I went to BVSC to support the Spanish volunteers with their planning towards cooking a traditional Spanish dish for clients at Sifa Fireside, an activity to put them out the computers of the office. They had already decided to demonstrate cooking a typical La Riojan tortilla so all we had to work out was the ingredients and quantities for 15 people. Jose Luis was also keen to make a sauce from pimiento to accompany the tortilla.
I took them to walk around Birmingham’s Chinatown, see photo, and Jose Luis bought some chillies from one of the shops there. After lunch, we walked back to BVSC to see Donna as arranged. She instructed us on how to get to Sifa by foot and who to meet there. Unfortunately, Mary, the person who was supposed to show us around was not there, but we were able to check the equipment and utensils available. No frying pans, the most essential utensils for tortillas!! On the way back, I showed the volunteers around the Custard Factory, Birmingham's Creative Quarterwhich was an escape from the very hot sun that day, see photo and personal photo to follow. Back at BVSC, I reported the lack of frying pans to Donna to arrange for Sifa to provide.
The Spanish volunteers had earlier in the day expressed their wish to me to go to London on Sunday and stay overnight to meet up with Azam and June.
