Yummy Yummy Knafeh

Powerhouse Lane was a celebration of the culinary and musical landscape of Western Sydney presented across four flavoursome nights on George Street at Parramatta Lanes in late October 2024.

As part of the festival, Powerhouse commissioned fbi.radio’s Snack Time team, led by presenters and food enthusiasts Ann Ding and Shivika Gupta, to conduct an interview series with Marjorie Tenchavez, founder of award-winning social enterprise Welcome Merchant, alongside four renowned local food vendors. Presented here is Across the Table: Yummy Yummy Knafeh.

Powerhouse Lane is proudly funded by the NSW Government in association with City of Parramatta Council and Powerhouse.

‘Come see me and come see my smile,’ says Mohammed Zarqa, and naturally he is smiling.

Zarqa’s Yummy Yummy Knafeh is a multisensory affair. You might first smell the heady fragrance of ghee, golden kataifi and syrup wafting from his stall, or hear Zarqa’s trademark ‘yummy, yummy’ call ringing out. Then you’ll see his beaming face, framed by a keffiyeh. And finally, you’ll experience his Palestinian Nabulsi knafeh, full of molten Australian-made Akkawi cheese and topped with pistachios.