International Lunch Celebrates Cultures at SMS

Thursday, 25 May 2017 10:10
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australia

The Australia table with Vegemite, butter sandwiches, and Tim Tams.

The annual International Lunch for Scarsdale Middle School students took place on Tuesday May 23rd. Every year it is a much anticipated event for kids, who get to enjoy a fabulous meal in a festive atmosphere and learn a lot at the same time. Each country has a booth with decorations, costumes, language, food, and people. It highlights the many different nationalities and cultures of the SMS student and parent body. Students have an opportunity to spend their lunch period traveling from country to country all within the Great Hall. They sample different cuisines, courtesy of the SMS PTA and the SMS Student Organization (SO).

The main organizers of this event were the SMS PTA Multicultural committee with Jing Lu, Asma Naeem, and Monica Farha as the committee co-chairs, SMS PTA president, Sharon Higgins, and faculty advisor to the SO, Mr. Steve Rambone.

It takes a village to pull off this fabulous feast. This year, there was a record number of 15 countries participating.

brazil

The Brazil table with brigadeiros.

China

The China table with chicken pot stickers and fortune cookies.

france

The France table with quiches.


germany

The Germany table with waffles.


greece

The Greece table with keftedes and tzatiki.


india

The India table with samosas and chole and rice.


ireland

The Ireland table with sheperd's pie.


israel

The Israel table with falafel, salad, and pita bread.


italy

The Italy table with penne and vodka sauce.


japan

The Japan table with chicken teriyaki, rice balls, and edamame.


korea

The Korea table with japchae noodles and jeon.


lebanon

The Lebanon table with chicken tawook and couscous.


pakistan

The Pakistan table with chicken biryani.


south africa

The South Africa table with boerewors rolls.