A collection of quote cards from Hongo Shokudo

A:

I hope my message finds you well.

I have a suggestion that I would like to share with you regarding the University Dining rooms/Cafeterias.

I would like to inquire if it's possible to establish a support/donation model at the University of Tokyo dining rooms similar to that provided by “Table for Two”.
https://jp.tablefor2.org/about/

The idea is that the CO-OP can design a healthy menu from the food list provided, the menu give the option to students/professors with each meal they buy to automatically donate 10- 20 yen. This amount contributes to sharing meals or school launches for children in least developed countries facing food crisis.

The University CO-OP can establish a separate model as part of it's services or they can make collaboration with “Table for Two” or other similar organizations. This system can contribute as well to the University commitment of achieving sustainable development goals.

I suggest that if such a system was established to provide the support to this list of countries facing food crisis. This list is based on hunger map reports and UN least developed countries.
https://static.hungermapdata.org/insight-reports/latest/global-summary.pdf
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/least-developed-countries
https://unctad.org/topic/least-developed-countries/list

The countries are in order of hunger map report
– Somalia
– Afghanistan
– Niger
– Mali
– Guniea
– Haiti
– Burkina Faso
– South Sudan
– Syrian Arab Republic
– Sierra Leone
– Yemen
– Mauritania

If this not the proper communication channel for this suggestion, I hope you can guide me to which e-mail address I should send my request.
I hope I can receive your kind feedback.

Q:

This is the University of Tokyo Co-op. Sorry for the delay in replying.
Thank you very much for your suggestion.
Actually, I don't know if you are aware of this, but we are holding a “TABLE FOR TWO” event at the cafeteria of the University of Tokyo.
Table for Two-UT
https://ut-base.info/circles/57
We have been collaborating with the above circle since November 2011, and have been implementing event planning at Komaba cafeteria and Hongo's second cafeteria.
Table for Two-UT | UT-BASE
Table for Two-UT, the Todai branch of the non-profit organization Table for Two, is a circle made up of students from the University of Tokyo. It was founded in 2011 with the aim of simultaneously solving the problems of hunger in developing countries and obesity in developed countries.
ut-base.info

Recently conducted from May 9 to 13, 2022 with the attached menu. We have done so.
It has been conducted at Komaba cafeteria and Hongo 2nd cafeteria.

Thank you for contacting us.

Q:

Although I mentioned that the batter on the fried food was thick, I received a makeshift answer about which menu items had a thick batter, without receiving a specific answer. Therefore, I've listed the affected menu items below.
Thickly battered fried foods: simmered pork cutlet, fried horse mackerel with shiso leaves, miso cutlet, fried oysters (live kitchen), fried seafood mix (live kitchen), etc.
While the thickness of the batter on fried chicken dishes like chicken tatsuta donburi, fried chicken, and karaage, as well as the cutlet in shio-dare katsudon and fillet cutlet curry, is probably within the acceptable range, I feel that the batter on other main dishes is significantly thicker than those mentioned above. The batter on every menu item was thick, so I submitted a note stating this. I'm not particularly asking for any improvements, but I don't think I'll be eating there again.

A:

Thank you for sharing the details of the "thick batter on fried foods" message you sent us previously. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Many of the ingredients we currently use are also used in other university co-op cafeterias, so we asked you to share specific menu items so that we can make more specific requests for improvements. Regarding
the ingredients you provided this time, we will raise two points at the appropriate meeting: your comment that the batter was too thick and your request for improvement. While it will be difficult to make improvements immediately, we would appreciate your patience for a little while longer.

Q:

We have occasionally seen people placing their belongings in the aisles between tables. This is
not only a case of students, but also of people from outside the university and what appear to be faculty and staff.
If people leave their belongings in the narrow aisles, it can be dangerous to walk while carrying a tray, so we would appreciate it if you could instruct them not to leave their belongings in the aisles.
Thank you very much.

A:

Thank you for your valuable feedback. We
will share this information with our cashiers and implement measures.
We will also create instructions and patrol the halls to provide guidance to customers.

We look forward to your continued patronage

Q:

Please use knives that are sharp. At the very least, serrated. It makes it really hard to eat the chicken! I'm sure there are reasons for this, such as safety or to prevent damage to the plates, but rather than leaving a useless knife that can hardly be called a knife around, I'd like you to simply cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces and serve it, and get rid of the knife altogether. Thank you

A:

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused. We are planning to update our cutlery, including knives. It will take some time for the changes to be made