UTP’S EATERY BY HASHWINI LALCHAND THADANI - PE (1ST YR, 2ND)

UTP’S EATERY 

HASHWINI LALCHAND THADANI - PE (1^ST YR, 2^ND)

       Food literally defines a person. I mean what you eat is what you become. As what many will quote these days ‘food = bae’. Isn’t it vital that food is at its best in campus? But what can we say that about Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP)’s delicacies? Well that’s a huge question over there. UTP does indeed provide good food but is it suitable for students?

       Visit any cafe in UTP and you’ll have a variety of dishes laid out for you. Food with scrumptious varieties and great texture illuminates around you. Taste doesn’t always equate to quality. The better the taste, the greater the damage. The food in UTP may not have the right health content for students. Food has a great impact on the student’s performances. It wouldn’t hurt to provide the right kind of food for us. We, students of UTP are left with no choice but to manage with what is provided for us.

       Let’s put health aside, the food is quite expensive for students. Some actually would rather starve than to pay through their nose to have a meal. Why should we pay RM5 for a maggi goreng biasa when I can buy the same unhealthy maggi mee for RM 2.20. RM 5 seems like a small amount, but trusts me, it can do wonders too. Food is our way of entertainment you can say, since we’re actually on the outskirts of town. So we would like our ‘source of entertainment’ to be rather reasonable. 

       Healthy food is one of the many concerns for a student, living far from home. More fruits should be provided for purchase. Vegetables really don’t need too much oil to come out delicious. Instead of sambals and spicy curries filled with the Malaysian’s well-known special ingredient, the coconut milk or in the local term ‘santan’, it would be better if they will opt to make the food with spices to enhance the flavour and also to increase the nutritional value.

       Hygiene! Who would want to eat somewhere with poor hygiene? Hygiene plays such a major role. Poor hygienic food will definitely lead to many kinds of complications. The cafes in UTP would have to be constantly cleaned and the invasion of flies in our food needs a quick solution, which is to simply to prepare the food in a cleaner environment. 

       Food isn’t luxury, it is a necessity. Our necessity has to be able to aid instead of bringing us down. For a better generation, what we consume molds us. Therefore what you eat is what you become. Let food be your medicine, before the medicine becomes your food.