Canteens
By Joyce Ng
■ Basic Medical Sciences Building Snack Bar (Med Can) If you want to try the taste of Hong Kong style food in CUHK, this cha chaan teng-like canteen is a good choice. Popular food such as instant noodles, sandwiches and breakfast sets are sold at affordable prices. Apart from the lemon pie which is well-known within and outside the campus, the most famous food is rice with two choices of sides. You can choose your favourite among 10 kinds of sides and enjoy the meal outside the canteen or in any open space in the campus. There is always a long line of students waiting during lunch hour.
■ Benjamin Franklin Centre Coffee Corner (G/F) Pho is one of its iconic cuisines. There are also many choices of light meals, thus it is a right place for afternoon tea. For example, sandwiches with rich and balanced filling, french fries, salad and fried chicken leg are served.
■ Benjamin Franklin Centre Student Canteen (G/F) The canteen is like a fast food restaurant. Actually, it is operated by the same company as Cafe de Coral. Different styles of food are served, but they usually don't taste like their original flavour. The quality and price are average.
■ Vegether CUHK (Benjamin Franklin Centre UG/F) Being the only vegetarian restaurant in the campus, various kinds of food are provided, such as noodles with vegetarian dumplings, vegetarian meatballs and rice with different kinds of sides.
■ Hong Kong Women Workers’ Association Tuck shop (Benjamin Franklin Centre UG/F) Hong Kong style snacks including siu mai, fish balls and noodles with sauce are sold. There is a unique sweet soup which is freshly prepared everyday as well. The tuck shop opens till 1:30am so it’s the place to go when you are hungry at night.
■ Morningside College Dining Hall Food from worldwide countries are served. Pizzas are sold as well. The canteen is also famous for their fish and chips.
■ SHHO College Student Canteen A wide variety of food, ranging from Chinese cuisine to Western cuisine is provided. Operated by Maxim’s, the canteen’s most famous dish is spicy chicken.
■ Chung Chi College Student Canteen (CC Can) Siu mei (Chinese barbecue pork), rice noodles in soup, rice with two choices of sides and stir-fried dishes are served. Food is sold at affordable prices.
■ Ebeneezer’s Kebabs & Pizzeria (Li Wai Chun Building G05) Kebab, curry and other Middle Eastern delicacies are served. Although it is inconveniently located, its uniqueness attracts a lot of students. 12
