Students:
CSULB dorm food is far from gourmet
Jennifer
Camacho/On-line Forty-Niner
The
dorm cafeteria has recently expanded its
menu with the additionof a sandwich bar.
By
Adam Zitomer
On-line Forty-Niner
Part
of learning the ropes of life in the dorms
is adjusting to meal plans. Being out of
the house and away form mom's cooking can
be pretty rough, and from what is being
said, the dinning hall isn't making anybody
feel at home.
Fans
of the dorm food are hard to come by on
campus, not one advocate of the dorm menu
can be found. There are many complaints
from present and former residents.
Michael
Noia used to live in the dorms and said
he survived off the salad bar.
"The
food was usually inedible, when things got
real desperate I had to utilize the quesadilla
maker," Noia said. On a positive note,
Noia did praise the Yankee pot roast.
When
asked about his thoughts on dorm food, Jay
Anderson said "At first it wasn't too
bad but the routine just cycles over and
over so it's the same stuff every week and
all year, you just get sick of it."
Vanessa
Tucker's couldn't give any suggestions for
the improvement of the dorm food.
"I
don't know where to start, the quality of
the food was just so poor I hated eating
there, they need to get real cooks or something,"
she said. "The only way to make it
better is for the school to give housing
more money so they can get better stuff."
Tucker
said that she had to eat off campus most
of the time. That is a luxury that most
students don't have. Parents may feel like
it is a good deal, students get three meals
a day and can be on a 12- or 19-meal a week
plan for $5,685 or $5,773 per year.
"I
think the food should have come with living
in the dorms, I don't think the quality
of the food is comparable to the cost of
it," Tucker said.
Asst.
Manager Nouman Khawaja pointed out the improvements
being made to the dining hall. In addition
to what is being served daily and the salad
bar, the cafeteria has added a sandwich
bar where students can request a variety
of sandwiches. Also, they are in the process
of installing a taco bar that will soon
be in use.
Khawaja
said the food being offered is not limited,
they serve a variety of different foods
such as salmon and shrimp linguini. He also
compared the establishment to Hometown Buffet
and said that all you can eat for $7 is
probably the best deal around.
"I
don't know where to start, the quality of
the food was just so poor I hated eating
there, they need to get real cooks or something,"
-Michael
Noia, past dorm resident
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