Traditional Chinese Dumplings in a modern space

Yesterday, we learned how to make traditional Chinese dumplings. One of our students taught us how to make this delicious Chinese meal. Although we don't have measurements for the ingredients, we sure have full and happy bellies.

Some students were better at wrapping the dumplings than others. One student from Korea taught us how to fold the dumplings Korean style. Another student folded them Colombian style. They all tasted delicious and mostly looked the same after they were cooked.

In our pictures, you will see all of the ingredients, the students folding and then enjoying!

Updates since December

Now that the "holidays" are over... we are ready to start posting again.

In December, right before Christmas, we had some fun making delicious sugar cookies and tea cookies dipped in chocolate. The students also got to meet one of the teachers' dogs. Fun was had by all and cookies were eaten, decorated and enjoyed by everyone!

In January, after we rang in the New Year, we started a new session!!
We have some amazing new students! They are from far and wide. We are excited to have them and can't wait for them to improve their English and do some fun activities. To start our session, we learned a little about our director's culture of Thailand, by eating some delicious Thai food.

We hope you will stay tuned to find out what we are doing next week!

Cookie time!

This week we started to make cookies in preparation of the holidays!

We love learning about American traditions... but it is hard work.

Let's Thai it up with a little Thai cooking!

This week our fearless director, Poom, taught us how to make a wonderful Thai dish!

We learned how to make Thai noodles. They were so yummy! We got to use a special noodle trap to make them. We had so much fun cooking noodles and learning how to make this fun, easy and delicious dish!

Next week, we are going to get ready to do a little Thanksgiving cooking!

Comfort food...Indian style

Here at MESLS we have students from all over the world. Right now we are learning about how to make some delicious Indian food! Next week we are learning about making something from Thailand!

Each week we learn about food and the culture that surrounds it. Everyone has fun making the food and even more fun eating it!

Spooky treats!

This week at MESLS was our first week of the last session for 2016 😯!

It was also Halloween on Monday starting off our session on a fun and spooky note 😈👻! We learned how to make a fun Halloween inspired dessert called ghosts in the graveyard. It was yummy but it was even more fun to make. This session we will continue learning how to make American desserts and snack and maybe even some Indian treats, Taiwanese munchies and Thai delicacies! Make sure you read our blog to see what we are making or come study with us to partake in the fun!

Mole! Mole! Ole! The Madness before exam week!

This week at MESLS was lots of fun. We had the opportunity to ride a historic train through Wisconsin as the leaves are changing colors. Then we tried the world's best mac and cheese!


Then, we learned how to make a famous Mexican dish called mole! It was different, but delicious! So far this session we have learned to make Thai curry, Indian naan, rice crispy treats, mug cakes and puppy chow! Hopefully next week we will learn to make something that will make our studying for exams easier :)!