THERE weren’t any scruffy ponies being tied up by men with long black moustaches and pointy hats outside CWA Richmond’s premises on Wednesday, May 25, but that’s only because no-one told them there was Mongolian tucker on.
It was CWA Richmond’s International Day, which this year is on Mongolia. If you check out Mongolian cuisine on Wikipedia, it only rates two lines, mentioning a lot of dairy, steamed meat dumplings and deep -fried meat pies, with few vegetables.
So CWA ladies didn’t have a lot to go on when coming up with a menu for the day, but settled on steaming delicious Mongolian Beef with rice. Dessert was apple crumble with home-made yoghurt, representing the dairy part of Mongol diets.
Posters made by members on aspects of Mongolia and its people and culture covered the walls, and vice president Margaret Tye provided the Mongol hordes – peg dollies dressed up in Genghis Khan type costumes, one at each place setting.
Mayor Kim Ford was amongst the happy throng who came for the Mongol fare.
