HKRT 178 and HKLC 143 celebrated their 1st joint fellowship with a potluck fellowship at lakeside farmhouse on Sunday.
Preparations for the potluck started a week in advance with the respective Fellowship conveners Tr Basu & Cr Panna drumming up interest with their innovative menu design, contests and plans for kids for the potluck fellowship.
Three days before the event there was a frenzied debate on the composition of the menu with several great ideas being championed and discussed. The level of enthusiasm was to be seen to be believed as the whatsapp group went into an overload mode.
On the day, we had fantastic participation with 17 couples attending the same.
There were dishes galore and every palate was catered to. It was a mini india – a melting pot of tastes, regions & types of food on offer.
The veg starters ran the gamut from the de rigueur pain puri stall to the live mirchi vada * live dosa stalls. The menu was extensive & we were spoiled for choice with a plethora of dishes ranging from entrees to desserts.
Who says home made food cannot be a gastronomic delight? We all were delighted by the sheer spread of food and all of us became wannabe gourmands that night!!
Our prospects Mr. Srinivas Kalburgi & his wife Mrs. Sandhya got into the mood and they too got a starter in line with the theme of the fellowship, which was appreciated by everybody!
The fellowship was well attended with AST Area – 10 Tr Sachin Shah with his better half Mrs Nisha, Tr Gaurav Khullar – Chairman HRT 37 along with his wife Cr. Anchal Khullar – Chairperson HLC 45 gracing the occasion with their presence. AVC Area – 10 Tr Mahendra Yadav was also present, as it was his own table’s event 🙂
The meeting went off smoothly with Tr Karthik Shetty being the chairman for the event and Charter Chairperson Cr Priyanka Handa jointly chairing the meeting, another first for family 178.
It was indeed special in more ways than one. Sergeant and FC Tr Basu performed a turbo charged & hilarious 7 minute mono – act which had everybody in splits and he received a standing ovation at the end of it. The meeting was concluded on that high note & the fun & games for kids began in earnest.
The adults were busy stuffing their faces with the mouth watering delicacies laid out before them – all home made. A Special mention for HT Venkatesh Anegundi who, in a superlative effort set up a live dosa station and was doling out one dosa after the other, pretty much nonstop.
The home made food made a huge difference in the enthusiasm and the appetite of everybody present and we had a rollicking time shoveling in as much as possible.
There were some great entries in the desserts section and intense competition amongst the foodies in the group as to the most voracious eater of desserts. Tr Vishal won that hands down!!
There were prizes in various categories for the food, with Cr. Pallavi, Cr. Nanda, Cr. Priyanka and FC Cr. Panna receiving the laurels. However at the end of the day the actual winners were team HKRT 178 & HKLC 143!!
As the feeding frenzy wound down, many people were too full to do the bogie – woogie, though few couples did light the floor on fire with their smooth dance moves.
It was a fellowship to remember with great food, desserts and fantastic company. A Sunday evening very well spent & a big bang start to the fellowships – as this was our 1st fellowship of the year.
Yours in Tabling
LMF Tr. Basanagouda Shivalli
Fellowship Convener
HKRT – 178