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Hall Canteen: A Culinary Review
By Karen, Michelle, Phoebe, Kenneth, Stanley
CIE students mainly study in the SCE tower, and the Hall Canteen is
one of the closest eating venues to the SCE tower. That’s why most of
the students will eat in the Hall Canteen. Most students would say that
the Hall Canteen provides a very good place for getting together. We
frequently eat and spend quite a lot of time in the Hall Canteen. That’s
why we are concerned about the food quality, the service and the environment
of the Hall Canteen very much. Here is our review of the Hall
Canteen; five stars is superb quality and zero stars is poor quality.
Food quality ***
Acceptable food quality for the price. However, there should be more food variety. But sometimes, during the peak hours, we
found the food isn’t hot enough.
Price *****
Price is reasonable. The price is cheaper than we eat at other places, and
there are daily specials for $10.
Service *****
Staff are helpful and considerate; they clean up the tables very quickly.
Therefore, the service is good.
Time / Capacity **
During peak hours, the situation is quite bad. There are long queues at
both cashiers and counters. It is also hard to find a seat. As we see, there
are a lot of non-BU students having lunch in the Hall Canteen; so, BU
students have to wait to get a seat for a long time. It would be far better
if only BU students and staff could use the Hall Canteen services during
peak hours, and re-open to the public after the peak hours.
Hygiene ***
The utensils and food are generally clean. But we strongly advise the staff in the Hall Canteen to refrain from putting the
styrofoam lunch box in the microwave oven to heat up the food for take away services. The styrofoam will release some
chemicals that will cause cancer.
Environment ****
The environment is good; however, we feel the room temperature is too cold, especially in winter. We do not like to eat in a
refrigerator.
How to spend 4 hours lunch break?
Let’s meet friends in “OKUBO”!
By Charmaine Law, Karin Lee, Calvin Lee & Kong Lo
As CIE students frequently have 4-5 hours lunch break between morning and
afternoon lessons, what can you do during this long lunch break? Most of us
prefer staying in the library, watching films in the cinema or singing at a karaoke bar.
Why don’t we meet friends in an eating house? What a good idea!
We want to recommend CIE students to spend long lunch breaks in “OKUBO
Japanese Restaurant”. We can enjoy the delicious Japanese buffet, including fancy
snacks, sushi, fire pot, roast meat and sashimi. They taste great! Besides, you can have a chance to enjoy the most comfortable
Japanese style VIP room with a big LCD TV! Moreover, you can enjoy the tasty cheesecake if one of you is having a birthday
in the month that you visit! The price is very reasonable, just around $50 and you can get all the above services!
We highly recommend “OKUBO Japanese Restaurant”! Let’s meet friends in this eating house!
(Address: 565-567, Nathan Road, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon; Tel no: 2771 3138)
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