Lunch & Learn: Netizens applaud just-launched school lunch campaign

Which dish will students at a school in Khon Kaen province enjoy the most? The pink round stickers tell the answer: KFC (that’s shortened for “Kwantip Fried Chicken”).

A photo of a girl voting for her school lunch went viral yesterday as netizens praised the people behind the survey campaign that aims to create quality lunch for students. Dubbed Lunch & Learn, the campaign was recently launched by the Creative Economic Agency as part of the annual Isan Creative Festival. It partners with chefs and nutritionists to create menus for five initial schools in Thailand’s northeastern region, involving around 2,000 participating students.

Given a pink round sticker to vote on the white board, students at Ban Non Chai School picked lunch that they wanted to try – from a plate of Hainanese chicken rice with soup and watermelon to butterfly pea rice with green curry,…