There’s something magical about the way food can bridge cultures, spark conversations, and foster genuine connection— and this was on full display at our Nepean Laboratory’s recent “Taste of Harmony” multicultural lunch.

Staff from across all depart­ments recent­ly gath­ered to share dish­es from their her­itage, show­cas­ing flavours and tra­di­tions from around the world.

From aro­mat­ic Biryani of India and Bangladesh to the sweet crunch of Appeltaart from the Nether­lands, the event was a spec­tac­u­lar jour­ney across continents—without need­ing a pass­port or leav­ing the tearoom!

Dave Gomez, Nepean’s Pre-Ana­lyt­i­cal Lab Man­ag­er said the mul­ti­cul­tur­al lunch was a spe­cial way to cel­e­brate the diver­si­ty of the Nepean team.

“It gives every­one a chance to share food from their back­ground, con­nect with one anoth­er and learn about each other’s culture”.”

Col­lec­tor, Daniel Phan­thana agreed.

“Food is the uni­ver­sal lan­guage; it brings us togeth­er to cel­e­brate each oth­er’s cul­ture,” he said.

Col­leagues Hiral Patal and Avaniben Joshi from the Pre-Ana­lyt­i­cal Depart­ment echoed this sen­ti­ment, not­ing how the event not only cel­e­brat­ed glob­al cuisines but also brought staff from dif­fer­ent depart­ments togeth­er in new ways.

Some of the mouth­wa­ter­ing dish­es included:

• Kat­ta & Seeni Sam­bal, Fish Cut­lets, Milk Rice and Kok­si from Sri Lanka.
• Samosa and Gulab Jamun & Biryani from India and Bangladesh.
• Chick­en Adobo, Pichi Pichi, Sisig, Empana­da and Ube Halaya cake from The Philippines.
• Rocky Road, Pavlo­va & Caramel Slice from Australia.
• Momo from Nepal
• Man­to from Afghanistan
• Per­sian Sohan Gaz and organ­ic dates from Iraq

A big thank you to Estelle Bal­domero and Nor­li­ta Tor­res for organ­is­ing and decorating.

Con­grat­u­la­tions to the team at our Nepean Lab­o­ra­to­ry for organ­is­ing such a won­der­ful event that brought so many peo­ple together!

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