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The annual food festivals organised by hotel management students was a huge hit
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Photo: R. Eswarraj
Step right up Food, friends and fun
Friends turned rivals as students from two hotel managements institutes in the city tried to draw foodies to their annual food festivals. Gourmets had a tough time in dividing their loyalties. “Hog 2008” at Pandeshwar was the food festiva
l organized by the students of Srinivas College of Hotel Management and Vijayalakshmi Institute of Hospitality Sciences. The culinary skills of students were soon evident as the salad counter displayed an array of artistic designs carved out of veggies and fruits. Six food counters greeted visitors. Foodies could choose from chayote chicken or fusion cuisine of Punjabi pizza with tandoori chicken filling. The Ootupura (dining hall) counter offered palappum – a kind of appam with istu and Kollivevi chethu (made of tapioca) served with spicy moleesh. Kebab lovers could choose from murg nurani, tunday kebab, ghosh aktart and zushani (Whole chicken).
Even as the students-turned chefs had a field day revealing their culinary skills, one was drawn to the high voltage music dished out by DJs Shyam and Annu. The mocktail counter offered a heady mix of juices and jellies; like red sunset, Adam and Eve, Virgin Mary, Angelina, mojito, cape codder and cranepine.
The scene at Sridevi College was no different except that the festival was organized in the vacant spacious open ground adjacent to the campus and there were more food counters. The venue succeeded in attracting more crowd mainly families. Aptly title Zaika 2008 (Urdu term for taste) the heady aroma wafted few meters away from the venue. Gastronomes had a tough time choosing from Italian, Thai, Chinese and Indian food. Gods Own country had its own counter offering the taste of Kerala. The tandoori corner had hariyali kebab and murg malai kebab. Food festivals of this nature are a practical experience for students in hospitality business. This annual event is looked forward to eagerly both by students and foodies. The heady mixture of food and merriment makes it a memorable event.
Mangaloreans have developed a cosmopolitan attitude towards food and slowly people are beginning to experiment with different cuisine and food festivals provide the right milieu to indulge in experiments.
If there is one thing that unites people it is certainly the food!
FLORINE ROCHE
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