Dubai WACS Congress Day Three
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008After a few days of acclimatizing to the scorching forty-something degree dessert heat, the WACS Congress got to down to one of the primary pieces of business of this meeting – the election of the new Presidium.
Overall the election went without a hiccup and as HKCA President Rudolph Muller has already noted, Iceland, as headed by Mr. Gasser Gudmundson has been duly elected to the prestigious and difficult post of Presidium of WACS, until the next election in 2012.
The HKCA, is proud to serve the new presidium and we will do our best, as always, to help foster the ideals of WACS, in our own small way, though our continental directorate.
Til hamingju Ísland!
With the meat of the mater well settled, the congress moved on to some extraordinary educational presentations, first from the TV Chef Osama (as he says, the good one) who took us through a wonderful lesson in Mezzeh. Not only informative but all available for tasting, and delicious, of course.
After tea we had a stunning, if a bit chemical, presentation of molecular cuisine from Stephen Beholder, who cooked with nitrogen in one segment and gave us a wide overview and demonstration of this trendy chemistry rooted style of cuisine.
We adjourned for lunch while Rudy and Mak went to support and observe the Hong Kong team in the MLA Black Box Challenge Global Grand Final. We joined them in the evening for the Ceremonial Awards Dinner.
The dinner was an elegant affair and the Hong Kong team, from the Disneyland Hollywood Hotel did and absolutely wonderful job, claiming fourth place and one of only 4 gold medals. South Korea, who has had quite an exciting and successful show, took two top dish awards, and the championship title.
All in all it was another wonderful day ending late at night in the palatial Medina Jumeirah Resort.
Christopher Gallaga
Reporting from Dubai
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
