Uling: The Charcoal Project team (left) Chef Miguel Vargas, Joel Sanchez and Chef Jose Miguel Lontoc prepared a five course tasting menu, Around the World with Ube at The Ube Festival in Melbourne at the Queen Victoria Market Credit: SBS Filipino
The first Ube Festival in Melbourne focused on the purple yam or ube as the main ingredient of the five-course meal, 'Around the World with Ube: a 5-course tasting menu'.
The first Ube Festival in Melbourne focused on the purple yam or ube as the main ingredient of the five-course meal, 'Around the World with Ube: a 5-course tasting menu'.
Key Points
The five course meal was prepared by Uling: The Charcoal Project.
Ube was the main focus of the 'tasting menu'.
Ube (purple yam) is said to be the popular flavour for 2024 and is gaining popularity in the United States.
