{"id":8593,"date":"2018-08-28T08:09:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T06:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/?p=8593"},"modified":"2018-08-28T08:09:48","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T06:09:48","slug":"dinner-with-a-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/dinner-with-a-twist\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinner with a Twist"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Chinese Banquet in Brossac<\/h1>\n<p>At La Giraudi\u00e8re, we all take it in turns to cook for each other. Commonly, people cook their favourite dishes from home or dishes that their countries are famous for. On Tuesday, we were delighted to receive a Chinese Banquet from our 4 volunteers from China. Onstead of keeping this to ourseves, we invited 7 locals from Brossac along for a party!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8597\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/group-photo-with-the-locals.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8597\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/group-photo-with-the-locals-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Group picture\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/group-photo-with-the-locals-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/group-photo-with-the-locals-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/group-photo-with-the-locals-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/group-photo-with-the-locals-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/group-photo-with-the-locals.jpg 1933w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Group picture<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Since it was going to be such a big task,\u00a0the rest of the volunteers decided to lend a hand, and the girls taught us how to make\u00a0dumplings and hot pot. We just about managed to get the hang of it in the end!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8587\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cooking-for-the-locals-21st-august.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8587\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8587\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cooking-for-the-locals-21st-august-800x485.jpg\" alt=\"Teaching us to make dumplings\" width=\"800\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cooking-for-the-locals-21st-august-800x485.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cooking-for-the-locals-21st-august-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cooking-for-the-locals-21st-august-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cooking-for-the-locals-21st-august.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teaching us to make dumplings<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When the locals arrived, it gave all of our volunteers the opportunity to practise their French with native speakers. We all took advantage of this and the locals helped with our grammar and pronunciation. Alognside some great conversation, we also enjoyed some fabulous food and wine. The locals especially loved the Chinese dumplings and many of us went up for seconds&#8230;and thirds!<\/p>\n<p>To end the evening, we all played music from home. We learned some French songs and dinner party games, and Eilidh let the locals listen to Trail West and Tide Lines (2 well loved bands from Scotland). The mix of cultures was amazing and we all thouroughly enjoyed our evening.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8603\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/group-photo-with-the-locals-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8603\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8603\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/group-photo-with-the-locals-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Discussing our favourite music!\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/group-photo-with-the-locals-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/group-photo-with-the-locals-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/group-photo-with-the-locals-2-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/group-photo-with-the-locals-2-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/group-photo-with-the-locals-2.jpg 1770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8603\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Discussing our favourite music!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thank you to all the locals for coming along, the volunteers for cooking and Paul for arranging the evening. We hope to do it again soon!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese Banquet in Brossac At La Giraudi\u00e8re, we all take it in turns to cook for each other. Commonly, people cook their favourite dishes from home or dishes that their countries are famous for. 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