The entrance cost to this all-you-can-eat buffet is $23.49 before tax:
https://www.sfu.ca/food/dining-commons/rates.html
https://www.sfu.ca/food/dining-commons/faqs.html
"Find Dining Commons near the residence buildings, just beyond West Parkade."
map: https://www.sfu.ca/food/wheretoeat.html
https://www.sfu.ca/parking/alternative-transport/campus-shuttle.html
There is a special event happening on November 20th, where there will be booths showcasing MOSTLY vegan food products and dishes.
We may not all be able to sit at the same table as the other Meetup attendees, because the Dining Commons doesn't take reservations. It all depends on how busy it is that day. So you're just going to have to accept that it will be a crapshoot. But if you want to meet up with others, wear a shirt or bag that has the word "vegan" or some other pro-animal message displayed prominently or something, or hold a book that has such a title in big bold letters. You also don't need to arrive right at 10:30am. People can arrive anytime between 10:30am-3pm.
You don't need to be a student or affiliated with SFU in any way to eat there. I've seen elderly people eating in there many times. There is a baby changing table in the handicap washroom on the bottom floor. There are also 3 high chairs (for toddlers) on the middle floor. It's just that SFU students get $5 off the entrance fee). Don't pay me; pay the cashier when you enter the building.
If you want, each of us can come prepared to talk about an animal-related book. You can even bring this book along with you if you like.
Dishes are labeled vegan, veg, or halal, and the dessert items that contain nuts in the pastry room are labeled "contains nuts" (if they contain nuts), and sometimes the pizza is labeled "contains pork". They usually have 3 types of pizza. There's also a salad bar, organic coffee and organic tea, and usually fair-trade organic bananas. The whole navel oranges and whole apples aren't organic. They have a condiments cart that has vegan kimchi (it was vegan when I checked the ingredients online), ketchup, mustard, pickle relish, iodized salt packets, black pepper packets, soy sauce, Frank's Red Hot sauce, Sriracha hot sauce, etc.
Here's a paraphrased email response I got from one of the employees of the SFU Dining Hall: "Thank you for reaching out to us about Local Street, our celebration of local micro-producers. Participating booths include The Plant Based Workshop, TMRW Foods, Flavours of China, Maia Farms, KULA Foods, and Holy Duck Chili Oil. You may recognize some of their offerings from previous features at the Dining Commons.
On the menu we are featuring:
DIY Ssam bar with Maia Farms
Quesabirria Tacos with TMRW Shreds
Singapore Rice Noodles featuring sauces from Flavours of China
KULA Pili Pili Sauce and Scotch Bonnet BBQ Sauce
Holy Duck Chili Oil pizzas in a couple variations (the only vegan one will be FLY ME TO THE SHROOM: roasted mushroom, sundried tomato, arugula with Holy Duck vegan chili oil)
Mochi Brownies from The Plant Based Workshop
We are looking forward to hosting you during the event on November 20th, 10:30am-3:00pm."
The Scotch Bonnet BBQ sauce and the Pili pili sauces are vegan: https://kulafoods.ca/products/scotch-bonnet-bbq-sauce https://kulafoods.ca/products/pili-pili-sauce
I'm guessing the brownies will be vegan too, but I don't know if they'll have only the matcha ones or only the chocolate ones or both:
https://plantbasedworkshop.com/products/chocolate-mochi-cake-mix https://plantbasedworkshop.com/products/matcha-mochi-cake-mix.
https://holyduckchili.shop/collections/gourmet-condiments/products/holy-duck-zero-ducks-chili-oil-vegan
https://maiafarms.ca/
https://tmrwfoods.com
