Curryfest 2013

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THE PROGRAM 5th April

Curryfest Dinner Dance @ Woolgoolga Diggers

6th – 11th April

Curry Master Classes @ Seaview Tavern

12th April

Hot, Spicy and Colourful Art Exhibition @ Woolgoolga Art Gallery

12th April

Bollywood on the Beach Outdoor Movie Screening @ the Beach Reserve

13th April

CURRYFEST MARKET DAY

14th April

Curry Cup Cricket - India V the Rest of the World @ Centennial Oval

a return airfare to

Curryfest is a celebration of culture and cuisine!

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with Singapore Airlines thanks to Roger’s travel or a couture, one of a kind, piece of Bollywood inspired Jewellery thanks to Le Dâin Designs at The “Dhoom Dhmall Dinner Dance”

Come, join us and enjoy… traditional and modern food from Australia and all over the world, a massive market with 100+ stalls and things to see, do and try, amazing local and travelling entertainment, drummers, DJs, dancers, bands as well as a community open mic stage, a massive kids' entertainment zone, yoga and meditation workshops, cooking demonstrations and classes, the Vaisahki Parade, turban tying demonstrations and much MUCH more…

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community Hello Bollywood Magazine, Costa Exchange, Norco Rural, Tursa, Woolgoolga Beach Caravan Park, North Coast Chicken Supplies, Nicole Cardow Real Estate, Vision Property Sales, Woolgoolga Quality Meats, Bidvest, Headlands Beach Guest House, Solitary Islands Lodge, Nerada Tea, TAFE NSW, Youth Directions, Rotary, Lions, Scouts, Dan Stewart Photography and Skyview Photography

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Welcome to the Oz Berries Curryfest Oz Berries is proud to welcome everybody to the 2013 Oz Berries Curryfest. The event has really put Woolgoolga on the map and has grown to be one of the biggest festivals in regional New South Wales. Woolgoolga has a rich and colourful story which has been linked closely to the farmers that call Woolgoolga home. And being a locally owned company, Oz Berries recognises that the unique diversity of the area is worth celebrating and showing off to the wider world. We’re enjoying being part of Woolgoolga’s flagship event and we look forward to seeing you there.

The Oz Berries Story Most people wouldn’t know this, but blueberries have been grown in the Coffs Harbour area for over 30 years. Most of these farms were situated on the Corindi Plateau just off the highway.

In the late ‘90s, many of the banana growers in the region were looking for opportunities to diversify their farms, and a few early pioneers tried their hand at growing blueberries. These growers soon realised that this area has fantastic growing conditions and has a great potential for this new crop.

In 2001, four growers decided to band together to pack and market their fruit together. They leased premises in the industrial estate and began the process of setting up their operations.

One of the key goals of Oz Berries was to ensure that the fruit was packed consistently with a high quality. It also meant that growers could concentrate on growing and picking the fruit and Oz Berries would take on the rest.

Very quickly, more and more growers could see the benefits of working together and as a result, we’ve experienced staggering year on year growth.

Oz Berries Today During spring and summer, the car park is always overflowing at Oz Berries. WIth over 70 growers sending their fruit to be packed, there is always plenty of work that needs to be done.

In the peak season, over 100 employees pack the blueberries into the Oz Berries punnets and prepare them for the refrigerated journey to the supermarkets. Most of the complex is refrigerated to a chilly 16 degrees or cooler, so it’s quite common to see the packers milling about on their lunch breaks wearing jumpers and beanies in 35 degree heat!

We’re still growing every year and as a result, have had to look at ways to meet the increasing volume of fruit. A new machine was recently installed which helped to make packing much more efficient. Innovations like this provide our growers with the reassurance that they’re receiving the most efficient service, and great value for money.

We also recognise that we could not exist without the support of our growers and the Woolgoolga community, which is why we decided to throw our support behind this fantastic event.

Oz Berries and Curryfest When Oz Berries were approached by the 2013 Curryfest committee to come on board as a sponsor, we took the opportunity to be involved very seriously. Oz Berries is a 100% local company and becoming the major sponsor of Oz Berries Curryfest 2013 was a great way for us to support another local institution. Curryfest is a chance for Woolgoolga to show off our unique cultural heritage, a multicultural celebration in the centre of our beautiful town. Curryfest for Oz Berries is an opportunity for the local and wider community to get to know our company and what we do.

Oz Berries have been enjoying the opportunity to celebrate our culture with the Coffs Coast community. We’ve attended the Singh vs Kaur movie premier, we’re looking forward to the Dhoom Dhmaal Dinner Dance, Bollywood on the Beach and a great game of cricket at the Curry Cup but most of all we are looking forward to the big day.

Oz Berries will have a stall at Curryfest, we’ll be there to tell you all about what we do and who we are. Pop in for a visit, try some blueberries and get to know your local company. We look forward to meeting you.

Enjoy Oz Berries Curryfest 2013!

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From thrilling to relaxing, a different activity a week for the whole year…so much to do on the Coffs Coast! *all terms and conditions available at www.curryfest.com.au

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DHOOM DHMAAL

DINNER DANCE

A year of Experiences

Friday 5th of April @ the Woolgoolga Diggers Club

WIN A TRIP TO INDIA! WIN CUSTOM BOLLYWOOD JEWELLERY!

$50 a ticket – available online @ www.curryfest.com.au, at the club or by phoning Tegan on 0408 494 464.

Tickets cover traditional Indian food, drinks or arrival and entertainment.

Come along to the first ever Oz Berries Curryfest, Dhoom Dhmaal Dinner Dance. Enjoy cultural entertainment including Curryfest’s 2013 headline act DJ JESTA along with a live Indian singer! Om Tara on Sitar will be welcoming guests with the beautiful Xadea Bellydancers. The amazingly talented Sher Punjabi boys will get the crowd on their feet and the traditional drumming of the local boys will be sure to turn a few heads.

This is a not to be missed event to open Oz Berries Curryfest for 2013. One lucky attendee will win a return flight to India thanks to Rogers Travel and another lucky attendee will be leaving the ball with some beautiful one of a kind Bollywood inspired jewellery thanks to Le Dain Design. Please do not delay in purchasing your ticket, numbers are limited and tickets must be pre purchased. *This is a not a seated event

Curry Cooking Classes Running from the 6th – 11th of April at the Seaview Tavern.

Hot, Colourful and Spicy Art Exhibition Head to the Woolgoolga Art Gallery on the 12th of April from 5pm for the opening of the “Hot Colourful and Spicy Art Exhibition”.

Tickets are $10 a head and include bubbles and nibblies.

Local artists have been busily preparing works for the exhibition. The Curryfest committee were lucky enough to get a sneak peek of artist Jimmy Wags head turning piece, we have a feeling a few people will be itching to get it on their wall.

Come along and support the local gallery and artists with this great event. Pieces are available for purchase through the gallery if something takes your fancy.

For more information either on attending or submitting work for inclusion in the exhibition head to www.woolgoolgagallery.com.au or call the gallery on 6654 1054.

Bollywood on the Beach After dark on the 12th of April join us for an outdoor movie screening on the Woolgoolga Beach Reserve.

Screening “Monsoon Wedding” If you’d like to learn some new skills or brush up and extend some you already have get involved in Curryfest’s Curry Cooking Classes!

Join: • Lyndall from the Cheesemaking Workshop to learn to make Indian cheeses.

• Joe (the curried goat king) from the Rustic Table and Rajinder from Oberoi’s for some traditional curry making.

• Joel the Zulu’s master for some extreme curry fusion dishes (this one isn’t for the faint hearted).

If you’ve ever wanted to learn anything from our talented local master chefs come

The movie to be shown is “Monsoon Wedding” which is all about the organisation of an Indian wedding, an occasion in Punjabi culture when the whole family gets together with relatives from all parts of the globe travelling to India to experience the chaos, family dramas and weather issues of monsoonal India. It is a multi-award winning movie with English subtitles and lots of fabulous “Bollywood music, dancing and colour”.

Lots of yummy food will be available both from the food stalls operating in the reserve and from our local businesses. Bring a cushion, chair or picnic blanket and get comfy on the reserve to watch a movie under the stars. Dancing during the movie is not only allowed, but encouraged! The main feature

along and join in the fun. Places are extremely limited to ensure a great hands on

movie runs for 2 hours so the audience can get an early night and be ready for

experience for all involved.

lots of spicy action the following day at Curryfest itself.

Full details and costs are available at www.curryfest.com.au.

Entry is free for all, but gold coin donations dropped in the donation

Send us an email at info@curryfest.com.au to book your spot.

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DAY The BIG day! Oz Berries Curryfest is returning to the streets in 2013 with the closure of Beach St from Wharf St to Carrington St. Market and food stalls will line the streets with local businesses dressing up, getting their curry on and joining in the fun from their shop fronts.

A massive line up of cultural entertainment is planned for the main and community stages, along with food from all over the globe. There will be plenty of shopping to be done with a host of market stalls. A vintage car display will join the sites to see this year, with a massive kids zone, skydivers dropping in to say hi, cooking demonstrations galore and so much more to enjoy. Here’s some things to look out for…

Absolute Entertainment Kids Zone

Main and Community Stages

Thanks to Absolute Entertainment and Party Hire

A jam packed entertainment program has been

the kids zone is sure to be pumping! Bring your

created this year with the main and community

swimmers kids… there’s a giant waterslide, jumping

stage both choc-a-block with performances and

castles, sumo suits, the brand new mechanical surf

get up and get involved workshops. Headlining

board, chair o planes and too many other things

act DJ Jesta and his crew will be travelling down

to mention! Parents will also be able to buy an

from Brisbane to join the festivities. DJ Jesta is big

unlimited ride pass for the kids (or themselves) and

on the Bhangra scene and has toured nationally

discounts apply for 2 or more children.

and internationally. DJ Jesta will be bringing the

Outside the Absolute Entertainment Kids Zone there are plenty of other activities for kids big and small to enjoy, beach camel rides, face painting, arts and craft and the Scouts FREE challenge area.

The always popular roving entertainer Andrew Smiley of Smile Productions will be out in force with his favourite characters aracters in tow. This pied piper of children’s entertainment will be a crowd favourite.

party with him, with a team of dancers, drummerss and singers who will light up the main stage throughout the festival. Festival attendees will get a chance to learn from the best with Jesta’s crew holding a variety of workshops throughout the day. y.

Main stage kids entertainment has been arranged

with the Bollywood Sisters, Kulturithmik, Scared Lotus Bellydance, Yawarr Ngujawiny, and Barney African Dancers. There will be the crowd favourite traditional Indian drummers, and a turban tying demonstration and competition as well as a Unity Dance from Women of the World. Local Favourites Wasabi, Then Jolene and didJital will be taking to the main stage as well.

The entertainment focus this year has been on local culture with all acts having strong links to the Woolgoolga Community. The community stage itself will see school groups, dance and physical culture groups, magicians, musicians and so much more throw their hat in the ring to show our community commun nit i y and visitors what they can do.

with the effervescent Andrew Smiley of Smile continues Productions. The cultural entertainment enter

Coffs City Skydivers Co kydivers WIN A SKYDIVE INTO O CURRYFEST! Hea Head to the Coffs Cityy Skydivers Facebook page to enter. Coffs City Skydivers are again supporting Skyd pporting their local community and are giving away $1,000 worth off skydiving leading up to and throughout the festival. If you’d like to festiv o skydive your way into Oz Berries Curryfest 2013 you can make a booking with the guys and get a special is 20 “curried away” deal. Everyone who comes to Curryfest will receive a “curr gift voucher towards $50 g ards skydiving with Coffs City Skydivers. Pop in and vvisit their stall and d say hi … you’ll get hooked hanging out with these adrenalin junkies! s! The Coffs City Skydiving team will be doing some precision skydiving ng into Curryfest throughout the day so listen and keep your eyes out an es on the sky.

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Yoga

Curry Iron Chef

A smorgasbord of yoga is on offer at this year’s Curryfest celebrations, with local teachers and volunteers coming together to bring a ‘taste plate’ of yoga to festival goers. Local yoga instructors donating their amazing talents and experience include Anna Miley, Bec Gilby, Chaitanya Morly Southall and Catherine Godward just to name a few.

Watch all the action as our Focus Great Curry Cook Off winner tries their luck against the local “Iron Master Chefs”. Our 3 contenders will be given a secret ingredient and 3 hours to design, shop and cook their best dish. The winner will be decided by our panel of judges and will be crowned the first official “Iron Curry Chef”. Check out all of the finalists of the Great Curry Cook of in this issue of Focus and help your favourite along by voting for them on the Curryfest

Heaps of activities are planned including: • Mums and Bubs Yoga • Yoga for first timers • Sunrise yoga • Music, Mantra and Meditation • Yoga for Teens

website or Facebook page.

This year’s yoga program is brought to Curryfest by Woolgoolga local Merran Storrie of Enrich & Connect. Merran’s fledgling business is all about connecting communities through yoga and other wellbeing programs.

Merran’s passion is to provide opportunities for people to experience the wonderful health and spiritual benefits of yoga while also creating a sense of community. With the increasing busyness of people’s lives these days, Merran’s aim is to bring the gift of yoga to everyone while at the same time

beginners to advanced, young and old, everyone can join in the fun and healthy dance

Dance workshops Dance workshops will be running throughout the day on both the main and community stages.

Join the Bollywood Sisters, Sacred Lotus and Kulturithmik and dance the day away. From

reconnecting with their community.

Cooking Demos Cooking demonstrations and mini classes will be taking place throughout the day in the cooking tent. Come along and watch or join in the fun. A variety of traditional and modern curry dishes will be created and tasted throughout the day. Anyone is welcome to watch the demonstrations.

If you would like to take part in a mini class please book via the website www.curryfest.com.au - Places are limited so get in quick. Full details of demonstrations, mini classes, teaching chefs and dishes are available on the Curryfest Website.

CRICKET DAY

activities … who knows you might even find yourself taking to the stage …

Vaisahki Parade Vaiskhi is a traditional Sikh festival of the state of Punjab, in the north west corner of India..

It’s a time of celebrating , it’s a time of joy, of hard work paying off, the sound of the Dhols (drum) can be heard as the celebrations start. Colourful cloths drape the people ,joy bursts from heir faces. The traditional people’s Bhangra dance is a common scene in Punjab.

The Vaisahki Parade will travel through the town of Woolgoolga and alongside the festival. You will see the Five beloved ones (as they became to be known) walking in front of the ever lasting Guru Granth Sahib Ji during the parade. You can also visit the Sikh temple in River Street on Friday 12, Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 as the Sikhs celebrate in remembrance of the first invitation and more importantly the essence of a ethical life of awareness of the creator. Vaisahki is also the end of the financial year and marks the start of the new year.

The Woolgoolga Sikhs congratulate the new community based committee for their efforts to truly celebrating “community“ togetherness, love and joy and are proud to be able to walk alongside the Guru Granth Sahib Ji as Guru ji travels through the town “the parade” spreading the blessings of the creator through the remembrance of an ethical life.

Cricket NSW see the Oz Berries Woolgoolga Curryfest as a signature event on the Coffs Coast which celebrates dive diversity of our area and the surrounding communities.

Cricket NSW are excited to announce this outstanding community initiative – the 2013 India v Rest of the World Twenty20 Cricket Match. The celebrations will take place on Sunday 14 April 2013 at Centennial Oval, Beach Street, Woolgoolga commencing at 12.30pm with a MILO T20 Blast Carnival for all boys and girls aged 8-12 years old. match will start at 2pm and organisers are currently calling for nominations in The main m either the India or Rest of the World teams to take on each other in an exciting actionpacked match of Twenty20 cricket that will celebrate different cultures within the local area.

Sport is widely recognised as a powerful tool for social cohesion and change, and as Spo Australia’s favourite sport, cricket will lead the way in offering such initiatives as this to A diverse communities. To be a part of the action, simply request a nomination form by emailing david.szumowski@cricketnsw.com.au - Be quick as entries are limited and final team selections will be decided by Curryfest and Cricket NSW organisers.

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WHO’s

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Bring and blanket or a chair and enjoy a relaxing day out at the beautiful seaside village of Woolgoolga

Absolute Entertainment Kids Zone Food Stalls to taste and try Aroma Round Ausbuff Stuff Bakarindi Bushfoods Blue Berrylicious Byron Bay Potato Twisters Central Bucca Produce Coffs Coast Event Catering Curried Away Curry in a Hurry Curry Traders Dave’s Dogs Dippin Dots Ice Cream Dutch Poffertjes Mini Pancakes Gelatocart Go Bananas Govindas Pure Vegetarian Gwydir Grove Olive Oil Iconic Ices MaMaGOTO Catering Marine Rescue Woolgoolga BBQ Marrakech Express Matts all Natural Ice Cream and Sorbet Mobile Buzz Stop

Nab Charity Samosa Stall Proceeds to Woolgoolga Surf Life Saving Club Nambucca Macadamias Om Namah Indian Grocery Store One Pot Fried Chicken Original German Bratwurst Redback Gourmet Foods Red Sparrow Tea Company Rocco’s Italian food Trailer Scouts Sausage Sizzle Seeqa Sisters Crepes Spice Rack Indian Restaurant St Augustine’s Anglican Church Cake Shop Surfside Seafood & Curry Sweet & Sour Licorice TAFE The Chilli Factory Treats Ice Cream Vietnam Rolls Zulu’s Restaurant & Bar

And many more to taste…

Market stalls to browse and buy hand made, local and exotic...

All Things Bright Brights Beeswax/ Hubbles Pet Products Coffs Harbour Regional Landcare Enchanted Clay Feet Jewelery Gold Coast Mahindra Gradda’s Fashion Henna Im_Tickled_Pink Jewellery Select/ Eastern Jewellery Kleva Sharp Linda George Jewellery Lissielulu Louise Golding Lunchboxmania Mei’s Gift/Toy Shop

Mojo Beach & Dance Oz Berries Patter of Rain Coralcoast Seashells and Shellcrafts Seashore décor Second Time Round Stix & Stones Sunsmart Takara Crochet Tejajo Tippanys toBme Tuulaa Wahoo Designs Water Dragon Glass Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter

And many more to see…

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for the kids and the kids at heart HUGE dolphin water slide… so bring your cosies Jumping castle with fun slide Dora bouncy castle for the littlies Huge tug n dunk bungee challenge – watch out!

Sumosuit wrestling

Chair o planes Merry go round And … the BRAND NEW to Coffs Harbour WIPED OUT Mechanical Surfboard!

Also for the forever young: Andrew Smiley the roving entertainer

Balloons Plus Camel Rides Sand Wizard Scouts Free Challenge Zone Trudy Smith Face Painting Lots of slushees, popcorn and fairy floss to boost those energy levels!

Yoga and Meditation in the Chill Out Zone: Yoga and meditation will be running all throughout the day beginning with Sunrise yoga at 7am following with mums and bubs yoga and meditation and relaxation yoga on rotation throughout the day.

Entertainment Line Up All the entertainment on the Main and Community stages – performance times @ www.curryfest.com.au

Aboriginal and Punjabi festival welcome with official opening

by Minister for Fair Trading DJ JESTA SHER PUNJABI Wasabi Kulturithmik Band Ryan Martin Then Jolene Bollywood Sisters ters

Smile Productions – Kids Entertainment Desert Flame - Indra Bellydance ZebiahSunflower Sacred Lotus Bellydance didJital Unity Dance Riley Sabin Woolgoolga Dance Studio

Kulturithmik Dance So Dance Studios Yawarr Ngujawiny Barneys African Dance Mei We Lim Jacen Bennett Floyd Quinlan Baskett Coffs Coast Physie

There will also be a Turban tying demonstration and competition, on, judging of the “Focus Great Curry Cook Off” and the Vaisahki ki Parade will wind itself around the festival.

cooking corner Watch the “Iron Curry Chef” competition on and join in the cooking g classes and demonstrations ations throughout the day. Learn arn how to make traditional Indian curry, Indian cheese making king and new age curry fusions. ons.

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The Great

CURRY Some of Woolgoolga, Coffs Harbour and Grafton’s top chefs have put it all on the line to win a feature interview in Coffs Coast Focus Mag. Local chefs were invited to submit a signature dish in the theme of Curryfest. Lots took up the challenge!

OFF Cook COOK Our finalists will be invited to reproduce their dish for the judges at Curryfest to determine who will be featured in next month’s issue. The winner will also be invited to join some legendary local curry master chefs to compete in a cook off on stage Iron Curry Chef style! Our iron master chefs will be given a secret ingredient along with a set amount to spend and will be sent off to gather their ingredients from the supermarket. Upon returning they will cook their dishes and present them to the judges. The

Prawn Bonkige Joel McCulla Zulu’s Restaurant An Aromatic African curried Prawn dish with Nitter Kebbeh (African spiced butter) and Berbere (African Chilli Paste) cucumber and lemon. Joel suggests for a bit of extra fun don’t use cutlery, use the flatbread to pick up the food!

Prawn Patia Rajinder Oberoi - Oberoi’s Indian Restaurant This is one of those dishes that combines every flavour you normally have separately into one. There’s sweet, spicy, tangy and hot notes that work wonderfully with each other. Rajinder believes they all agreed to get along just in the interest of the prawns.

Thai marinated scallops Gerard Geerligs – Bluebottles Brasserie Thai marinated scallops with crisp braised pork belly, curry mango chutney, tamarind lemongrass syrup and Asian herb and peanut salad. This dish has a lot of components and are all in some way been influenced by Asian ‘curry flavours’. What Gerard’s also done is put a modern twist on the dish. Flavours of cinnamon, star anise and ginger meld together with the slow cooked Bangalow pork belly and delicately cooked fresh scallops perfectly complimented by the expertly constructed accompaniments. Enjoy!

Chicken, Mango And Date Curry

winning chef will be crowned the first ever Iron Curry Chef.

Judges include Focus editor Melly Dee, who lived in India for some time and has a great love of Indian culture and cuisine, Lyndall Dykes owner, cookbook author and artisan cheese maker of The Cheese Making Workshop and a secret celebrity food blogger, brought in especially for the occasion. We’ve been blown away with the standard of entries and here are the finalists. Thank you to everyone who took the time to submit an entry.

Royal Thai Yellow Curry of Morten Bay Bugs, Scallops & Local Prawns Ben Massey – Latitude 30 A beautiful incredibly fragrant dish which highlights the beautiful seafood Latitude 30 is so well known for. Each element of the dish is perfectly balanced and combines to complement each other for an unforgettable seafood curry experience.

Spiced Whole Baby Snapper w’ Tomoato Dahl Shaun Pilley – Latitude 30 A spicy dahl accompaniment to the crispy whole fish to be eaten with a fresh mango chutney, naan bread and lemon.

Massoman goat shank curry Renee Perks – Macauley’s Restaurant Massoman goat shank curry garnished with coriander and peanuts served with sticky rice and our own flat bread. The slow cooked goat in this dish just falls from the bone and combines with the sticky rice and Macauley’s own secret Massoman recipe sauce to keep people coming back for more and more until it’s regretfully all gone. The coriander gives this dish a wonderful freshness and the house made flat bread soaks up the sauce all too well.

Tina Kelly – Village Green

Tandoori chicken pizza

There’s something about the combination of mango and chicken that just works. Add dates and it’s a marriage made in heaven. This is a sweet, mild curry that Tina suggests can be enjoyed by the whole family. Served with pappadums, raita, and some chilli pickles if desired, it’s the perfect meal to bring the family together.

Renee Perks – Macauley’s Restaurant

Nasi Goreng Michael Ellis - Shearwater Restaurant A delicious combination of Balinese fried rice topped with a perfectly cooked fired egg, crispy prawn crackers and fresh tomato and cucumber.

On our own home made pizza base. With marinated chicken breast, roasted sweet potato, capsicum, cashews and topped with mango pickle and a yoghurt swirl.

Available dine in or take away at Macauley’s.

Cambodian Curried Coffs Coast Prawns Michael Chatto Flooded Gums Restaurant The creamy aromatic curry creates a gentle poaching base for the local prawns to delicately cook. The dish is served on thick rice noodles garnished with Vietnamese mint, coriander and Asian basil.

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