Mary Ann, 10, from Ormoc City, enjoys a sumptuous lunch of rice, kinilaw (raw fish soaked in vinegar and mixed with seasonings) and diniguan (a local stew made from pork blood and other ground meat parts). If I don’t keep an eye on the cooking and Swe’s health, I know she will not grow up healthy.” I try my best to prepare the lunch box for Swe to have a balance diet. Her grandmother says, “It is important for her to eat properly and be healthy to concentrate on her studies. We have lunch at noon and sometimes I share my lunch with my best friends in class. My favorite is rice and potato-chicken curry. I live with my grandmother and grandfather. Myanmar: Rice, potato-chicken curry and fried watercress For lunch my grandmother makes tea with sugar, bread and butter. After that I go home for the rest of the day. I go to school in the morning and then I’m done. I live with my grandparents and my aunt in Ulaanbaatar. Image: Togtokhbayar Dorjpalam/ World Vision Today we ate omelet and wild vegetables mixed with chili sauce. Most of our food comes from nature that we collect from the wild forest. I don’t eat very often with my parents because they were working on the farm. Sometimes I eat alone and sometimes I eat with my sister. My special lunch that I like the most is omelet because I don’t like spicy and bitter food. My mother prepares food for me every day. Normally, I have lunch at 11:30 am after school break. My name is Aiy and I’m 8 years old in primary school grade 3. Laos: Omlette, sticky rice and vegetables from the forest She lives with her parents and grandmother in the Rupsa Slum area in Khulna, an area famous for their fishing industry. Yunar usually goes home for lunch, after attending pre-primary classes. “Usually I love meat for my lunch but my mother says vegetables!”įive-year-old Yunar’s lunch is a plate full of rice with a piece of fish, vegetable curry, peas, and a glass of water. I am in fifth grade of elementary school in West Kalimantan, Indonesia I got this lunch box from World Vision so that I can bring my own meal to school. I have fried rice, sautéed mustard greens, and a fried egg. Hi, my name is Herpiani and this is my lunch at school. Image: Agustinus Fredi, World Vision Staff member/ World Vision Indonesia: Rice, mustard greens and a fried egg Most of the seasonal vegetables that we grow in our desert area are dried so that they can be preserved for a longer period. I like eating vegetables like sangri and gwarfali along with the rotis. For lunch I have: two bajara roti (millet flat bread) spread with ‘ghee’ (clarified butter), and vegetables that I wash down with “chaas” (a popular yogurt-based drink- also known as buttermilk). I eat lunch at home around 2pm after returning from school, which is prepared by my mother. My name is Sarya and I’m 9 years old and studying in third grade in Rajasthan. India: Flat bread, butter, yogurt and vegetables I live in northwest China where families like ours make a living from farming. World Vision helped our family with an agriculture project. With my brother and sisters we peel the corn brought home by our father who has just returned from the farm. This is what I eat every day! Hi my name is Jiayi. The meal isn’t complete without a pot of rice. Tek Kreung: Fish meat, ground peanuts, and fermented fish sauce is served with slices of cucumber, cooked papaya and young Leucaena leucocephala leaves. Samlor Korko: An aromatic dish of pumpkin, green papaya, young chilli leaves with fermented fish, and lemongrass. On the menu today: Machu Kdam: A local soup with thin slices of green papaya and gourd, then mixed with fish and crab meat, seasoned with fish eggs and red chilli. Since it is rainy season we can easily grow green vegetables around our house. My name is Samang and I’m five years old. We have three dishes for lunch today at my house. From Mongolia to Papua New Guinea, take a look at a typical lunchtime for children in honour of World Food Day this Friday. In Asia, lunchtime meals are a rainbow of delicacies: sticky rice or jackfruit, pork or fried eel. No matter where you are in the world, when time ticks close to midday and stomachs start to rumble, you're likely to hear one question: "What’s for lunch?"
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