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Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago

Dunedin | Ōtepoti Feed My Flat is brought to you by the Department of Human Nutrition.

It's a weekly student food bag, with recipes designed especially for flatting students. This is a non-profit initiative to provide healthy affordable meals despite the rising food cost. Perfect for flat meals, build cooking skills and learn to eat well on a budget. We post recipes, cooking tips and other helpful information for flatting students regularly on our Instagram. Visit
our website for more information.

16/03/2026

Another week another lunch at our department of human nutrition food trailer (Taraka Kai)! This week it’s shawarma bowls! See you from 11am - 1pm this Wednesday!

08/03/2026

The department of human nutrition food trailer - Taraka Kai will be serving Okonomiyaki with either teriyaki chicken or teriyaki tofu on Wednesday!! We’ll be at the Union Lawn besides the Dumpling Lady from 11am until 1.30pm 💛

01/03/2026

Tomorrow’s menu! See you all at 11am until sold out 👀!

25/02/2026

The Food Truck is BACK next Wednesday from 11am until sold out!!
We’re so excited to see so many new faces around campus this semester! For the first 9 weeks of semester, the truck will be run by the Human Nutrition Department and then our amazing HUNT246 students will be taking over for two weeks to share their delicious creations with you.👩‍🍳
Next week’s menu: Mexi Bowls
Got a craving? Let us know what you’d love to see on the menu!
The food truck will parked at the usual
spot on Union Lawn besides the Dumpling Lady ☺️

27/05/2025

It’s our last day running the food trailer for the year, so we’ve brought back a favourite — the classic Mexican bowl! It was created by some of our 400-level students a few years back and heaps of people have said how much they love it.

We’ll be closed for the rest of the year, but we’ll be back next year! Thank you to everyone who visited us and has been our regulars since the start of the semester, we’ll miss you 💛

We’ll keep you updated if we end up doing any events in the second semester!!

20/05/2025

We hope you enjoyed the menu created by the HUNT246 students over the last couple weeks, thank you for coming!! Today, we have enchiladas served with LOTS of fresh salad ☺️ next Wednesday 28th March will be the final day of the food trailer for this semester 💛

08/04/2025

After this Wednesday, the food trailer will reopen on Monday 28th April. From then, we’ll be open most days with our students running things as part of their course. They’ve been working on menu designs for their latest assignment, and you’ll be able to see (and taste) what they’ve come up with ✨ we’re so excited and hope you’re too, see you tomorrow and see you in two weeks time for our students’ menu!! 🥰

01/04/2025

It’s BURRITOOOO time tomorrow at the Department of Human Nutrition food trailer!!! Same time same place, 11am-1.30pm at Union Lawn 💛 see you tomorrow!!!

25/03/2025

We’ve been enjoying the nice weather, and the kitchen smells amazing as we prepare to open Taraka Kai tomorrow! We’re serving butter chicken or creamy dahl with naan bread and plenty of fresh, tasty salad! Can’t wait to share it with all of you 💛
Wednesdays 11am-1.30pm
Parked at Union Lawn, besides the Dumpling lady

17/03/2025

See the last photo for our menu tomorrow! Same time same place, 11am-1.30pm at Union Lawn 💛

11/03/2025

The department of human nutrition food trailer - Taraka Kai will be serving Okonomiyaki with either teriyaki chicken or teriyaki tofu tomorrow!! The weather is not looking the best but we promise you won’t have to wait long for this meal, we’ll be at the Union Lawn besides the Dumpling Lady from 11am until 1.30pm 💛

03/03/2025

The department of human nutrition food trailer - Taraka Kai is back for this semester!! Every Wednesday 11am till sold out ☺️ It’s parked at the usual spot on Union Lawn besides the Dumpling Lady. See last photo for this week’s menu!!

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Address

70 Union Street West
Dunedin
9016

Website

https://www.otago.ac.nz/humannutrition/consultancy/otago839132.html

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