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Overview
Now in its third year, Parramatta's The Plot is a licensed, all-ages festival featuring an all-Aussie music lineup that spans every genre you could ever need for a Saturday afternoon — but it's as much about getting stuck into piles of delicious local delicacies as it is about the tunes. So, to save you some time at the festival on November 19, we thought we'd give the lowdown on what you'll be eating, drinking and Instagramming before you get there. Good news is that every tasty morsel will be brought to you by a local business, keeping those nasty miles to a minimum and ensuring you have a true end-to-end western Sydney experience.
Darcy Street Project
FIRST STOP: COFFEE AND TEA
The first thing you'll be looking for when you roll up on Saturday afternoon will be a decent coffee to kick you into action. Thankfully, The Darcy Street Project will be taking care of your caffeine needs. This cracking coffee hub isn't just a cafe, but a social enterprise too. And for every coffee you buy at The Plot, you'll have the option to pay it forward — pay for an extra coffee, and it'll go to someone who visits Darcy Street the week following and perhaps can't afford a coffee that day. Alternatively, if tea's your beverage of choice, try a high-quality, boutique brew from family-run Mumford Tea.
StroopBros
FESTIVAL FUEL: THE FOOD
With hours of music to dance, listen and kick back to, you're going to need some fuel. For a fierce feast, swing by Bella Shack Burgers' epic truck for a monster burger like the Shack Daniels — it consists of a house-ground beef patty, double American cheese, Jack Daniel's bacon jam, deep-fried mozzarella, crispy bacon, crème fraîche mayo, Westmont pickles on a Japanese milk bun. Also competing on the monster meal front will be Parramatta locals Jarrod's Shakes 'n' Snags. Rock up to a 1966 Kombi and take your pick of tastiness, from tomato parmesan beef chipolatas with Jarrod's chimmichurri to caramel bliss milkshakes.
Meanwhile, Emmy's Gourmet Gozleme will be taking you on a side-trip to Turkey with their cooked-on-the-spot gozleme (the best festival snack), packed with local produce, while Sundweesh will be doling out street food in the form of sandwiches combining Middle Eastern and Western influences. Think kofta with tabouli and hummus, and peri peri chicken with slaw. For a healthy feed, you'll be able to stop by Papermill for what they call a 'spurrito'. It's a giant rice paper roll-burrito hybrid filled with veggies, rice noodles and meat (if you so choose) — you may have seen them around town at Bondi or Parramatta Markets and the like.
With your savouries done and dusted, you'll be amped for dessert. Go Dutch with a StroopBros stroopwafel: a generations-old sweet treat filled with rich chewy caramel and doused in warm caramel sauce.
AND FINALLY: DRINKS
Let's get the healthy stuff out of the way first. Cleansers and tee-totallers should head to The Citrus Factory for freshly-squeezed, 100 percent-Aussie lemonade.
But beer. You'll be spoilt for local choice. The Australian Brewery will be making a trip to Parramatta from its western Sydney home in Rouse Hill, and will be bringing a bunch of crafty brews along for the ride. Travelling from the Blue Mountains will be Hillbilly Cider, with their refreshing drops made from Bilpin-grown apples.
Wine lovers will be catered to as well, thanks to Canonbah Bridge Wines, who'll be visiting from their farm in Warren, Central New South Wales (about 100 kilometres northwest of Dubbo). And, delivering Aussie-made spirits (and moonshine — yes, moonshine) will be the Hawkesbury's Ironbark Distillery.
The Plot will take place at Parramatta Park on Saturday, November 19. For more info and to buy tickets, visit theplot.co.