On Monday this week we took our first cooking class. One of my goals on this trip is to try to take a cooking class in every country we visit. In Savusavu I only found one cooking class offered and it was a Fijian Indian class put on by the Sea View cafe in town. Our teachers name is Sarita and she was born and raised in Fiji and runs the cafe where she occasionally teaches cooking classes. Our class consisted of 4 dishes, Boneless skinless chicken curry, Chutney, Roti, and the Festival dish or Bhagi.
Adam and I sat in our chairs provided as we watched Sarita begin to cook in this tiny kitchen with one regular size cooktop stove. Soon we were up and cooking making the festival dish which is sauted spinach and eggplant along with roti which is like a much thinner naan. As we cooked our teacher seemed very impressed by Adam, I on the other hand seemed to mess something up every time our teacher would look over and she would said, "it's ok, don't worry I will fix it." Pretty soon she began to say to me "Adam will cook for you" and I think at that point I was being seen as a lost cause. Adam must have the cooking gift in our family.
In the end we enjoyed our beautiful dinner, paid our fee of about 7 American dollars and made the trek back home. It was a wonderful day and we were full and tired.
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