch things up from time to time. Never been, can't say. The salad bar is pathetic, and very inaccessible. Nice variety of fountain drinks, low variety of bottled/cartoned stuff. Sandwich place is very good, sells hummus alacarte, as well as apple sauce and many other things they can pack in little plastic containers. There is also a coffee place that serves frap-like things. Never gotten anything from there, but it's a good idea.</p>
<p>Those are pretty much all the dining halls I've been to at UCSD, in a nutshell. I'd be really happy to answer anyone's specific question about food (Which place has pizza with the thinnest crust?? stuff like that). I'll try to make the trip to the rest of the eateries and post my opinions on those. THis was fun. :) Talking about food makes me happy.</p>
<p>Just to point out - you can get a pizza or breadsticks made for you on the spot at Plaza- just tell them the toppings and wait 5 minutes while it rolls through the cooker.</p>
<p>[edit] oops, noticed that you probably meant the full size pizzas - on that case, they usualy have an extra on hand and bake two more when the second one starts getting low....so yeah, it can be slightly cold unless you get lucky.</p>
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