14/11/2025
Can you believe it has been almost two weeks since the Albany Town Square was lit up with the magic of the Diwali Mela Festival of Lights?
Did you come down and check out the food this year? We worked hard to bring you more and interesting food options this year.
A huge shout out to our Food Vendors this year 📣📣📣 It's not easy serving so many people in such a few short hours!
A focus on our local foodie hero's 🔎❤️
Little India Albany - serving up fabulous Indian favourites for the second year this year! From butter chicken to jalebi and mango lassi, it was all delicious. We can't thank you enough for your support!
Pepper & Salt Restaurant - we were so excited to hear that Silas and the Pepper & Salt team were heading to Albany with their brand new food truck to join this year's Festival of Lights. By the look of the lines of people waiting, Albany got pretty excited about it too. A huge Thank You for bringing your deliciously authentic food to this years festival. The handmade roti were a highlight! Hope to see you next year 😉
Curry in a Hurry - Rahul & Indu fed the crowd again this year with their authentic Indian cuisine. Thankyou so much for all your hard work! 🥘
North Indian Street Food - Nidhi & Prateek took the plunge this year for the first time serving up chai, dahi puri, vada pav and other northern delicacies. Well done, so yummy! 🌶
Ayu’s Indo - thankyou to Ayu and her team serving up classic Indonesian cuisine. Delicious as always!
Salty Sea Dogs - rounded out the food options for our less adventurous festival goers! Thankyou 🌭
Eclipse Events & Consultancy - a huge thank you for jumping in at the last minute with a drink station! Anne & Steve, you are stars 🤩
Special mentions to Che Cooper - Food My Way for helping to getting the word out - the king of hot sauce with his brilliant social media post, the Royal Turban & Pizza Hut for distributing our postcards and Hybla Tavern & Hardie Road Cafe for donating prize vouchers 🩷
We applaud you all 🪔 ThAnK yOu ❤️
