Maimunat Garba, a junior and exchange student from Nigeria, misses many things about her home country. Especially her family and Nigerian food. Her two favorite Nigerian foods are “fried rice, but spicy… and bean dumplings, Dan Wake in my language.” She decided to do an exchange program to experience a new culture, and will return to Nigeria in June.

Aryan Ghazanfar, a freshman, who moved to Bloomington from Pakistan, said his favorite food is “samosas, [they are] potatoes wrapped in tortillas, spicy, sometimes chicken is in there.” He moved to Bloomington with his mom who got a new job in the medical field. Her new job is in Bloomington, IN.

Alejandro Priego, a junior and exchange student from Mexico said “the thing that [he] misses most is gastronomy.” Alejandro’s favorite Mexican food is salutaris. He describes it as a “taco but with more crunch.”

Elaine Pagola, a junior, who moved to Blomington from Venezuela, describes her favorite food as a fried breaded cheese stick called, in Spanish, “tequeno.” Elaine moved to America to learn English and study in universities in the U.S.