2010 - April 27, Strait to Taiwan
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- Date: 04/27/2010
- Event Captains: Brad, Morgan (Food); Annie, Wei (Logistics); Performances/Nonfood (Shuhan, Lindsey)
- Time: 10am to 5pm
- Location: Stata Student Street
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Description
Strait to Taiwan is an event designed to bring the MIT community to the beautiful, boisterous country of Taiwan…without leaving the campus. The event is set in the middle of the day, our venue being the hallways of Stata where the hundreds of students, staff, and faculty can see and partake in the festivities as if they were in the middle of one of the many famous, lively markets in Taipei, Taiwan.
Student-made wooden booths line the hallways with bright neon colored signs displaying Chinese advertisements, beautiful hand-drawn pictures of delicious foods, and silly slogans to amuse as people walk by. Those who aren’t drawn in by the intricate origami, lanterns, and hand painted signs are definitely lured in by the wafts of mouth-watering Taiwanese snacks filling Stata Street.
Asian snacks that would be typically served in a market in Taiwan such as dumplings, fried noodles, oyster pancakes, almond tofu, shaved ice, Chinese sausages, fish balls, summer rolls, and many more are the main attraction of the event. Nearly everything is homemade by our dedicated students (with authentic recipes! And for more than 1000 people), and everything only costs $1 each- just as cheap as the streets of Taiwan!
Mahjong sets sit nearby for people who want to sit down for a game and some food. Tim the beaver walks around making funny Asian poses and taking pictures with the many excited students. Large laminated posters of Taiwanese attractions interweave with bright red lanterns that are strung up to emulate the landscapes and city surroundings in Taiwan.
All of these together- the delicious, cheap, but hearty snacks, the bright decorations, and the lively people…all of these give everyone at MIT a chance to see what exactly it’s like to go Strait to Taiwan.
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