Calgary’s diversity (Various ethnic cuisine)

2023/11/17
This marks the seventh article and enters the latter half of the series, because the office will conclude this series with twelve articles.

As you all know, Canada is a country of diversity. People with various origins from all over the world live together. Instead of a melting pot, it is more of a beautifully patched work of different ethnicities. With various peoples mean various foods.

Today, the office would like to introduce various ethnic cuisine, which we can enjoy in Calgary. First, we would like to pay homage to Calgary and Alberta.

Alberta beef steak
Bison burger

Next comes Japanese food because this office is the Consulate-General of Japan. Today, the office dares to introduce cutlet curry (katsu-curry), not sushi nor tempura.








Let us go on! We start with East Asia. Please imagine a globe and go westward.

Korean
Chinese
Tibetan
Vietnamese

West Asia to the Middle East.

Indian
Iranian
Syrian
Yemeni

Next comes Europe.

Ukraine / Polish
Hungarian
Danish
British
French
Italian
Spanish

We can enjoy cuisine from Africa.

Somali
Ethiopian
Moroccan

Then, we come back to the Americas. First, the North America and the Caribbean.

Mexican
Caribbean

Lastly, the South America.

Peruvian
Columbian
Brazilian
Argentine

In all, the office introduced twenty-four ethnic cuisines, additional to Alberta beef steak, bison burger and cutlet curry. All cuisine is particularly important because those people brought one from their original homeland. There were several reasons why people came to Canada, Calgary. But it is wonderful thing to see those cuisine popular in Canada, Calgary, is it not?

Please go to restaurants in which you are interested. And if you find fine cuisine, please let this office know. Your information is always welcomed.

Lastly, the writer uses his privilege and would like to introduce one cuisine. This is one of the most memorable one during his experience as a diplomat and he never thought he could have this food (right picture) in Calgary. This is an Afghan dish called the Kabuli-Polo. He ate this in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital mid-1990.