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The Coconut Festival at The Glen and Box Hill Central


The Glen Fresh Food Market Hall 27 & 28 July 2019

Come The Glen and join The Food Affectionist for this scrumptious coconut feastivity. We have two full days of beautiful dishes to tempt you. If you love Asian food and everything coconutty, this is one event not to miss. Your tastebuds will thank you. Looking forward to seeing you there! It is FREE!


Menu for Saturday, 27 July‬ and Sunday 28 July

11am-11.45am‬‪. Red Curry Roast Duck with Lychee‬

12.15pm-1.00pm‬ ‪ Tom Ka Chicken - Thai Chicken Coconut soup‬

1.30pm-2.15pm‬ ‪ Vegetarian Thai Green Curry‬

2.45pm-3.30pm‬ ‪ Malaysian Laksa Seafood Noodles‬

4pm-4.30pm‬ ‪Pearl Coconut and Mango Dessert‬

The New Glen’s opening launch on Thursday 1st August.

We are excited to be part of The New Glen’s opening launch! We will go nuts again as part of the coconut festival and we have lined up a number of scrumptious dishes to tempt you. Don’t miss out, your tastebuds will thank you. Apart from the free gift bags to be redeemed until Sunday, there are games to play at the “Coconut Everyday Cooking” booth from Thursday until Sunday. Try the Match N Win or Guess N Win games to test your luck.

Festival Program

Thursday 1st August - 11am - 4.30pm. cooking demonstrations by The Food Affectionist, Chef Lillie Giang

Saturday 3rd Agust - 11am - 1.00pm. Cooking demonstrations by D’elephant’s Chef

- 1.30pm - 3.30pm. Cooking demonstrations by Chinta Ria Soul’s Chef

Sunday 4th August - 11am - 3.30pm. Cooking demonstrations by Uncle Buffalo

Friday & Saturday. - Woolworths sampling Station - Various Thai Curry Vegetables

Box Hill Central - Sat 10th & Sun 11th August 2019

Due to the popular demand of our cooking demonstrations with coconut, we are taking the Coconut Festival to Box Hill Central. We love everything coconut and will show you how to easy it is to use coconut in everyday cooking to create beautiful healthy food.

Fancy Braised Pork Belly with Coconut Water? How about trying our Tom Kha Gai, Thailand’s popular Hot and Sour Coconut Chicken Soup?

Saturday 10th August

10:00am - 10:45am - Tom Yam Soup by Bangkok Jam

11:15am - 12:00pm - Thai Green Curry and Red Ruby Dessert by Bangkok Jam

1:30pm - 2:15pm - Malaysian Laksa Seafood Noodles by Alice Wong

2:45pm - 3:30pm - Thai Green Curry by Alice Wong

Sunday 11th August

11:00am - 11:45am - Tom Kha Chicken/Thai Chicken Coconut Soup by Chef Lillie Giang

12:15pm- 1:00pm - Vietnamese Style Braised Pork by Chef Lillie Giang

1:30pm - 2:15pm - Malaysian Laksa Seafood Noodles by Chef Lillie Giang

2:45pm - Red Curry Duck with Lychee by Chef Lillie Giang

4:00pm - 4:30pm - Pearl Coconut and Mango Dessert

Earlier Event: June 9
Outer East Food Share Workshop
Later Event: August 30
Meet and Greet Community Lunch