This weekend at the TCA was the 3rd annual Asian Food Festival. While not really interested in the rest of the weekend DmentD and I wanted to attend the classes run on the Saturday. They were all run by local chefs and it was all very interesting, and fun as well.

We originally bought tickets for the both of us, and then discovered that if I turned up in my uniform I could get into the classes for free, so we sold my ticket onto a friend.

First class of the day, Dim Sum, was great fun, we made Gai Bow (Chicken Bun) which was very tasty and Har Gow (Shrimp Dumpling) while not to my tastes very fun to make.

Next class was Sushi (where I took all my pictures!) Where we rolled up California rolls (with fake crab meat and cucumber and avocado) and Spicy Tuna Rolls (with avocado, cucumber and you guessed it! Spicy tuna!).

After sushi came the Thai curries where a red chicken curry was made, and a green beef curry. The red was tasty, if a little too spicy for my tastes, I didn’t get to try the green as the class was over running and we had to leave for the next class.

Finally came the Walnut Shrimp and Salt and Pepper Calimari class. We didn’t get to do anything for this one, though some people could volunteer to help cut the squid and de-vein the shrimp. Interesting nevertheless.