Qatar- Third Ecuadorian Food Festival opens

4/7/2016 11:10:17 PM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Officials and visitors at the third edition of the Ecuadorian Food Festival at the Diplomatic Club.

Pic: Baher / The Peninsula

Doha: The Diplomatic Club has announced the opening of the third edition of Ecuadorian Food Festival in Doha.

It was opened with a welcome speech by Ecuadorian Ambassador Kabalan Abi Saab who expressed delight and said the Ecuadorian cuisine could be celebrated and could bring global cultures to celebrate Ecuador.

He said: “The people around the world have many ways to express their culture and cuisine is one of the best ways to do it.

“Our culture is marked by its diversity of language dress music art literature poetry and gastronomy.

“Biodiversity fertile land endemic species a singular geographical configuration a multi-cultural society and ancestral customs are some of the factors that come together to make Ecuador a land with unique culinary wealth.

“The Ecuadorian table can become a multi-coloured multi-flavoured and multi-cultural mosaic; it all depends on what kind of culinary voyage you wish to take.”

For eight days the club and the Ecuadorian embassy is holding the festival to celebrate the country’s fabulously diverse range of food irrespective of whether you’re an Ecuadorian food lover or a culinary adventurist.

This year the festival will take place on the beautiful and serene beach of the club. It will be a time for the family and friends to roll up sleeves and enjoy live cooking demonstrations buffet stations and mocktails.

There is also a chance to mingle with the staff of the club to know more about Ecuadorian cuisine.

General Manager Aysha Al Marzouqi said: “We organise the festival to introduce you to the beautiful country of Ecuador through food and its stand-out glory.

“Achievement of this food triumph has come through constant trial and error of the chefs at the club who have trained with Chef Dayana for the past few weeks. Collaboration between the embassy and the club is a fruitful story to enlighten.”

The culinary route of Ecuador could take you from shrimp soup spinach salad with raspberry gorgonzola cheese and walnuts quinoa with vegetables fish in coconut sauce and that’s just starters!

The festival is open from April 6 to 9 and April 13 to 16 from 7pm onwards.The Peninsula

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