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Cooking Class Posted 9 May 2011 by Igor from Brazil

Hi everybody!

 

First of all, I must say it is a pleasure to be a Student Ambassador. I really hope I can help StudyAdelaide with their amazing work of supporting international students!

 

Being an international student myself, I am often asked what I like about living overseas. And one of my answers (and I bet a lot of you also say that) is that I enjoy meeting people and learning about new cultures.

Well last Friday I had the chance of doing that in a great way – with food!

 

StudyAdelaide along with CitySalvos has promoted a cooking class for international students. We had an Indian chef – Promila Gupta – showing us some of her secrets and at the end we had a little taste, of course.

I must say I was a little bit worried, since I am not a big fan of spicy foods. But for my surprise, it was really good! The secret was the combination of flavours, not all ingredients are hot, you just need to learn how to balance them.

It was really interesting to know some ingredients which are not common in my country. My favourite was the paneer cheese.

 

After the class and the tasting we had a beautiful and noble activity, helping serve lunch for people in need – mostly homeless. It felt great being able to help others and see their smiles on their face as they thank us at the end.

 

I definitely recommend this activity for those who want to learn a bit of international culinary and also help someone in need.

 

Don’t forget to register at the StudyAdelaide website in order to receive newsletters with information regarding new activities.

 

Hope to see you in the next one.

 

Tchau! (Brazilian way of saying Bye)

 

Igor

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