University hosts themed dinners to encourage food diversity

In an effort to get students to try different global cuisines, North Carolina State University’s dining services recently held a luau dinner, according to the university’s student newspaper, the Technician.

Students at the Raleigh, N.C., school had a chance to sample a variety of dishes, such as baked mahi-mahi, kalua pork, Hawaiian sweet potatoes, Spam fried rice and coconut cake.

NCSU has already held other international-themed dinners this year—including “A Taste of Spain” and “Oktoberfest”—and plans to hold more in the coming year.

“[University Dining] likes to do different types of cuisines for the students,” Steven Lester, evening chef at Fountain Dining Hall, told the newspaper. “We’re trying to do different flavors to get kids to try something different and new.”

Check out the full story via the Technician.