SDSU My Restaurant Experience Discussion

For this experience you will need to write a two-to-three page paper reflecting on how this experience enhanced your awareness of the interconnectedness and diversity of the food culture and upload a receipt to prove you were at the store you are writing about.

All papers must be word-processed, double-spaced, Times New Roman and 10-12 point size font with one-inch margins. Be sure to include the name and neighborhood of the restaurant you visited in your narrative.

In addition to your paper, please submit a copy of your receipt from the restaurant you visited.You can put your receipt attached as a photo and separate upload to your paper, or a screenshot of the receipt inside of your paper.

Your uploaded receipt is proof of participation in the assignment; it is ok if your receipt is for a nominal amount – the intent is to prove you were there!

Submitting Paper & Receipt

Only receipts and papers uploaded to Canvas will be graded. No emailed assignments will be accepted.

Don’t forget to also upload your receipt when you are uploading your paper. If there is no receipt, the assumption is you did not go to the market.

All papers must be submitted in either .doc, .docx or .pdf formats to be graded, or you can also submit your written paper via google doc link. If you choose google doc link option, you must have the permissions set to that anyone with the link can view. If you do not have these permissions set and the grader can’t read your submission your paper will not be graded. Put your full google doc link (with permissions set to anyone with link can view) in the Text Entry or Website URL portion of this assignment submission.

Grading Rubric

This assignment is worth 10 points:

• 8 points for style and content
• 2 points for appropriate punctuation and grammar

Assignments submitted without an accompanying receipt will not be graded. You can put your receipt attached as a photo and separate upload to your paper, or a screenshot of the receipt inside of your paper.

Questions and Inclusions to Consider for Your Reflection Paper

• Name and address of the restaurant, what neighborhood is it in?
• What ethnic group or country(ies) is/are represented?
• Describe the setting: booth, tables, pictures, shrines, carpet, type of floor, bar, smell, lighting?
• What was at your table: condiments, paper or cloth linens, describe items, colors?
• Look at the menu and decipher it: are items a la carte, vegetarian, alcoholic, family-style?
• Talk to the staff: what do they recommend, what is house or nationality specialty? Did you
  get what was recommended? Why or why not? Could you see the people prepare the food?
• Your opinion of the food: did you like what you ordered? What were the flavors you could
  identify? Did you share with others? Was it what you would consider to be a good value?
• Impressions on food safety: any hygiene or sanitation concerns? Similar to or different from
  other places where you usually dine?
• Include anything else about your experience that you want to report.
• Why did you choose this restaurant? Who did you go with? Would you go back, why or why
  not?
• What did you learn from this experience?