Nilesh’s Posterous

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Happy 42nd Independence Anniversary Mauritius !!

  

Mauritian National Anthem

Glory to thee, Motherland

O Motherland of mine.

Sweet is thy beauty,

Sweet is thy fragrance,

Around thee we gather

As one people,

As one nation,

In peace, justice and liberty.

Beloved Country,

May God bless thee

For ever and ever.

Mauritian Independence Day Potluck Lunch for Mauritians in the Bay Area !

March 12th 2010 is the Mauritian Independance Day Anniversary (42nd Anniversary). We celebrated it in the Bay Area today with a pot luck lunch and gathering of all the Mauritians of the Bay Area.

We had some 40 Mauritians from all over the Bay Area - San Francisco, San Jose, Hayward, Fremont, Sunnyvale etc.. Always great as usual to meet up with all the good friends and share good foods and laughter. This time, we had some pretty good Mauritian Food - Anju and Mrs Rajkoomar had bothed cooked Vegetarian Briani !! That was so delicious and one of the most popular dishes in Mauritius. It's a major pain to prepare due to the extensive preparation stage. It was great to have some of that hard work they put into making it.

We also had the usual Gato Arouille (Grated Taro Cakes) and Achard Legumes from Yvette, Gato Piment from Aruna and multitude of cakes/deserts and other food by everybody else. Had a very wonderful time in good company and this time we had 3 new families that joined the party for the first time ! We finished off by singing the Mauritian National Anthem. Here are some pics of the delicious food and company that we had :)

                   

Bay Area Mauritian Dinner Party at Turmeric Indian Restaurant in Sunnyvale

As usual Caroline organized a dinner to celebrate the New Year for the Mauritian Community in the bay area. We had all voted for Indian Food in the South Bay and we picked Turmeric in Sunnyvale. It was a buffet and had great food. I loved their Goat Curry with bones, Malabar Fish Curry and all the other delicacies. They had so much food, that I did not even try it all out. We had a good turnout - about 30 Mauritians - this time though lots of kids ! It was great catching up with all the Mauritian folks !

       

Good Bye Dinner and Scavenging party !

The Saturday before I left, I invited a few friends over to my place for dinner and scavenging.. yes scavenging. 

I decided to give away most of my stuff in donation  before I leave. They'd all have gone to goodwill. 

So, I thought I'd give my friends a pick first before boxing them up for goodwill or salvation army. At the same time, decided to cook up all that was in my fridge before I head off. I called a few of the Mauritian friends over.

My old housemates from Oxford, Mississippi who now live in California as well - Ken and Amalee were visiting SF and I invited them to join as well. 

I had started the dinner with dim-sum - vegetables dumplings and mini veggie chinese breads and some brasilian cheesebread (pao de quejos), then I had a dhall (split pea) indian soup and main entree was chicken lo mein (made with fresh pancit noodles) and we finished off by a chocolate cake, Priscille and Dennis brought from Cheesecake Factory. We also had tons of wine. Finished off all the wines and drinks I had on my shelf too ;)

That was the last party at my SF apartment before I clean up and give it back. I'll miss 1949 Chestnut Street :)

           

San Francisco Bay Area Mauritians.

Mauritians in the Bay Area at the 2008 MoValley (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/movalley/) annual summer picnic.

BBQ at Priscille's in Dublin

Went to a BBQ at Priscille's place in Dublin (the California version) on Saturday evening.

Featured on the menu was grilled Sweet Corn on the Cob, grilled Chicken wings, Kebabs and grilled Pineapple and Aspargus. Dennis was the chef and grill-master, Priscille the hostess and Delphine the bakery chef.