Shuttered restaurants dish out for Spain’s health workers | Malay Mail

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MADRID, April 6 — It is midday on Saturday and smoke rises off the grill even though the doors are closed at the Timesburg restaurant in Barcelona.  The chefs are making hamburgers, not to be served at tables but packed up and delivered to doctors, nurses and other health staff on the front...

Workers of a delivery restaurant prepare meals to be delivered by Delivery4Heroes to the healthcare personnel dealing with the novel coronavirus in Barcelona April 4, 2020. — AFP pic

“Contributing in any way we can at the moment makes us feel better,” Vanessa, one of the cooks, tells AFPTV as she garnishes the burgers, wraps them up and loads them into takeout bags. “We know we are not an absolute necessity because they already have food and catering. But we are trying to give them that moment of excitement,” says Axel Peinado, a promoter of the initiative and director of a Barcelona pizzeria.

 

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