 Good afternoon and thank you for coming first. Let me start off by saying happy independence day to all solutions here on a broad Thank you And again, it's indeed a pleasure to be here to bring to you guys a taste of Sainte Lucia right here in Dubai Whenever I think of solution I think about food first thing that comes to my mind is our national dish Which is our green banana and salt fish So today, this is my first dish. I'm going to prepare Most times people think about green fig and salt fish they The banana is braised and the salt fish stew has been made and and serve right on top of it But today I'm going to do a different twisted. I'm going to make a green banana and salt fish salad Which is the same thing is just in a different style I know some of your maybe your great-grandmothers or mothers have done so many different versions of green banana and salt fish that I Can't imagine, you know But today I'm a start off with mine. So I have some green banana, which is already braised so I'm going to start off by sauteing my My herbs and spices and this is essential to develop flavor and this is what carabin is all about Color the flavor texture and this is all what this dish has it a little pepper Still sticking with the colors red green Yellow Saute it up nicely There you go. I do onion Still keeping with the color right in there Quick so today just to get the flavors out. So I got my bowl right here. I'm gonna add my green banana add a little salt and Some garlic there we go Cook it down Just to add a little more oil in there and then we add our salt fish So it's actually called which was fresh cod. So I actually salted myself last night in my room Yes true story, yeah Goes right in there So even when you back home, you don't have to use the dry salt fish if you don't want to you Could always make your own salt check the local fisherman see what he has even the scraps You could use salt it get it dried make your own salt fish And it goes right into my bowl just like that My goodness Can we see that? This looks beautiful. This says St. Lucia over it, you know So that's gonna add some fresh herbs in there. I got some parsley and cilantro There we go Get it out of the way So I'm just gonna add a little citrus to it Using some fresh lime Yes, and I'm just gonna add a little a little more olive oil to refresh it up a little and a little mayo Now if you don't like me, you could also add a little mustard to it just to substitute for your meal It's up to you. And there you go easy quick recipe You could also do it on the go You could prep it in advance have it in your refrigerator and do it for if you have no party or something And you just put it all together just like that So here we go. This is our national dish the green banana and soulfish in the salad vision Thank you So I'm just gonna put it together to see Well to show you guys how pretty for the look you guys don't feel hungry right now There you go But there we have it our green banana and soulfish Well, it feels great. I mean it's a pleasure being here representing My island and I must say I mean the reaction of the crowd really I was overwhelmed and I'm really happy about it So you put on your own twist to some classic dishes and that's received pretty positive reviews Why do you think they need to? Reinvigorate in a way Well, most time people tend to stick to the same basic thing all the time when I know it's always good to Twist it around you know make it your own, you know Just like the banana the banana was it was not actually a solution product You know the banana the banana actually came to send us here by the British and guess what we took this banana We made our national dish so it's the same thing we could do with any other thing You know make it ours I think solutions are very good at making taking stuff and making it theirs as well I like the new taste of the food. It was a really nice experience It's making me thinking about visiting St. Lucia for food and fun Like I said the reaction that I got the feedback it really made my day as well. My review is fantastic stuff I aligned to tell you hello I was truly amazed by you know the dish that he created there, especially the green vegan solvage I figured you know I'd be something basic, but he put his twist in it And I'm really taken away by it and you know big up of course to Chef Elijah in a culinary arts It's a beautiful thing actually being here at the expo so much talent in St. Lucia You know just culinary but you know in terms of dance Creatives and I hope that you know all stakeholders involved there today are very inspired because I truly am and I'm just happy and blessed to be here So my second dish is going to be a grilled fish sushi guy and Everybody loves a good sushi guy, you know, I mean if you from St. Lucia, you don't know what a sushi guy is then guess what? You're not a Lucia, you know There you go So the sushi guy actually has a unique story to it as well I mean this is what my great-grandmother said to me, you know in the time when they used to go to the to the beach I mean what they would do they will take the the sea water and Chop the garlic and the herbs and everything in there put lots of lime in there as well And they would Roast the fish and put the fish right into the salt water with all the herbs in there, you know and the Secret recipes in there as well is the coconut oil Then Lucia use a lot of coconut oil as well, which is very good for the sushi guy And the sushi guy is a very famous sauce in St. Lucia Why? Because everybody believed that they make the best sushi guy Nobody feels that my sushi guy is better than your sushi guy, so So today I do the version of my sushi guy and again, I'm gonna put a twist to my sushi guy as well I'm using I'm gonna add mango and avocado to my sushi guy. I'm gonna start by adding a little salt So it's like I'm making my sea water, you know So sometimes you'd have a sushi guy it's sour because some people tend to add vinegar in there Which I do not vinegar in there. I keep it straight fresh fresh lime or fresh lemon. So it's just salt Lemon there you go Then the garlic lots of garlic in very important as well This is the key and again. We are different what I call love to each of them the purpose lots of love peppers herbs Lots of herbs. There we go Then we mix this up nicely next step the oil and Don't be afraid to put the oil in it It's all right There we go Add some more lemon and then we add This is a sushi guy right here. So the sushi guy is basically the citrus with the lots of herbs and and and Garlic So now you could add anything you want to add in there You could do a cucumber so sky a mango so sky a citrus so sky doesn't matter. Whatever you want to put in there So now I'm just gonna add my avocado and my mango Just like that makes it all up a little more oil a little more salt just send a little salt in there just like that Now if it's too sour or you have to do taste it and you could always add a little sugar to it Balance it out a little a little sweet a little sour Mix it up and there you go. So this is my sushi guy Doesn't this look happy? Guess what if I was in there, I'll be happy to you know Definitely be happy to and to serve this I'm gonna I'm gonna start sharing of my My fish so I'm just gonna do a light season of the fish a little oil Salt Not a fish you don't want to over season as well Because you want to make sure you taste the fish Most times some people marinate the fish so much you don't even taste you don't even taste the fish You know you taste more seasoning more garlic, but I want you to taste the fish Plus, I mean look at this wonderful sushi guy that's gonna come in this fish. There we go So I'm just trying to get a nice golden brown color on my fish right now So while this is getting ready, I have the pre sample for you guys so we could try There we go That's the few moments on our fish alright This is ready so again and down goes the avocado and mango so sky There we go Yet fish with our mango and avocado so sky Welcome to st. Lucia guys So in case you're thinking of going to st. Lucia or you are in st. Lucia at this present moment This is the two main dish I recommend that you definitely have to try Thank you for coming happy independence. Have a wonderful day