Author: National Algerian Centre

Playing Conseil de discipline at Concord Cafe! Projector on every weekend during Big Dinner – come along!

 A TREAT FROM US!
Halwa and Mint Tea will be served in the evenings after the dinner. You’re welcome to bring anything to share bought or cooked from home 🙂 Hope to see you soonIt’s a full house today! With ladies, children and men from Algeria, China, Jamaica, Iraq, Grenada to name a few 🙂
Some ladies cooked at home and brought food in to share. We’re also having kofte, pizza, and grilled lamb too!

Hello from Kit and Chouaib @ #BigDinner right now!
Looks like the Chef nailed it with the chorba (Algerian soup), all I see is empty bowls ?
#Ramadan #Community

WE CAN READ YOUR MIND – YOU’RE THINKING OF#VOLUNTEERING, RIGHT? ?
There are many ways you can get involved in the Big Dinner project – All skills can be made useful and here’s a list to give you an idea of how:

KITCHEN:
– Prepping the kitchen space
– Organising stock
– Peeling vegetables
– Assisting the Chef
– Rolling bourse

Here’s some pictures from a large and extremely generous donation given by a fantastic lady last Tuesday, who is happy to support the project. However, see today’s picture – our stock of donations is disappearing like the speed of light as more and more people are coming to the Big Dinner!

#DONATIONS #NEEDED – Please donate from the list below or you can make a monetary contribution so a member of the team can buy what is needed: www.nationalalgeriancentre.com/makedonation

Feel free to come and join our volunteer team we recruit them younger and younger! “Little Sara” started learning how to make boureks yesterday, look at her today teaching the girls how it’s done!

Here’s some pictures from a large and extremely generous donation given by a fantastic lady last Tuesday, who is happy to support the project. However, see today’s picture – our stock of donations is disappearing like the speed of light as more and more people are coming to the Big Dinner!

Check out the chefs in the kitchen preparing Algerian soup and tagine with meatballs today… I clicked the camera taking one picture for one second! What do you think they’re talking about?

A lady contacted us asking if we need anything today. Not only did she buy and carry whatever items she could all by herself but also volunteered her help in the kitchen as soon as she walked into the café!

A second donation within the hour by another lady. She had to rush back home to attend to her baby but managed to spare some time.

We first met this lady in December 2016 as a volunteer and she was due to return to see us in the new year when she started suffering from heart problems and couldn’t.
Just yesterday she called in to see what’s happening at the Concord Cafe; and after hearing about the Big Dinner, brought in handmade Kesra today which she made fresh herself! “We must help our community”, she said.

What if a homeless man gave you donations? You can see the homeless man sitting in the garden at the cafe right? One of our volunteers very kindly brought him in and offered him yesterday’s chorba and hot main meal. He was so thankful when he found out that we give to all regardless of their financial situation during the month of Ramadan, that HE donated everything he owned except his clothes – 1 can rice pudding, 1 can soup, 1 baguette, some pastry and 70p. Now, Chefs are cooking chorba for today

More donations today! The first picture of donations are from a volunteer passing on his motorbike before work, he came to the cafe just to ask if we needed anything for today

Saha Ftourkoum! Two PC’s were invited by volunteers as they saw them passing by, they’re on duty today but we made sure they try a classic Algerian bourek!

BD Day 6 – Two people have made a joint donation of a large quantity of meat today including chicken, lamb and minced meat. Really, what a wonderful gift.

Chef’s will be pulling up their sleeves to get this meat cooked! All you have to do is turn up to the Big Dinner and share it with us!

Who else is having bourek today? Bourek made fresh everyday @ The Concord Café!

Day 3 of Big Dinner:

Tagine Zitoune or chicken with olives, is a dish much loved in Algerian culture, especially during the month of Ramadan. The white sauce is cinnamon flavoured and thickened with flour at the end of preparation; and fairly easy to make.

Chefs special – Traditionally cooked in Algeria during this month, it’s El Ham Lahlou or sweet lamb for Ramadan for our gathering today.

Saha Ftourkoum!