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Diwali feast at ESI Group Detroit (catered by Saffron)

Chana Masala and Chicken 65
 StringGirl stayed home today and missed a lovely luncheon feast offered by management at the Self-Proclaimed-Die-Experts (though now a Virtual Reality Evangelist) new place of employment. Instead Mr Hops Joe (Hopfn Sepp) attended in her place. You might remember Hops Joe from earlier posts and his visits to Pilsn, Prague,  Detroit,  Seattle just to mention a few.
Chicken Tikka and Chicken Tikka Masala
 Diwali is a harvest festival and festival of lights. Recognized as a time to celebrate and hope for succes of light over darkness, good over evil, true wealth over transient wealth.
Mixed Vegetable Masala and Chicken Makhani (butter chicken)
 The food was so tasty that we forgot to take more pictures to capture the rest of the office as they enjoyed (many for the first time) this abundant collection of tasty food. Being able to join in this celebration was certainly a moment for the true wealth of fellowship and friendship, which we should have captured in pictures; but for the fact we were chatting and getting to know each other better. And after all, that is what the meal was really about.
Chicken Biryani
 The food was catered by Saffron Fine Indian Cuisine. They delivered it to the office and set it up. Everything was excellent, and yes we tried EVERYTHING!. I can only assume that dining it at Saffron must be just as good as their catering.


Having worked in offices where a majority of the technical staff was Indian for the past 16 years, this was the first time that an official Diwali Feast was organized for employees.

An excellent spread! Very good catered lunch buffet.

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