Clam Bake
Year 2008
by Dorothy Oliveira
PULL TOGETHER WIN TOGETHER
With help of friends we pulled together another successful Clambake. This year’s
theme was “GOA” so the menu consisted of Pork Vindalao, Curry Prawns, Pineapple
Chicken, Goanese Bebinca, Mango Pudding, and Flan aside from our main featured
dish “Clams” prepared by “Toneco” Antonio Jorge da Silva.
I was in charge of the Prawn Curry and Goanese Bebinca. With the help of
Virginia Yoshida and Maria Joao da Cruz the night before, we began chopping,
cutting and waiting for the sauce to simmer over the fire preparing our dish
while Sheila Rull served us tea. Putting the Goanese Bebinca together was a
challenge but fun and turned out perfect! Clem Esmail prepared the Pork Vindalao
which Toneco claimed was even better than his. Lulu Xavier made the Pineapple
Chicken (that was what the recipe said although you did not see any pineapple).
Hunter Choi and Maria Roliz was in charge of getting the clams, chutney, chapati
and naan bread and the rest of the stuff for the day. MARIA ROLIZ MADE THE MANGO
PUDDING (even though she never cooks) which disappeared in a second so did Tila
Danenberg’s flan. Don’t know which went faster. Everyone enjoyed the food very
much and couldn’t wait to get the recipes. Well, here they are under the recipe
section of this bulletin. Credit also goes to Leo Xavier, Melissa Xavier, Kaua
Young, Ken Harper, Nuno da Cruz, and Luiz Ozorio for helping with preparation
and serving the food at the clambake. It indeed was a fun event with even the
weather pulling together to make it the best Clam Bake ever!
