The International Food Fest 3

On Wednesday November 17^th I attended the 3^rd International Food Fest that took place in the Blazer Hall RLC. UAB students served various foods representing different countries such as India and Mexico. The fest started at 7 p.m. and by 7:15 p.m., the line for food was wrapped around the RLC. Luckily, they were serving dessert at the end of the line. I got a slice of the German Chocolate cake, which is not actually from Germany. It is called that because Sam German created the baking chocolate used for German Chocolate cake.

Left: Chick Pea Curry Right: Chick Pea Falafel

By the time I made to the front of the line most of the food was gone. I was able to get some of the chick pea curry and one of the chick pea falafel balls. I have never had either one, but I have heard that curry tends to be spicy. I was excited to try the foods because I have never had Indian food before. The Chick pea curry was really good. I tasted like a healthy spicy stew. Different countries have different definitions of curry. Chick pea curry is among the Indian vegetable curries. The falafel was really good too. One of the servers told me that it was basically made from frying a ball of chick peas. The falafel is considered to be an Indian food because of the common Indian ingredients used in it. However, it is said to have originated along the African and Middle Eastern coast. The tasting that I had at this event has made me want to try an authentic Indian restaurant.