Bankstown Bites
Reporter: Sally Obermeder
Bankstown Bites is a great way to discover Bankstown, a vibrant and colourful city in South-West Sydney that showcases multiculturalism at its best.
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Live entertainment will be part of the day and even the kids are not forgotten with lots of activities and fun. Bankstown Bites has all the ingredients for a great family day out. Best of all you can leave the car at home because all the excitement happens right in the middle of the Bankstown City Plaza, next to Bankstown Railway Station.
Bankstown Bites also offers free Bankstown Discovery Food Tours. There’s a range of tours to choose depending on your flavour – pick from sweet treats, European delights or Middle Eastern tasty treats to name a few.
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Local guides will help you find the best baklava, the freshest produce, the biggest variety of teas and the largest Pho restaurant outside of Vietnam!
Fast Eddie from Channel 7’s Better Homes and Gardens is the celebrity chef at this year's Bankstown Bites food festival and he’ll be doing three free cooking demonstrations. It will be well worth the trip to go along and discover the cuisine that locals call Bankstown-Fusion – yum! You’ll love the hidden and tasty delights of this multicultural city.
With over 150 eateries, delis and fresh produce stores to tempt you, we are sure you will want to come back again and again to this vibrant city.
Food Tours
What better way to discover what Bankstown has to offer than to join one of the delicious free Food Tours?
These tours will only take place on the day of the festival. There will be a variety of tasty tours, journeying through Bankstown's local nosh including highlights from Asia, Europe, the Middle East and everywhere in between.
Tours will depart three times throughout the day with the first beginning at 10am.
Allow half an hour for your tour and room for refreshments along the way!
For the first time, some tour places have been reserved for our website community so you can now register for a food tour online.
Please remember, places are limited (Maximum of one Food Tour per person)
- Orange Tour – Tasty treats from the middle east
- Blue Tour – European delights, including wine. (Must be over 18 to take this tour)
- Pink Tour – Sweet treats for those with a sweet tooth
- Green Tour – Fresh food and spices extravaganza
- Red Tour – Asian noodles and groceries galore
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More Information The Bankstown Bites Festival will be held at Bankstown City Plaza (adjacent to the Railway Station) from 10am to 4pm on Saturday 26 July.
Telephone: (02) 9707 9999 Free tours |
Prices correct as at 19/07/08