Roots of Virginia Culture: Common Wealth Café: Ultimate Events

On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, Virginia, the Festival commemorates three "roots" of Virginia culture—Virginia Native American, West African, and English (represented by Kent County, one of the counties from which the first English settlers came and the burial place of Pocahontas). The menu items represent what happens when cultures fuse into something not only historic, but also, in this case, delicious.

Virginia Barbecue Chicken (cooked on open grill)
    Served with rice and West African peanut sauce
 
Traditional English Fish & Chips
                                
Virginia Country Ham Biscuit Sandwich with chutney
                                                         
Three Sisters Succotash Salad Vinaigrette
    Served with cheesy cornbread
           
Dessert
    Kent Strawberry Biscuit Shortcake

Sweet Potato Fries

Grilled Corn-on-the-Cob with West African spices                 (cooked on grill)

Chips with sauce (Large)

Cornbread or Biscuit

Tastes of the Mekong: Vietnamese and Yunnan: Minh's Restaurant

Travelers along the Mekong River encounter a veritable cornucopia of cuisines and tastes—salty, sweet, sour, and spicy. Nearly every type of food can be found—meat, fish, grain, fruits, and vegetables—with significant cultural differences among the foods prepared by residents living in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and China's Yunnan Province. The foodways of the Mekong River are as rich and varied as its peoples.

Vietnamese grilled pork on skewer
    Slices of pork marinated with fish sauce, black pepper &     onion. Served with steamed rice and crispy spring roll

Yunnan Chicken
    Stripped chicken breast sautéed with garlic sauce and         steamed rice

Combination Fried Rice

Chicken, shrimp, peas, onions and egg

Shredded Green Papaya Salad with shrimp and lemon             garlic fish sauce

Peeled cooked shrimp topping on shredded green papaya     with lemon garlic fish sauce on the side

Shredded Green Papaya Salad with tofu and lemon garlic         fish sauce

Tofu topping on shredded green papaya with lemon garlic     fish sauce on the side Crispy Spring Rolls

Ground pork, crab meat, onions, carrots, black pepper,         dried black mushroom, taro roots and fish sauce

Pho (Beef Noodle Soup)
    Beef broth served with rice noodle and well done brisket

Dessert
    Black Sticky Rice with coconut milk

Tastes of the Mekong: Cambodian, Lao, and Thai: Regent Thai Cuisine

Travelers along the Mekong River encounter a veritable cornucopia of cuisines and tastes—salty, sweet, sour, and spicy. Nearly every type of food can be found—meat, fish, grain, fruits, and vegetables—with significant cultural differences among the foods prepared by residents living in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and China's Yunnan Province. The foodways of the Mekong River are as rich and varied as its peoples.

Sach mon chha khnhei ("Chicken Fresh Ginger")

Stir-fried chicken, fresh ginger, carrots and broccoli.
    Served with steamed white rice and a spring roll

Chicken Sweet Basil
    Stir-fried chicken seasoned with sweet basil and chili.         Served with steamed white rice and a spring roll

Vegetable Fried Rice
    Stir-fried steamed rice with mix vegetables

Pad Thai
    Stir-fried rice noodle with tofu, green onions, ground         peanuts and bean sprouts

Larb Gai
    Spicy ground chicken salad (a Lao national dish)

Vegetable Spring Roll (2)
    Mixed vegetable wrapped in egg roll skin, deep fried

Dessert
    Sticky Rice with mango

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