BELFAST MELA

Taste the World

Join us on a fabulous food discovery!

Tickle your taste buds on a food journey across the globe and get hands on with our cook alongs and a showcase of Belfast’s best chefs and producers. From east to west, there is a little something for everyone resulting in a cultural culinary experience using the finest Northern Ireland produce.

What's On

La Taqueria

La Taqueria

La Taqueria started as a conversation between two friends Steve and Andy (Home Restaurant and Mourne Seafood Bar) and their dream of opening an authentic Mexican restaurant filled with tequila, mezcal, cervezas, and great music. That dream was shared by Adam, who fell in love with cooking real Mexican street food after working years in traditional kitchens around the world. Enter 2 hosts, Laura and Jorden, both absolute masters of the beauty of tequila and mezcal and how to drink them (not with a wedge of lime and salt), and La Taqueria was born

Flout Pizza

Detroit-style pizza based out of Portview Trade Centre on the Newtownards Road. Reviewd by the Tik Tok-famous 'Food Review Club' as a titan for Belfast. Along with getting a perfect score, Food Review Club said the New York-style cheese pizza he tried rivalled Lucali’s, a Brooklyn joint considered by many as the best pizza in the world.

Flout Pizza
Mela Foodies

Mela Foodies

Our very our Mela Foodies return to the cookery theatre this year serving up well-known Indian street food. Featuring Nisha Tandon, the founder of the Belfast Mela and previous owner of one of Belfast's first global cookery schools.

David Lee

David Lee is owner of Asian eatery Food at Fired. David has always enjoyed cooking, taught by his parents in the art of Asian cuisine of various cultures, as well as visiting and exploring Asia. David recreates flavours and techniques from his very home. He has always enjoyed cooking, taught by his parents in the art of Asian cuisine of various cultures, as well as visiting and exploring Asia. David recreates flavours and techniques from his very home.

David Lee

Mela Day Festival Zones