吃在中大 Dining at NCU
On-Campus Canteens and Restaurants
Canteens and restaurants at NCU serve both Chinese and Western style of dishes.
Chinese Style Food
The 7th canteen
The 7th canteen offers Taiwanese style local foods such as beef noodles, sweet and sour soup, dumplings and Cantonese style cuisine. It is also equipped with a cafeteria with set combination meals. (Vegetarian meals are also available.) Fresh packed fruits, sweet drinks, and shaved ice serve as after-meal dessert. Most important of all, the dinning environment is sanitary and the prices are very reasonable and competitive.
The Aunt A-Gui Canteen
The biggest cafeteria on campus is the Aunt A-Gui Canteen, where customers can choose from more than 30 different kinds of dishes each meal. There is also a Chinese-style breakfast, with congee and preserved vegetables, fried eggs, and other side dishes. The dining area is both spacious and clean. Interestingly, the cashier does not add up the exact prices of individual items for your bill; instead, he usually takes a rough estimation of the total and charges you for that amount. Your status and looks may affect the price on your bill. (That’s why prices may vary and are negotiable there.)
Western-style food
Campus Café
If what you need is a quiet place and a cup of coffee, then Campus Café is your best choice. Located in the basement of the graduate dorm, Campus Café is a place where you can relax after a day’s work. Besides coffee and tea, it also provides sandwiches and combination meals.
Fiesta
Fiesta is a wonderful place for meetings and parties. It has a spacious room for parties and offers meals and drinks. Their special is baked rice or noodles with cheese. However, be patient if you want to enjoy tasty food.
The Pine Lodge Restaurant
If you want to have steak on campus, this is the only place. The good news is that if you order a full meal, you can enjoy the buffet they offer. If you don’t have enough money, you can just order the buffet.
Off-Campus Food Choices
When it comes to the satisfaction of our daily needs, in addition to the many cafeterias on campus, you may want to check out the Midnight Snack Alley and Back Gate area, both located right outside the university parameter, where many faculty and students enjoy alternative food choices. There may not be a McDonalds or other recognizable fast-food restaurants in the area—the closest one is a 15-minute bicycle ride away—but there are a variety of other food choices. You can have hot and steamy foods in less than 10 minutes and for a very reasonable price almost 24 hours a day.
For faculty and students, quality and variety are the most important factors to consider. Most popular among students are cafeterias run by local residents which offer many more dishes to choose from than those cafeterias on campus. Then come noodle shops where you will find flavors ranging from the fashionable Japanese to the traditional Chinese. There is never any shortage of noodles or dumplings in the neighborhood. If you are interested in customizing your dietary needs, there are also independently owned restaurants that can cook up a variety of dishes in a matter of minutes, using locally grown seasonal vegetables.
Then there is a whole range of snack stands selling all kinds of Chinese and Taiwanese traditional snacks. Vegetarians and people on diets are also well-cared for at the vegetarian restaurants and organic shops. For those who prefer to cook on their own, there is also a cooking corps to try out individual creations.
One hint for the uninitiated: the newer restaurants, cafeterias, and food stands are usually better for they, being new, always try to place their customer’s satisfaction at the top of their priorities. In fact, many of them come into business exactly because they have become aware of new market demands. As new restaurants sprout up, faculty and students are fortunately spared the monotony of the same old food choices.
If you are thinking of the more up-scale restaurants, the city is a 15-minute drive away and it offers many good restaurants. There is the Cantonese Restaurant on the 23rd floor of the ChinaTrust Hotel, the famous Szechuan-style Benefits Restaurant near the train station, the Hakka Family Restaurant near the university, the Ponderosa Steakhouse on the beltway, the Thai Restaurant near the Sogo Department Store, and numerous other local flavor restaurants. Fresh seafood places also abound. Chungli may be a blue-collar industrial town, but it certainly is in no shortage of food choices.
| On-Campus Centeens and Restaurants |
Chinese Style Food | 1. The 7th canteen 2. The Aunt A-Gui Canteen |
| Western-Style Food | 1. Campus Caf'e 2. Fiesta 3. The Pine Lodge Restaurant |
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| Off-Campus Food Choices |
On-Campus Canteens and Restaurants
Canteens and restaurants at NCU serve both Chinese and Western style of dishes.
Chinese Style Food
The 7th canteen
The 7th canteen offers Taiwanese style local foods such as beef noodles, sweet and sour soup, dumplings and Cantonese style cuisine. It is also equipped with a cafeteria with set combination meals. (Vegetarian meals are also available.) Fresh packed fruits, sweet drinks, and shaved ice serve as after-meal dessert. Most important of all, the dinning environment is sanitary and the prices are very reasonable and competitive.The Aunt A-Gui Canteen
The biggest cafeteria on campus is the Aunt A-Gui Canteen, where customers can choose from more than 30 different kinds of dishes each meal. There is also a Chinese-style breakfast, with congee and preserved vegetables, fried eggs, and other side dishes. The dining area is both spacious and clean. Interestingly, the cashier does not add up the exact prices of individual items for your bill; instead, he usually takes a rough estimation of the total and charges you for that amount. Your status and looks may affect the price on your bill. (That’s why prices may vary and are negotiable there.)
Western-style foodCampus Café
If what you need is a quiet place and a cup of coffee, then Campus Café is your best choice. Located in the basement of the graduate dorm, Campus Café is a place where you can relax after a day’s work. Besides coffee and tea, it also provides sandwiches and combination meals.
Fiesta
Fiesta is a wonderful place for meetings and parties. It has a spacious room for parties and offers meals and drinks. Their special is baked rice or noodles with cheese. However, be patient if you want to enjoy tasty food.
The Pine Lodge Restaurant
If you want to have steak on campus, this is the only place. The good news is that if you order a full meal, you can enjoy the buffet they offer. If you don’t have enough money, you can just order the buffet.
Off-Campus Food Choices
When it comes to the satisfaction of our daily needs, in addition to the many cafeterias on campus, you may want to check out the Midnight Snack Alley and Back Gate area, both located right outside the university parameter, where many faculty and students enjoy alternative food choices. There may not be a McDonalds or other recognizable fast-food restaurants in the area—the closest one is a 15-minute bicycle ride away—but there are a variety of other food choices. You can have hot and steamy foods in less than 10 minutes and for a very reasonable price almost 24 hours a day.For faculty and students, quality and variety are the most important factors to consider. Most popular among students are cafeterias run by local residents which offer many more dishes to choose from than those cafeterias on campus. Then come noodle shops where you will find flavors ranging from the fashionable Japanese to the traditional Chinese. There is never any shortage of noodles or dumplings in the neighborhood. If you are interested in customizing your dietary needs, there are also independently owned restaurants that can cook up a variety of dishes in a matter of minutes, using locally grown seasonal vegetables.
Then there is a whole range of snack stands selling all kinds of Chinese and Taiwanese traditional snacks. Vegetarians and people on diets are also well-cared for at the vegetarian restaurants and organic shops. For those who prefer to cook on their own, there is also a cooking corps to try out individual creations.
One hint for the uninitiated: the newer restaurants, cafeterias, and food stands are usually better for they, being new, always try to place their customer’s satisfaction at the top of their priorities. In fact, many of them come into business exactly because they have become aware of new market demands. As new restaurants sprout up, faculty and students are fortunately spared the monotony of the same old food choices.
If you are thinking of the more up-scale restaurants, the city is a 15-minute drive away and it offers many good restaurants. There is the Cantonese Restaurant on the 23rd floor of the ChinaTrust Hotel, the famous Szechuan-style Benefits Restaurant near the train station, the Hakka Family Restaurant near the university, the Ponderosa Steakhouse on the beltway, the Thai Restaurant near the Sogo Department Store, and numerous other local flavor restaurants. Fresh seafood places also abound. Chungli may be a blue-collar industrial town, but it certainly is in no shortage of food choices.