Pancakes with an altruistic cause

Tommy Miah (in blue shirt) offering an array of delectable pancakes

Rubina Farouq, in charge of Tommy Miah's Institute of Hospitality Management, states, "This pancake treat is part of an annual fundraising event.

The children seemed elated to get a chance to savour Tommy's pancakes. Earlier Tommy had demonstrated how to make pancakes and the kids were amazed to learn that it only takes simple ingredients like flour, eggs, sugar, milk, oil, chocolate syrup, bay leaves, salt and water to make these mouth-watering pancakes. Some of the children compared these pancakes to chapatis or pati shapta cakes since they are similarly shaped. The pancakes were rolled with the syrup in it and some of the children were coming back for more for obvious reasons.

When asked the reason for this pancake treat, Tommy said "There is no serious agenda. February is the pancake-month and I figured pancakes would be a good way to share the bliss of good food with these children."

The enthusiastic response of the physically challenged children at Savar demonstrated that there is no dividing line between them and their able bodied counterparts. Even if it takes pancakes, the recent occasion served to rekindle the joy within these young citizens of the country. All thanks go to Tommy Miah's culinary skills.

A cultural event featuring performance by children from CRP was also arranged at the fundraising dinner at the Heritage restaurant yesterday.