Sunday, October 14, 2007

Multi-culti

On Saturday we went to Nishimachi's annual International Food Fair, a fundraiser for Lucinda's school that is organized by the parents' association, Tomo no Kai.

Parents sell lunch and desserts in booths arranged by nationality, which gives you a sense of the student population: American, Japanese, Chinese, Latin, Israeli, Irish, French, Australian, German, Indian, Filipino, Hawaiian and Italian. Plus Starbucks, speaking the universal language of overpriced coffee.

Some snapshots:





The homemade Chinese dumplings filled with beef and chives and served with a spicy soy sauce were delicious - and the Chinese booth sold thousands of them!



Students hawked "kakigori," shaved ice with sweet syrup.



The American booth (which I forgot to photograph) did a booming business in lowfat cuisine: hamburgers, nachos, Domino's pizza, chili and my cornbread muffins!), Dippin' Dots, candy, and homemade brownies and chocolate-chip cookies.

We were entertained by these hula dancers.





Now Lucinda wants to take hula lessons.

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