Fiesta Malaysia

Last week we went to one of the biggest Malaysian events in Melbourne. We talk about this fiesta.

Our goody bag as a thank you for registering

The Bollywood dance

This free event was on at Federation Square. The theme for it was "celebrating diversity" and that is what they did. I would like to thank MASCA for making this such a great event and a personal thanks to my friend Lim Su Wee for being such a good MC.

This event would not have been possible without the help of some of the sponsors. And for that we'd like to thank Malaysia Airlines, Drums Café, Monash University, Dinkums and the list goes on. Lastly we'd like to acknowledge Meld as the media partner and they were there today taking shots.

Prawn fritters

The food is what most people liked about the festival today and I have to agree. A festival is a good way of trying new things not readily available at the restaurant. And today I tried these massive prawn fritters which are not available at the Malaysian restaurants in Melbourne. They were $5 and they were full of doughy goodness. Yum! I also liked the chilli sauce.

Deans cafe

Sampling the cookies at Deans cafe

At another stall banana crepes, fritters and a noodle dish sample was being offered to people to try. I actually really liked the banana crepes in chocolate. I also liked the noodle but it was a bit late for lunch and I have just had a salad lunch.

Durian crepes

Sweets

Sampling of banana crepes

The smells of satay was comforting.

I also enjoyed playing Congkak. Last year I helped out in this department and it was lovely teaching people. But I was always confused as to which way to play.

I also loved drawing on the batak for fun. There was a big batak there for people to draw on and that was being manned by volunteers.

Dollee was there but as per usual they did not offer samples. Instead they offered $2 curry paste. I tried the teh Tarik from Fiesta Malaysia volunteers for $1 and it was good. It was fun seeing people trying to make the tea.