{"id":2205,"date":"2016-10-13T03:32:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T02:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.ift.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/?p=2205"},"modified":"2017-06-19T12:09:02","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T11:09:02","slug":"latin-american-feast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/latin-american-feast\/","title":{"rendered":"Latin American feast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2205 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-herald-lay-c1'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"herald-popup\" href='https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-1-470x313.jpg\" class=\"attachment-herald-lay-c1 size-herald-lay-c1\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-1-470x313.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-1-414x276.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-1-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-1-130x86.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-1-187x124.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-1.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2202'>\n\t\t\t\tChef Alejandra Berm\u00fadez, from Colombia\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"herald-popup\" href='https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-2-470x313.jpg\" class=\"attachment-herald-lay-c1 size-herald-lay-c1\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-2-470x313.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-2-414x276.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-2-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-2-130x86.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-2-187x124.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-2.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2203'>\n\t\t\t\tChef Yoiry Rodriguez Hernandez, from Cuba\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"herald-popup\" href='https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-3-470x313.jpg\" class=\"attachment-herald-lay-c1 size-herald-lay-c1\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-3-470x313.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-3-414x276.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-3-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-3-130x86.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-3-187x124.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Image-3.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2204'>\n\t\t\t\tChef Inocencio Viloria, from Venezuela\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<span class='pum-trigger  popmake-2207  text-center font-blue' data-do-default=''>\u4e2d\u6587\u6458\u8981 \/ Summary in Chinese<\/span>\n<p>The flavours and cultures of Latin America were recently on display at IFT. The Institute was one of the partners of the 2016 Latin American Cultural Festival, organised by the Macao Association for the Promotion of Exchange between Asia-Pacific and Latin America.<\/p>\n<p>The festival took place in August and September. It brought chefs from Colombia, Cuba and Venezuela to the Mong-H\u00e1 Campus to celebrate their national traditions. Several diplomatic representatives from nations in Latin America also visited IFT in order to deliver presentations about their countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was very important for Venezuela to join this festival because of the good diplomatic relationship between our country and China,\u201d says Ms. Iris Ruiz Navarro, the country\u2019s Consul in Hong Kong and Macao. She was one of the diplomats making presentations at IFT. \u201cIt was important because it allowed us to showcase our culture and our cuisine,\u201d Ms. Ruiz Navarro adds.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Mariella Molina, Consul General of Ecuador in Guangzhou, also attended the Latin American Cultural Festival and delivered a presentation on her country to IFT students and scholars. She says it is critical for Ecuador to boost its profile in Asia: many people in this part of the world already consume Ecuadorian products but are unaware of it, she explains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do we change that? By being here, exchanging information and ideas, and letting people know more about Ecuador. That is the starting point for further cooperation,\u201d Ms. Molina says.<\/p>\n<p>Consul of Colombia in Hong Kong and Macao, Ms. Diana Su\u00e1rez, says she was happy with the feedback received during her IFT presentation. \u201cStudents were very curious about Columbia. They seemed amazed by the information we provided them about the country and its cultural and tourism diversity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tasting the differences<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A total of 3 cooking demos took place at IFT as part of the 2016 Latin American Cultural Festival. Each guest chef prepared a menu featuring traditional dishes from their home country, offering participants step-by-step instructions of the entire preparation process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince IFT is a tourism school, students can adapt what we show them in these cooking demos to their own culture,\u201d says Chef Alejandra Berm\u00fadez from Colombia. \u201cIt will be helpful for them in their careers if they know different cooking methods and cuisines,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n<p>During her cooking demo, Chef Berm\u00fadez prepared some Colombian classics such as \u201cempanadas\u201d (a type of stuffed pastry) and cocadas (a coconut-base treat). \u201cHere, people are surprised about everything,\u201d she says. \u201cThey just want to try. They are open-minded about discovering a different culture, which is really\u00a0great. I was not expecting that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chef Yoiry Rodriguez Hernandez, from Cuba, also delivered a cooking demo at IFT. He says flavours are the main differentiator of national cuisines in Latin America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll Latin American countries use almost the same ingredients, because we have the\u00a0same historic roots,\u201d Chef Hernandez explains. \u201cThe difference is the techniques we use for cooking. The way Cuban food is different from other Latin American countries is in flavours,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p>Chef Inocencio Viloria also points to the \u201cunique flavours\u201d of each Latin American cuisine. For his cooking demo at IFT, the Venezuelan chef says some ingredients were hard to find in Macao; but he was pleased to see that people were \u201copen and receptive\u201d to the flavours of his country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The flavours and cultures of Latin America were recently on display at IFT. 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