UgandAshis 37 Yogi's BBQ

UgandAshis 37 Yogi’s BBQ

July 20, 2009

Kampala, Uganda

Friends, food and music make a magnificent evening. Saturday night Nard and I decided to throw a party. The house and garden make it a great place to have one. And the main reason was to reveal the name of my furry ball of hair. An occasion as such merits a hosts of guests so we settled for a barbeque for about 25 people. It ended being a mix of Persians, Dutch, Indian, Ugandan and French people living in Uganda. The plan was simple emulate ‘la grande bouffe’.

Local fruit and vegetable vendors, the bakery and butcher were all emptied of stock. There was beef, lamb minced meat, boerewors, chicken, tilapia, a pasta salad, potato salad, fruit salad, sheesha and more. To assure large quantities of meat could be prepared at the last moment I had to rush out to acquire a Ugandan style mega barbeque.

From 18.00 Joy, Nard and I were in the kitchen marinating the meat and fish, preparing the salads, organizing the tables. Guests started arriving around 20.30 with DJ Nard manning the turntable, chef cook Ashis on the BBQ and Joy assuring all food preparation churning meat by the kilo. To be on the sure side tons of food was prepared and we will be eating a while from the remains.

Around 23.00 I picked up the guest of honor to introduce Yogi to the crowd. It must have been an impressive event for the 26 day old puppy. The charmer was passed around like a hot dog and received an overdose of hugs and kisses. At around 00.00 I took a shower and put on my black suit. On the way out I kidnapped the dance hungry people for a night of wild dancing. Dom bolo, afro beat and Michael ran smoothly. I had never really barbequed but food is food. Given the help of my friends I enjoyed Jackson tributes were on the menu. I hear that the party in the house lasted till about 05.00.

It was great to see how doctors, film makers, accountants, travel agents and restaurant owners mingled. As the party was impromptu we did forget to invite some friends and there will always be a next time. Specially now there is a barbeque in the house the house feels more and more like a home.

As contacts were exchanged people like doctor Dickson met Debra and Joy who will be filming his work in Mubende soon hooked up. I missed my friend Joseph dearly he was in Hoima for work. This is another reason to give a barbeque soon. Today we spend recuperating, some had a hang-over and the party was great. For Monday and Tuesday planned a visit to the Red Cross Uganda Youth Section is planned and then off to Fort Portal to continue with the clinical work and the teaching. Staying in Kampala is also required to download teaching materials from the Internet. Well keep the fingers crossed even now it is very slow.

Namaskar,

Ashis