UMaine Dining invites you to take a ‘Taste of the World’ this month
The cuisines of Egypt, Peru and the Caribbean will be offered in the annual Taste of the World event at the University of Maine, April 11, April 18 and April 25, from 4:30–8 p.m.
The all-you-care-to-eat menus are $14.22 for adults; $6.47 for children ages 12 and under. Students can attend using their meal plans; UMaine community members can use Dining funds or Black Bear Bucks.
This year, the UMaine Dining event has been expanded from one day to three to give diners the opportunity to partake in the three theme meals, complemented by international music and decor.
Egyptian cuisine will be offered April 11 in Hilltop Dining. The menu will include Baba Gannouj, fava bean soup, Egyptian tomato salad, dukkah chicken and basseema coconut cake.
Peruvian dishes will be featured in Wells Central April 18, including grilled corn with cheese, a spicy chicken soup, Cebiche with a plantain shell, braised pork adobo and a cookie/cake layered pastry named Alfajor capullano.
Foods of Trinidad and Tobago will be on the menu April 25 in York Dining, including pan-fried vegetable fritters with dipping sauces, seafood creole soup, fire-roasted eggplant and cannellini bean, pineapple glazed chicken breast, macaroni pie from Trinidad and a bananas Foster station.
Dining facilities managers consulted with students or members of the UMaine community in the planning the menu. UMaine Dining uses local foods and produce, including the international cuisine for Taste of the World. Vegetarians and vegan dishes are available.