New foodie festival unveiled: We laksa the sound of that

A TERRITORY food favourite, the laksa, will soon feature in its own festival, with a noodle trail to take festival-goers around the city’s best locations ahead of a grand night of laksa

A Territory favourite, the laksa, will soon feature in its own festival ... Rendezvous Cafe staff members Ceclilia Huang and Raven Young are looking forward to it. Picture: Katrina Bridgeford

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LAKSA will be the next Territory icon to feature in its own festival, with a noodle trail to take festival-goers around the city’s best locations ahead of a grand night of laksa.

The International Laksa Festival, to be held in November, will see a trail designed for laksa lovers to visit each participating restaurant and vote for their favourite laksa before culminating with a day festival of laksa on November 24.

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Rendezvous Cafe will be one of the restaurants participating in the trail, which manager Gloria Leung said was a great initiative to activate Darwin.

“I think the festival is great because it promotes our unique style, something very different to the rest of Australia – tropical, the hot weather, the people,” she said.

Chief Minister Michael Gunner said: “The Darwin International Laksa Festival aims to further increase restaurant trade, drive people into Darwin City and gain positive attention for Darwin as the gateway to Asia and the capital of laksa in Australia.”

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A panel of experts, chaired by Jimmy Shu, will award Darwin’s best laksa the “Golden Bowl”, with Diana Chan, winner of MasterChef Australia 2017, being the headline chef during the festival.

A website will be set up for restaurants to register.