marufnwu/my_dining_v2 — reverse-engineered prompt

Build me a simple dining and mess management app using this Laravel project as the base. I want residents or students to be able to log in, request meals, see their meal request status, and know when a request has been completed. I also want an admin side where mess managers can view meal requests, update them, and manage the dining flow without confusion.

Please make the app feel complete enough to run locally, with database tables, basic screens, and clean API endpoints that can be tested with Postman. Use the existing project setup and keep the design simple with Tailwind if it’s already available. Add useful sample data so I can quickly see how the system works after setup.

Also make sure the main meal request flow works end to end, including creating a request, viewing it, updating it, and marking it completed. If anything is unclear, make a sensible simple choice and keep it easy to change later.