C+
Passable, but Fun to Complain About
Honestly, Val (Valentine Hall, that is, our only campus dining hall) isn't great. You can bridge common ground with most Amherst students by complaining about Val. Breakfast is probably the worst and most repetitive meal. Fried or scrambled [rubbery] eggs, some kind of breakfast meat (ham steaks are gross, "bacon" is more grease than meat, sausage is occasionally good but usually overcooked), muffins (not bad, actually), and oatmeal. There's also cold food available, like cereal and mediocre fruit. The "traditional" entrees at lunch and dinner change things up more, and really aren't so bad, even if not particularly flavorful. The "lighter side" offerings (supposed to be healthier) are barely edible, and almost always the same: chicken with the consistency of sawdust, oddly shriveled-up sweet potatoes, whitefish (which is advertised as being a different kind of fish every day, but always tastes the same), and brown rice. Occasionally green beans.
Soft serve ice-cream machines are pretty awesome, though.
Schwemm's, the little cafe in the student center, actually has good food, though it's a little expensive.
Oct 15, 2011
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