Going on vacation to the Philippines, a resident of Hong Kong did not expect to be locked up in a hotel upon returning home.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Hong Kong suddenly tightened restrictive measures, and Cara Gallardo Weil was forced to immediately proceed from the airport to the hotel, where she was to spend 21 days in strict quarantine.
“Of course, it was hard for my husband and me,” Kara recalls. – Immediately after our arrival, we were taken to the hotel and placed in a tiny room. The salvation was that the room had a fully equipped kitchenette, microwave and two-burner stove.
The spouses were not interested in ordering fast food, and the restaurants were closed. The woman had no choice but to start cooking herself.
She began downloading recipes from the Internet, participating in online classes of the world's leading chefs. And she started to succeed!
Braised chicken with coconut flakes, lemongrass, egg noodles and lime leaves, shrimp and potato tortillas with Moroccan yogurt and spices, shrimp with pappardelle and artichokes, broccoli with fried pepper – this is not the whole list of Cara Gallardo Veil's quarantine cuisine.
There could have been a lot more dishes if there was an oven and air conditioning in the hotel room.
“Cooking without air conditioning was a real punishment,” says Kara. – Without an air conditioner and a hood, and even with the windows closed, all the smells remained inside. We were almost choking, but there was nothing we could do.
Kara also lacked the dishes. The hotel staff only gave her a couple of plates and a frying pan.
Kara posted recipes and photos of dishes cooked in quarantine on social networks. This brought her popularity among users. Subscribers forced to quarantine at home continue to thank her. They advise Kara not to quit cooking after the pandemic, because they believe that this is her real vocation.
