Multi-Cultural Dinner Events at Wheaton

Dining at Wheaton has seemed livelier this year than in the past. The multitude of events that have debuted this semester have included special multi-cultural dinner nights in the Emerson back dining area. A sign-up sheet at the entrance to Chase and limited people who can get in allows for a feeling of exclusivity to those who do make it.

These special dinner events are usually on Wednesday or Thursday nights and cost a meal swipe and $5 Lyons bucks to get in, which is worth it given what is served. Tables are all arranged and decorated when you get there, and is themed in some way. There was one night where it was themed for Paris, France, and another night it was for India.

At the end of the first dinner event, for France, the chefs and dining management stated that this was a new event series they hoped to implement permanently, depending on students’ response. The goal is to have them once a month, or two to three times per semester. The menu is to consist of food from major countries around the world, I would guess in an effort to introduce a wider array of food to students who wouldn’t normally be exposed to. In any event, this fancy multicultural dinner series was a well thought out idea from the start, with great food and atmosphere all around.

There’re multiple courses, and options for each one, not to mention the hor d'oeuvres already on the table. They probably understand that students’ schedules on week nights can be pretty tight, so the food doesn’t take long to arrive, so if need be someone could be done with everything between 1-2 hours. The food’s quality has been great both times, and I’m looking forward to more events of these in the future that signify an ever-improving dining services for Wheaton students.