Chef Peter Bastians, owner of Taste of Sri Lanka was our guest chef this month.
Born in Sri Lanka, Chef Peter was educated and worked as a civil engineer for three years before going to hospitality school to become a chef. He loved spending time with his mother in the kitchen and that evolved into his passion for cooking. As a young man, Chef Peter spent 19 years living in Saudi Arabia as he worked his way up through the kitchens in that country. During the first Gulf War, Chef Peter managed the food servrices for the U.N coalition forces before moving his family to Winnipeg. He has had success with his business, Taste of Sri Lanka for many years in Winnipeg.
Due to a logistical issue with our regular venue, this month's event was a private dinner event where Chef Peter cooked for the group and the membership partook in an evening of good food, drink and conversation.
The evening started off with everyone marveling at Paz's beautiful house and drooling over his shiny high tech kitchen. Once everyone was settled, we had a nice greeting wine. Dinner was accompanied by a red wine as well as two beer choices.
The evening's menu consisted of:
- Yellow Rice
- Lamb Curry
- Butter Chicken
- Eggplant Moju
- Dhal Curry
- Onion Tomatoes Yogurt Salad
- Double Roasted Bread
- Watalapang
Once everyone started eating, there were exclamations of how tasty and delicious we all found the meal to be. Clearly, some dishes were pretty spicy as beads of sweat started welling up on more than one brow.
