Mawson Lakes plates up Bites on the Boulevard 2023

Inspired by Tasting Australia, the culinary festival, from May 5-6, 2023, is set to be an epicurean adventure, featuring a diverse array of food options that will tantalise your taste buds.

A business networking lunch kicks off the event on Friday afternoon.

Friday night plays host to an Italian Feast, celebrating the rich and flavourful cuisine of Italy. Indulge in antipasto platters loaded with cold cut meats, olives, panini bread, arancini and meatballs, a choice of three hot pasta dishes served with Italian salad and garlic bread, and dessert platters filled with mignon cakes and biscuits - washed down with drinks available to purchase from the bar and enjoyed to the sounds of acoustic musicians MR.TheDuo. It's provided by La Vita Fresh Pasta Mawson Lakes and goes from 6-9.30pm.

Saturday sees junior foodies come to the table with the Children's Lunch. The two-course meal features shared pizza platters with five different flavours, dessert boards and fruit platters. Drinks will be available to purchase, while a face painter and balloon artist from Mad Hatterz Parties will keep the young and young at heart entertained, with parents also welcome. Doughballs Mawson Lakes will be plating up the event, which goes from 11am-1pm.

A culinary-inspired family movie screening will follow at 2.10pm. Ratatouille is set in Paris and follows the adventures of a young rat who dreams of becoming a top chef against his family's wishes. Pre-purchased tickets are $5 and include a serving of popcorn, with hot and cold drinks available to purchase.

The program's finale will be A Taste of India that evening. Sit down to poppadum to start, followed by a menu of shared platters including vegetable samosas, chicken tikka kebabs, vegetable pakoras and lamb seekh kebabs for entree, butter chicken, beef madras, aloo gobi and dal makhni with traditional Indian sides for main, and gulab jamuns with chilled rabri for dessert. Hot and cold drinks will be available to purchase from the bar, with acoustic musicians MR.TheDuo providing the evening's entertainment. The food is provided by Tamarind Modern Indian at Mawson Lakes and is on from 6-9.30pm.

All events are based at The Mawson Centre, 2-8 Main Street, Mawson Lakes SA.

Bookings and more information can be made here.