We were once called emigrants from our land or immigrants where we were welcomed. Today we are widely recognized and appreciated as ambassadors of Calabria in the world: of its emotions, its culture, its experiences, its gastronomy and its extraordinary identity heritage. What we hear and interpret in kitchens all over the planet has now become a real mission. In addition to being our profession, it is a commitment of spirit and feeling that we share above all through the constant search for quality, authenticity and the centuries-old history of our dishes and our products which we often propose in an innovative way and open to the contaminations of different cultures and worlds far from our homeland.
This was perhaps the most emotional passage in the speech of the Calabrian Paolo Dodaro, the most famous Italian chef in China, among the protagonists of the event promoted in recent days in Beijing by the Association of Italian teachers of the Italian language in China (AiiliC ), from the Italian Cultural Institute of Beijing which hosted him and from the Casa Calabria International association, led by president Innocenza Giannuzzi.
Scramble the potatoes; purpette intra u sucu; grispelli; bruised olives; potatoes ‘mpacchiuse truffles; cuonzu bread; filet mulingian; maccarruni cu sucu du caprettu, ‘ndujia and pecorino; pecurino and goat with spicy. Here is the special menu that has literally thrilled especially the Chinese, created with the products of the Neocastrum organic farm, located in the Gulf of Lamezia Terme, by the chef originally from Roccelletta di Borgia and owner of Changsha star taste Business Services CO.LTD who in this new experience he was joined by fellow chefs Huang QiXin and AnWei and Alan Lihui Wang with the restaurant team Alan’s restaurant Beijing.
La Casa Calabra international
Winner in 2016 of the Chinese edition of Masterchef, appointed President Delegate of the Italian Culinary Consortium for China (ICC China), the Calabrian chef Dodaro who is also Ambassador of Casa Calabria International, continues to be an appreciated professional in the Land of the Great Wall . Since 2017 he has been consulting for the Hebei New Oriental (Shijiazhuang New Oriental) cooking school, a secondary vocational school, in the northern province of the People’s Republic of China.
Coordinated by Giuseppina Giummarra, lecturer in Italian language and culture at Beijing University and by Ombretta Melli of the Events Office of the Beijing Institute of Culture, the event entitled Regions of Italy and cultural heritage.
«The Calabria Region, between UNESCO heritage, language and music, has once again seen Calabrian cuisine as the protagonist in China which – as underlined by the creator of the Distinctive Identity Markers (MID) Lenin Montesanto – contributes more than other aspects and markers to making of the Calabrian declination, perhaps the most ancestral and experiential Made in Italy”. «What – he commented – is worth a new Grand Tour in extra-ordinary Calabria».
Casa Calabria International, one of the main partners, participated in the event not only with the products used to build the identifying menu but also with the presentation of the book “Campo Ferramonti. Story of a life” by Pino Ambrosio, published by Media & Books and sponsored by the same Association: an autobiographical novel set in the Ferramonti di Tarsia internment camp, also famous for the fact that none of the Jews, Slavs and stateless people interned inside it he was a victim of violence or directly deported to Germany, a record for which he is also included among the 100 Distinctive Identity Markers (MID).
