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20-21 June: “Vassilenas” is hosting the Refugee Food Festival and the Iraqi food tradition

17.06.2018

For the third year in a row, Food Sweet Food in collaboration with UNHCR and Athens Insider co-organize the Refugee Food Festival.

We participate by opening our kitchen for two days to Iraqi chef Adel Al Ahmad who is promising to guide us through the culinary tradition of his country. Iraqi cuisine has a history going back thousands of years, to ancient Mesopotamia where the oldest scriptures pertaining to a cookbook have been found. Having received influences from Syria, Iran and Turkey, modern Iraqi cuisine is filled with oriental aromas and spices.
Here is what Adel has been preparing for you:

MENU 20-21 June 2018

IRAQI SOUP
Chicken, saffron, ginger, corn and vegetable sprouts 

SALAD
Lettuce, plum tomato, green apple, cucumber and black sesame 

GRILLED SEA BREAM
with cauliflower, zucchini, lime, cumin and chili pepper 

LAMB BΙRΥIANI
Lamb shank, saffron-and-cardamom perfumed rice, raisins and pine seeds 

BAKLAVA DESSERT
Caramelized phyllo dough with spices, green-kernel Greek pistachio and cardamom ice cream

                                                                                                                                         Price €35/person

* Our regular menu will also be available on both days.
* Photo credit: Vangelis Tatsis for SolidarityNow.

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