Coffee Mornings
Coffee mornings are usually held once a month from
10am to midday in the Officers’ Mess. They are open to all
ranks, children are welcome and booking is not required.
Each month, a different nation hosts the coffee morning
so you can have a taste of cookies and cakes that you
may have not seen or tasted before. It is very informal
and always delicious. Please come along and you will
always be welcome!
COFFEE MORNING
UPCOMING EVENTS
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future coffee mornings
please refer to our
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ARRC International Club
Turkish Coffee Morning
15th May 18
As the weather hints that a beautiful
and warm summer is approaching,
we had the chance to show the harmonious warmth
of Turkish hospitality to our fabulous guests who
attended the coffee morning. We hope everybody
enjoyed the Turkish coffee
morning as much as we did.
When it comes to Turkish cuisine
there are so many options to
choose from, and we tried our best
to reflect this to everybody who
attended the coffee morning. We
served a selection of pastries,
cakes, desserts, biscuits and drinks
including tea brewed in the Turkish style, and of course,
Turkish Coffee. The result
was better than expected
with everybody sharing
cultural stories and making
new friends across many
nationalities.
Thank you to everybody
who supported the morning
and shared a few good hours with us.
Also, a big thank you goes to the Mess Staff for everything
they did to make our morning such a wonderful success.
Zümrüt Türen
Romanian Coffee Morning
17th April 18 Croatian Coffee Morning
13th June 18
It was with great pleasure and honour
that I was able to organise the first
Romanian coffee morning here at Imjin Barracks. With the summer at our doorstep, I had
the honour and the pleasure of hosting
the last coffee morning before the summer holidays.
I could not think of a better way to say a big “THANK YOU!”
to all the Participating Nations that welcomed the first
Romanian contingent here in the ARRC last year. Since
we arrived, we have really felt the joy of becoming part
of the wider ARRC family and, because of this; a ‘sweet
reward’ seemed to be the proper way to celebrate with
my new neighbours and friends. This was also the perfect
opportunity to meet the rest of the families
and enjoy some quality time together.
Even though this event is named as a
‘coffee morning’ and one would expect
to have breakfast and coffee, I happily
found out that what is served is usually
traditional sweets and cakes from the
country that the organiser comes from.
Since one of my hobbies is baking,
I was naturally very excited and I decided to
bake and cook my favourite traditional sweets and cakes.
These included Crullers pastry with cheese and raisins
(Brânzoaice), Snow White cake (Albă ca Zăpada), Nut cake
(Prăjitură cu nuci) or cake with chocolate.
I wish to thank all
the spouses who
came and made
this morning all
the more special!
I hope you really
enjoyed the
atmosphere,
the company
and the cakes that were
prepared, to accompany your teas
and coffees!
It is hard to believe that just in a few weeks
we’ll be all going our separate ways. Some will just be taking
a well-deserved break and enjoying the summer with their
families, before returning to our ‘second home’ here in the
Imjin community. The others will be packing their boxes to
continue their lives somewhere new and exciting.
This lovely morning proved to be another great moment
here at Innsworth, where we all enjoyed talking with friends
and having the opportunity to meet the new spouses who
have just arrived.Through this Romanian coffee morning,
I tried to share with you all, a small bit of my culture and I
hope that everyone enjoyed it! I’m sure new adventures wait around the corner wherever
you may find yourselves in the future. I wish
all the best to you
and your families
and hope to see you
again someday. Who
knows, maybe it’ll
be somewhere in my
beautiful Croatia..?
Thank you very much for all your support! With best wishes,
Camelia Ionescu Željka Belas
theIMJIN SUMMER 2018
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