𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦?
The Internationalization Week celebration in Pangasinan State University had its own way of bringing Japanese, Malaysian and Filipino cuisines right infront of the attendees during the Cultural Expo event, September 10, 2024.
Spearheaded by the Office of the Vice President for Local and International Affairs led by Vice President Dr. Ian D. Evangelista, the said event highlighted a cooking show featuring cuisines from the three countries.
“𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒, ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒,” 𝐃𝐫. 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝.
The Japanese team led by MR. JUNICHI TAKATSU AND MRS. IKUKO TAKATSU of the Global Culture Exchange Inc. showcased the impeccable processes in preparing Omusubi and Onigiri, a Japanese style rice ball and on-the-go food.
On the other hand, the Malaysian delegation headed by MS. NORSHIDA BINTI HASHIM AND DR. SYAHIRAH BINTI ALMUDDIN, demonstrated the proper way of cooking Nasi Lemak (coconut rice) with sambal (the hot relish that is eaten with the rice) and cucur udang (prawn fritters).
Completing the cooking show was the Filipino team headed by the PSU chefs, DR. RODELYN A.MEJA AND DR. GENELYN C. TERSONA, as they put in the plate what most Filipinos enjoy – puto cheese and suman malagkit with latik sauce.
After an immaculate presentation of the cuisines, everyone in the venue at the TechVoc Building of PSU Main Campus, had a chance to taste the food served and even a short while, attendees got to savor the cuisines without leaving the country.
PSU President, Dr. Elbert M. Galas was represented by Vice Presidents Dr. Ian D. Evangelista, Dr. Razeale G. Resultay and Dr. Celeste T. Mercado along with OVPLIA Director
