It has been very quiet at my place this week.
The youngest no longer lives with me and the eldest has gone away on a holiday with a friend.
I’ve done a lot of talking to the dogs to fill the silence.
Last night was very low key – I ate leftover green spaghetti for dinner, went grocery shopping and fruitlessly searched online for cheap Easter 2025 holidays.
DD, on the other hand, went to Ramadan Nights in Lakemba.
I didn’t envy him the long trek, but it looked like it was lots of fun.
He sent me a few photos of his exploits and I am intrigued that camel paella was on the menu, I reckon I would have given it a red hot go.
Ramadan Nights is a month-long global food bazaar that is running from 9 March to 8 April.
Here’s how Canterbury-Bankstown Council described it in the lead up: “Break your fast or try new foods and experience the rich culture and traditions of Ramadan. There will be over 65 food stalls to tempt your tastebuds, in an atmosphere like no other.”
The festival is hugely successful and gets bigger every year.
Lakemba, in Sydney’s southwest, is home to just 17,000 residents, more than 60 per cent of them Muslim. But the suburb welcomes more than 1.2 million people each year for Ramadan Nights.
Event co-founder Abdul Obeid started barbecuing camel burgers at the night market 17 years ago and they’ve become a social media sensation. I really need to try one of those too.
I was very boring when I went to Ramadan Nights a few years back and only had a chicken tikka wrap. What was I thinking?
DD had a kebab last night. Also unadventurous. But then he tried this …
It’s a traditional Arabic dessert, made with spun pastry called kataifi, soaked in a sweet, sugar-based syrup and he said it was yum.
Plus he tried delicious mint lemonade.
I’m not jealous. Not a bit.
Well, maybe a teensy, tiny bit.
Song of the day: The Bangles “Walk like an Egyptian”
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