World Food Tradition Resturants in Kalamazoo

In college it is very clear that money needs to be able to go a long way. Students barely have enough money for books so food needs to be quick and cheap. As students we often us the excuse of being broke so that we wont have to eat healthy. Now lets keep in mind food is very expensive not even including organic. In college we want something that easy to make cheap then good for you, in that order. Here are a few restaurants that are less expensive but still gets you out your room from eating ramen noodles all night.

• Indian: Saffrons located at (1710 West Main-Lunch buffet / Indian Cuisine located at (2925 S Westnedge)
• our students of the cook book actually enjoyed India. A lot of them have never really had it before they were request to go. Each of them said it was a first for Indian food in general. Some of our Student got:
• Blistering Shrimp Vindaloo - 13.95 which is Shrimp cooked in a spicy sauce with tomatoes and tender potatoes
• Mesquite Daal du Jour - 10.95 which is Lentil cooked with spices and pan-seared with fresh herbs
• Savory Palak Paneer - $11.95 which is Homemade cheese and creamed spinach cooked in tomatoes, onions, zesty garlic, ginger, and spices.

Also the students that spoke of these restaurants said that the owner was very polite and answer any question they had about food.
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Saffrons Menu Indian Cusine Menu

• Middle Eastern: Zooroonas located at (1710 West Main) / Shwarma King located at (2925 S Westnedge)
• our students that ate at these resturants had mixed review. With this being their first time trying it some said they didn't too much care for it. Others say it wasn't bad at all and would try it again. We didn't get a review back from the owner, but we did here that's its clean heres what a student ordered.

• Shawermah

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  Chicken 12.50Beef 13.50 which is Seasoned meat with special spices thinly sliced from a vertical rotisserie, served with Zooroona basmati. Chicken served with garlic sauce.

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Zooroona Menu Shawarma King Menu

• Malaysian/ Indonesian: Raza Ria located at (1921 West Main)
• We only had one student to go here and they said they enjoyed it really well. They even said they took their friends with them to visit again.

here are some items the student ate

• Shrimp Chicken with White rice.
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Rasa Ria Menu

• Japanese: Sushiya located at (242 E. Kalamzoo)
• a lot of our students like sushi so this was an easy pick for them, they enjoyed themselves and this wasn't too different for them.
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Sushiya Menu

• Chinese: Human Garden located at (509 W. Main) Great Wall located at (3025 S. Westnedge)
• many of you have probably had Chinese before, but the trick for our students was that you couldn't get something that you were already familiar with.

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Human Garden Menu Great Wall Menu

• Mexican: La Pinata located at (475 N Drake) / Los Amigos located at (3317 Stadium)
• Mexican is another familiar food we all love some of our students got:
  • Chimechonga
  • a Burrito
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Lapinata Menu Los Amigos Menu

Here are just a few resturants that we traveled too it is important that we exsperince other cultures and their food. hope this helps :)



Kiara Tennille
contact: Kiara.Tennille@yahoo.com