KWAR holds mega 'Karavali Food Festival' in Riyadh

Riyadh: Braving biting cold hundreds of food lovers thronged Karavali Food Festival, an annual event of Karavali Welfare Association-Riyadh (KWAR) organized here recently.

As many as 11 teams participated in the mega event. It was a treat to watch the lovely food stalls well decorated and well presented.

The show began with traditional lighting of ‘deepa’. KWAR former president Ramesh Shetty, acting president Santosh Shetty, general secretary Nelson D’Souza, KWAR treasurer Shashidhar Haridas, cultural secretaries as well as other executive members of KWAR managing committee were present.

Mr. Santhosh Shetty delivered welcome note. P.M. Bhsskar, Umesh Shetty and Nitin Kukkuvalli managed the stage well with their running commentaries filled with wit and humour.

A team of experts had a herculean task to select the best dishes from 30 to 40 different varieties of prepared food samples. Following teams or stalls were declared the outright winners of Karavali food festival:

Best Dish: Spandana by Ashwini; Best Beg Dish: By SmithaHaridas; Best Ethnic Dish: Nama Moole –Barsa; Best Hygiene: AKR SUVAD by Aangan Konknichen; Best Presentation: Nama Moole Barsa; Best Decorated stall: Nama Moole Barsa.

All the winners were awarded memento, gifts as well as certificates. The other participating teams, Magic Chef, hot & Spicy, Puli Munchi, Ruchi & Aliyankaro Hotel ,were also given gifts and certificates.

The four judges who adjudicated the whole event are: Shaikh Ahmed from Al-Marai, Chef Kayamuddin, Chef Chetan and Gopal Shetty - MASA.

KWAR executive members Suresh Suvarna, Jayakar Poojary, Prasanna Rao, and Mahesh Hegde escorted the Judges to have a comfortable environment during the competitions. The audience were at their feet when KWAR children danced to the tune of PM Bhaskar’s well composed Karavali Tulu song related to the food festival. It was fun and food all the way.

The crowd also took part in the raffle draw with many prizes at stake, with a top prize of LCD Color TV, which was won by one of our members. The special attraction of KWAR food festival was Ring-o-Ring, well handled by KWAR’S ring master Bhaskar Salian.

There were some special guests in the crowd, notably Pushpa Raj from Embassy of India, Mangalore Association of Saudi Arabia based in Dammam (MASA) president Shri Narendra Shetty.

Main sponsors of the event were Mazola Oil, Al Kadesia Clinic, OTE(Othman Trading Est), Taj Mahal Group of Restaurants, AL Mass Restaurant, Guthu Restaurant, Xpress Money, Country Club & McDonalds. Executive members also had contributed.

Acting President Santosh thanked all the Sponsors and Judges for their whole hearted support to the charity work taken up by KWAR. All the guests were honored with a flower bouquet. The gates were well managed by Victor Dsouza, Alfred Fernandes and Ashwath Rai. The photography was handled by Iqbal, Subhash and Chetan.

KWARGeneral secretary Shri Nelson Dsouza Thanked all the sponsors, members, participants, guests, judges, executive members who toiled hard for the grand success of the food festival , and all those who directly or indirectly supported for KWAR cause. The festivities ended around midnight with the reciting of national anthem.

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