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- Great rice dish from Afghanistan.
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- Fresh and delicious mahi mahi from the Chef Damian Leach representing Barbados!
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- Chef Cynthia Verna of Hiati won the People’s Choice Award!
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- The Iraqi lamb chop and accompanying cardamom tea were very popular and tasty.
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- The Jamaican Chef, Sherene James prepared Jerk Chicken.
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- Peru’s Ceviche was delicious–another of our favorite dishes.
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- You can’t go wrong with anything from the Philippines wrapped in a banana leaf.
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- We were impressed with Quatar’s chicken dish!
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- A variety of options from Rwanda.
We very much enjoyed organic Pacari chocolate samples from Ecuador!
We attended the Embassy Chef Challenge a couple of nights ago, and sampled some great food and drinks. This event was a chance to try food from countries and chefs we might not otherwise have access to. Some standout dishes (other than those pictured above) included Chile’s salmon, Uzbekistan’s plov, and Morocco’s lamb shoulder. This is definitely an event you want to attend in the future.
The 2017 Judges’ Choice award went to Chef Moha Fedal of Morocco with his Marrakech Tangia. Chef Cynthia Verna of Haiti brought home the People’s Choice award with her shrimp ceviche with plantain chips (served with a much appreciated passion fruit rum concoction).
-JAY
