International Food Fayre & Sushi Day

What else could we have an appetite for if not the International Food Fayre. Here at Concord the food fayre is an annual event that students organise to share their culture and traditional foods from their own country with the whole college body. It is a known fact that Concord students are constantly hungry, so it was no surprise that everyone was hyped up about it.

International Food Fayre

On Sunday morning, from about 9am to 2pm, I could see students rushing around the Students’ kitchen cooking and having fun. There was a great turnout as over 70% of the students and almost all the teachers came to join in on the fun. Even the parents of the day students came to help out and really support everyone. I, myself, am an active member of the African society and we made roasted chicken and rice with spicy tomato stew, a dish very common to Africa. It was definitely one of the most enjoyable events I have attended during this term. One of my favourite parts of the day was eating from the Thai society. There were a lot of different societies providing different foods, some I had never tried out before. Far from the Southern America to Asia and the UK, every society managed to make great food and satisfied our tummy, as well as create a fun environment for everyone to eat and socialise. I personally feel it was a great way to end the week as most of the 6.2s had only just recovered from the heat of the UCAS 1 window period.

Sushi Day

The fun did not stop there. About three days later, Concord dedicated the Wednesday after to give the students what they had, for a long time, requested. Yes! Sushi Day. Hours before lunch time, the buzz had already gotten around and there was so much anticipation. The queues for sushi were so long but the students did not mind and most especially, there was more than enough to go round. Everyone had extras and everyone was full, I only hoped that there were able to pay full attention in class. I had never tried sushi before till then and it was a memorable experience for me.

As the week comes to end, it’s a bit sad that these food festivities cannot go on but my fellow Mandelans have something to look forward – the Mandela House Dinner.

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