THE MESSAGE. BRINGING INTO FOCUS FILIPINO PRESENCE IN AUSTRALIA
www.kalatas.com.au | Volume 6 Number 1 | OCTOBER 2015
SHANGRI-LA HOTEL, SYDNEY
Festival of Philippine Food
THE world’s most rich and colourful cuisine
will star again during Philippine Food Week
at Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney in a joint
initiative with the Philippine Department of
Tourism and Philippine Airlines from 2 to
10 October.
Philippine Airlines will fly chefs Darel
Pajarito, Edgar Santiago and Ireneo De
Mesa from Makati Shangri-La, Manila to
create a delectable menu of the nation’s
most-loved dishes for lunch and dinner at
Café Mix. Their menu will bring alive the
flavours of this paradise nation.
For those who have not tried Sisig or
Lechon, it is time to add this melting pot
cuisine to the culinary map, with its mix
of Chinese and Malay as well as Spanish
influence from colonial days and splashes
of American flavour from the days of US
governance.
Lechon is a whole suckling pig dish
native to Spain and its colonies, carved
and served with crackling and sides, while
Kare-Kare is a rich oxtail and vegetable
ragout cooked in a peanut sauce. There
will also be carving stations with plentiful
barbecued meats and seafood, salad and
dessert bars.
The dessert station will be laden with
favourites including sweet sticky rice Biko
and the to-die-for Leche Flan.
At the Halo-Halo cart, guests can have
fun making a DIY mountain of shaved
ice, sweet beans, fruit, tapioca and vivid
purple Ube Ice Cream. Shangri-La Hotel,
Sydney Head Chef Bo Sorensen said the
festival had become a fixture in the hotel’s
calendar each year and attracts a huge
turnout from the Filipino community and
beyond.
The Philippine Food Week buffet
lunch is available at $55 per person from
Monday to Friday, noon to 2:30pm, and
from 12:30pm to 2:30pm on Saturday and
Sunday. The buffet dinner is available all
week from 6 to 10pm for $75 per person.
For bookings or enquiries regarding this
event, please contact Shangri-La Hotel,
Sydney on (61 2) 9250 6206 or e-mail
[email protected].
WHAT’S ON
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27th Fiesta Kultura
THE 27th Fiesta Kultura organised by the PASC will be held on October 5 at the
Fairfield Showground from 9 AM to 9 PM.
The whole day is a showcase of traditional Pinoy fiesta fun complete with food,
games, display booths and other activities. Celebrities expected to grace the
fiesta are singer Marlisa Punzalan and actor Derek Ramsay from the Philippines. A
highlight include the coronation of the 2015 Miss Philippines-Australia and the Miss
Charity Queen.
The special Arts and Craft exhibition committeee will also hold
a Folk
Dancing competition, a photography competition and
a
lantern festival There will be a Red
Christmas lante
Carpet Corner for celebrities andd Special Guests
for the Public's
Public Photo Opportunities.
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pageant coronation, other titles to be
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include Miss Popularity or The People’s
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Choice for everyone can vote either by
online at the Miss Philippines
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Australia
website and by the
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ballot found at the souvenir
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program by dropping the
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than 4pm on the day.
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Tickets at the
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