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Buying traditional foods

Food is a great way to celebrate and experience different cultures and traditions. 

Including traditional foods in your eating pattern can help you:

  • stay connected to culture and family history
  • create a sense of community and belonging
  • learn about different cooking techniques.

Attending multicultural community events

Pako Festa

Pako Festa is an annual festival held during February in Pakington Street Geelong West. It was first held in 1983 and is now the largest multicultural festival in Victoria.

The festival is a celebration of diversity and multiculturalism that showcases food art entertainment and contributions of Geelong’s ethnic communities.

 

Shopping for traditional ingredients

There are a number of local businesses in Greater Geelong that sell ingredients to make traditional foods.

Central

  • Chung Vinh Phat Asian Groceries: 135 Moorabool Street Geelong
  • Fresh Land Food Asian Supermarket: 153-161 Shannon Avenue Manifold Heights
  • Geelong Asian Supermarket: 108 Little Malop Street Geelong
  • Geelong Value Mart & Meat: 1/54 Shannon Avenue Geelong West   
  • Just Spice @ Geelong Indian Grocery: 168 Moorabool Street Geelong

North

  • Bell Park Asian Grocery: 91 Separation Street Bell Park
  • Doustan Supermarket & Halal Butchery: 13 Detroit Crescent Corio
  • Marcos Continental Deli: 29 Donnybrook Road Norlane
  • Watan Supermarket and Halal Butcher: 83C Purnell Road Corio

South

  • Belmont Asian Grocery Store: 167A High Street Belmont 
  • Best Indian Grocery Store: 123 High Street Belmont 
  • Geelong Gourmet Asian Grocery: 5/168 High Street Belmont
  • Indo-Asian Grocery Store: 1/13 Discovery Lane Belmont
  • Murugan Indian Grocery: 4 Arthur Street Belmont 

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