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Campus East holds International Food Festival
7 May 2008 | Bernie Goldie
Now in its 18th year, Campus East recently held its International Food Festival.
The event is organised by the Campus East students and is held on the grounds at Campus East each year.
Students set up food stalls representing their country and cook up their national delicacies. Each year, more and more countries are represented at the festival.
“It’s a wonderful way of celebrating the diversity of cultures at Campus East and enjoying a variety of food that you may not otherwise get a chance to try,” said Liz Benny, Deputy Head of Campus East.
“This year we had more than 250 students attending and the enthusiasm from participants was fantastic.”
She said that a lot of planning goes into the event with students spending most of the day beforehand preparing the food and stalls.
This year there were food stalls from the following countries: Mexico/ Columbia, Canada, America, Australia, China, Japan, Kenya, Denmark, Germany, India, Thailand, France, Malaysia/Singapore, Italy, Norway, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and Mauritius.
And, of course, no international food festival is complete without a representation from Lithgow, NSW, which also featured a stall serving a mean Lithgow Dip.
Some of the other fabulous foods served up were tacos and enchiladas, poutine and nanaimo bars from Canada, fried chicken wings, philly cheese steaks and s’mores from the US, lamingtons, BBQ, Anzac biscuits, fairy bread and pavlova from the Aussie stand, Japanese pizza, Kenya mashed peas, potatoes and corn, Danish pancakes and meatballs; China fried rice and traditional Chinese soup; soft pretzels and almond pretzels from Germany, noodles stir fry, tom yum seafood, green chicken curry and banana coconut milk from Thailand; chocolate mousse, gratin dauphinois and quiche lorraine from France, Norwegian waffles, bobtie from South Africa, chicken and rice from Saudi Arabia and coconut balls from the Mauritius.
Students got right into the spirit of things, with special T shirts printed for organisers -- some dressing in national costume and decorations adorning the stalls. The African drumming session was as popular as ever and provided a great way to unwind after sampling so many gourmet treats.
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