Maalinup Bush Foods: Aboriginal food in Perth?
You can eat native Australian food in Perth at Yagan Square’s Market Hall. Here, Maalinup Bush Foods sells pies, salads and marmalades using indigenous Australian plants and meats.
Along with Elizabeth Quay, Kings Park and London Court, Yagan Square is one of the great meeting places in Perth. And, if you’re hungry, Yagan Square’s Market Hall is one of the most interesting food courts in Australia.
If you decide to eat at Market Hall, there are several options to choose from. But perhaps the most interesting is Maalinup Bush Foods. This stall focuses on serving dishes that use native Australian ingredients, that Indigenous Australians would have traditionally used before Europeans settled on the continent.
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Examples for sale include a beef and pepperberry pie. There are also kangaroo curry pies and lamb pies with saltbush and bush mints.
It’s not just pies, though. There are salads with bush herb-encrusted kangaroo fillet, too.
Native Australian food in Perth: Maalinup Bush Foods
Selling native Australian food in Perth doesn’t just confine itself to food that’s ready to eat. Maalinup Bush Foods extends the concept to food designed to be taken home. These include native lime marmalades made by Marvick Native Farms and roasted sandalwood nuts made by the Sandalwood Nut Company. The latter are extremely more-ish. Don’t expect a packet to last you too long once you dip into it.
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Maalinup Aboriginal Gallery in the Swan Valley
Maalinup Bush Foods in Yagan Square is an offshoot of the Maalinup Aboriginal Gallery at Henley Brook in the Swan Valley, just outside Perth. In the original Swan Valley location, Maalinup sells Aboriginal paintings and sculptures, but offers bush food tastings on the side.
The Swan Valley is the closest wine region to Perth and the oldest wine region in Western Australia. Maalinup is one of the attractions that ensures the region is about more than just wine.
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