goas foodies and stakeholders gathered for a unique evening of storytelling and fun at the fifth edition of pecha kucha night curated by ravi khamboj in porvorim the spacious and luxurious and so store in porvorim offered the perfect setting to kick off a session of speednetworking which follows the same format as speeddating wherein people form groups or interact in pairs for a few minutes before moving on to meeting new people within an hour the speakers took stage on the ground level with the crowd standing and sitting on the staircase and the level above first up was sujit sumitran home baker and sourdough bread expert who shared insights into the difference between regular bread and sourdough bread the talks follow a special format each speaker gets to share 20 photos for 20 seconds each sharing the story associated with it stitching it into an interesting talk it was a very interesting concept and i loved it as it was quick sometimes you connect with a person and thats where the networking works out well its interesting to listen to other peoples viewpoints especially in their area of expertise said harsh kamat a photographer from margaothe bread talk was followed by a fun and entertaining talk by baker and educator kunal arolkar who spoke about the cities hes lived in and how its influenced his life and career this was followed by zubin vazifdar owner zuperb parsi pop up and catering taking the stage to share his experiences in serving parsi food in goa travel and food writer and photographer nolan mascarenhas shared experiences from his culinary sojourns creating content for digital platforms and trying food in cities around the world sandeep sreedharan a passionate chef who gave up on his job as a management consultant spoke about his journey from corporate to food hansel vaz who gave up his career in geology to pursue his love for feni spoke about his tryst with the drink desmond nazareth founder of craft distillery agave india spoke about distilling a spirit from the mahua flowersthe following session included darryl dsouza a pioneer in integrative medicine talk on the subject the last session by tea sommelier snigdha manchanda took the audience through a journey of her tryst with tea tasting that took her to several tea gardens across sri lanka and india