I looooove experiencing new cultures, new things, meeting new people and getting to know their customs and obviously their food! I fell in love with some cultures when I first came to Australia six years ago, I met some lovely Korean, Malasian, Singaporean and Mexican people- all very amazing within their own cultures and I got to share their beautiful food and generosity of their table... that is one of my aims in Australia- to expose the generosity of my culture (Colombian) both in food and manner. I then just mingled with Anglo-saxon and got to understand their culture, their German hugs (Wen!) and the softness of their heart behind all that hard exterior! I love Australians and their ancestors ;) that one is for you Jamesy!
When I started teaching international students, I then absolutely fell in love with their culture (and food! sorry sorry sorry- with me it's all about food~) I love Chinese, Korean, Taiwanese, Malasian, Vietnamese, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Indonesian, Thai, Japanese, Mauritian, Phillipino and the lot, not to forget I also had a great student from Italy-that's it Angelo, you are the odd one out! I love steam boats and yum cha, Korean BBQ, Vietnamese noodle bars, Mamak and rotis, spicy curries and chapatis, Nasi goreng, Nasi Tumpang andsambal, sweet as lollies original pad thai, katsu curry, dumplings and adobo! I love the lot- I love food sooo much, I don't know why I am not the size of Homer Simpson considering how much I eat! (agree Vons?!!) This is a mini tribute to all the beautiful people I met in the last two years of teaching- who touched my heart, changed the way I think, taught me things I will never forget and above all shared their generosity of their hearts with me! I feel so privileged and so loved!
Anyway back to the title of the post: A true Feast, amongst all the students I met I also had the privilege of meeting some out of this world amazing trainers who I will never forget! One of them-Charlie is from South India and Oh yes he can cook! He used to bring me treats that he used to cook at home! yum! The most delicious and mouth watering fish curry I have ever tasted, heart breaking- petal throwing chicken biryani and more! Again, the generosity of this cultures outstands me! Charlie's wife~Amsy was turning 50 and they were celebrating in style and so I brought the cake... It is hard to design a cake when you haven't met the person you are decorating for, but I though if she is as kind and as sweet as Charlie there will be no probs! Well I just achieved that~
I made a square 14" chocolate mud cake (with Lindt balls through! bliss~) punched with Grand Marnier syrup and masked with velvety Italian Buttercream, I covered it with Ivory-ish fondant and decorated with lots of different bright coloured roses- Charlie wanted to celebrate her life and his garden! with a Feast!
So here is it the masterpiece! lol we had THE most amazing food that night! Indian food is so delicious and so spicy as James will testify! We had saffron chicken, chicken biryani, lamb biryani, butter chicken, ghee rice, okra curry, eggplant curry, raita and chapatis! A night I will never forget! Yum
