CFAB | Spring Fair

The Ambassador of Indonesia Mr Hamzah Thayeb, Mrs Lastry Thayeb (left) with the team at the Indonesian stall

It’s the one place in the world where can you gawp at amazing Chinese martial arts while filling up on the best Lebanese mezze this side of Beirut and decadent Russian pastries, all washed down with a Mexican Margharita, then shop til you drop in Kensington’s secret soukh and maybe, if you’re lucky, win flights to Jordan or a holiday in Croatia. It’s the annual CFAB Spring Fair and Food Festival, of course. This year more than 80 diplomatic missions joined together to sell exotic crafts and tasty food at cut prices all in aid of the charity that helps families torn apart across borders.

PHOTOS: PIERRE DE VILLIERS

The Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps does a bit of browsing at the stall of Gambian High Commissioner Mrs Elizabeth Ya Eli Harding

Egyptian bazaar – Ambassador Mr Ashraf Elkholy at the Egyptian stall

The Ambassador of Jordan Mr Mazen Homoud joins the ladies at the Jordanian stall

The Ambassador of Japan Mr Keichi Hayashi, his wife Hiroko and Japanese stallholders

Mrs Khayrinisa Akbarova with silk route treasures

Authentic Indian curry at the food fair