On Friday, Veronica, our education programs manager organized a Chinese Moon Festival celebration for the children of Zone Z. She taught then how to fold Chinese dumplings which they had a lot of fun doing and we performed a little skit for them about a Chinese legend that is told during the moon festival. Interestingly, there is a china town in Lima and you can find Chinese-peruvian food called "chaufa" all over the place here because many Chinese people immigrated to Peru to work in the 19th and 20th centuries. The kids also got to eat dumplings and a taste of a moon cake as well, but their favorite part was making the dumplings to bring home to their families. You can see in the third picture that even the rambunctious, trouble making (but adorable) boys that I teach were super into it!
Hi Sara,
ReplyDeleteI'm enjoying your posts. One of my favorite restaurants in our South Bay area is El Rocoto, Peruvian/Chinese cuisine. Indeed, descendants of the very people you mention in your blog who eventually migrated to Los Angeles. The only entry missing from their menu is your apple pie. Stay safe and enjoy! -Jose Jurado