Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Let's begin the trip.....Heritage Festival (I)

General view of the Heritage Festival

Let's begin the trip.....this year the Heritage Festival had its 35th annual showcase of immigrants living in Alberta (Canada). This year sixty-three pavilions represented over eighty-five cultures displayed performances, showed handicrafts, and prepared typical foods.

You can see the countries and the menu in this link. As you may understand, it was impossible to taste everything, but we did our best to try everything we could. Now, I invite you to see and imagine the taste of what we experienced........

In Afghanistan, we tried bolani with yogurt....It was an incredible tasty bread filled with potatoes, green onions, and spices. If you can try it, then do it!!....

Bolani....a wonderful discovery

In the Arab pavilion, we encountered something fantastic!!...A nice lady was making fresh bread......and of course.....we taste it!!


The Arab bread was not only fresh, but also it was delicious!!!

What a good Food Festival would be without empanadas?....Of course....cheese empanadas in the Chilean Pavilion...
A Chilean delicacy....

This picture in the Croatian pavilion is for my Argentinian friends that love meats......just for you!!

A gastronomical delight.....

I love Eritrean and Ethiopian food. During my graduate studies, I had classmates from Eritrea  and Ethiopia, and they introduced me to that wonderful food!!

In the Eritrea stand, I tried a wonderful Timtmo, a wonderful spicy lentil dish served with injera....
Mouthwatering titmo.....


In the Ethiopian stand not only we enjoyed the coffee ceremony (Do you remember Esmyra the coffee ceremony with Getu?), but also the Misir Wat ( a savory lentil stew), Injera and Ethiopian bread.....

Roasting and serving the coffee

Misir wat.....food fit for a king......


TO BE CONTINUE

2 comments:

  1. Merci pour cette ballade.
    Que le voyage continue.
    See soon.

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  2. Nadji....Je suis content que vous apprécier l'histoire et voyage.....Abrazos, Marcela

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