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Eritrean Ethnic Meal
Saturday, 24 April, 2004, at the Gaia centre in Għajn Tuffieħa
Tour starts at 7.00pm – Meal at 8.00pm
Display of hand-made products by refugees in Malta
A Unique Fund-Raising Event organised by
Koperattiva Kummerċ Ġust and the Third World Group
at GAIA Foundation, Għajn Tuffieħa
(on the way to Golden Bay, just before reaching Apple’s Eye Bar)
The expert cooks are Sofia, Ascalou and Haddas, three Eritrean women who are refugees in Malta
Menu of Eritrean Traditional Food
The price of LM4.75 includes
Drink: Soua This is an alcoholic drink made from oranges, rice and sugar.
Starter: Ambasha
This is a sweet bread, made from eggs, sugar and currants.
Served with Maltese traditional bigilla, ġbejniet and galletti.
Main: Ngera
A kind of big pancake filled with carrots, lettuce, potato,
cauliflower, tomato and lemon.
Served with couscous and rice.
Dessert: Kecha These are biscuits or wafers made from wheat, oil, sugar and eggs.
Buna or Gahwa (Tea or Coffee) Served with corn.
Other drinks can be bought at the bar.
All this will be served at 0800pm, in the beautiful outside area of Gaia Foundation Centre, with Eritrean background music.
For those who wish to visit the Centre and enjoy its beauty during the daylight, we suggest you arrive at about 0700pm, so that you will have time to go around.
There will also be a display of hand-made products by refugees in Malta.
Please try to let us
know if you will be coming by Wednesday 21 April
by writing to [email protected]
or calling on 2131 5562.
Thankyou,
Karsten Xuereb and Nathalie Grima
15 April, 2004
For some information about Eritrean food and recipes go to this site.
For some beautiful photos and interesting information about Eritrea
click on the map from Lonely Planet
