Is CDS Food Good or Bad?

by Maxwell Lin and Douglas Swett

Lunch at CDS is always good. But, what is the best possible meal? We took a survey of everybody’s favorite choices, and we are going to rate all of them here.

Surprisingly, water takes the cake for the most popular drink, and it is fairly easy to see why, as you can’t really mess up water. However, in our opinion, water, which is good, is a bit repetitive. It’s probably the favorite drink because everybody else just doesn't really like the other drinks

Chocolate chip cookies are the favorite dessert amongst most of the students. It is probably because it is simple and good while the other desserts are either bland or not enjoyable Students also receive two cookies so that can increase some points for the choice. We give it a 9 out of 10, because there are some better desserts out there, but they don’t appear very much and the chocolate chip cookies appeal to the widest audience

Tomato soup is the favorite soup at school. With almost 80% of respondents enjoying tomato soup, we believe that the grilled cheese and tomato soup meal is a good combination that can’t really go wrong. We confidently award this choice a 10 out of 10.

And finally, the most popular entree at CDS is pizza. There isn’t really much to say here, even though there are a lot of lunch options at CDS, pizza is simply one of the best because of its simplicity and also, at the same time, its ability to taste pretty good While we know that there are some better entrees out there, like the grilled reuben sandwich, these don’t really appear very often, whereas pizza does. So out of 10, we would give it an 8.5.

Even though there were so many good lunch options this year, there is always room to improve. Some students want new lunch options, including but not limited to: Hot pot, snickerdoodles, instant ramen, burritos, spaghetti, chicken nuggets, creamy chicken alfredo, sweet potato fries (not wedges), Lo mein, orange chicken, spare ribs, spicy chicken sandwiches, Diri djon djon (Haitian food), Philly cheese steaks, and more french toast.

Thank you to Chef Linda and Chef Brian for a great return to the full cafeteria!