

Wed 25 Nov
|ESEA Community Centre
Wednesdays Presents: Xmas Kamayan Shabanger
Supper club Wednesdays throws a Christmas kamayan at the ESEA Community Centre: an eight-course Filipino-meets-Hong Kong family-style feast from Swilipino and Celestial Peach, eaten with your hands, plus pandan and lychee martinis from Inappropriate Food Thoughts. Christmas jumpers welcome, dry turkey banned.
Time & Location
25 Nov 2026, 18:30 – 21:30
ESEA Community Centre, East and Southeast Asian Community Centre, 12-14 Englefield Road, London N1 4LS, UK
About the event
You are cordially invited to the wildest, wonkiest, most wonderful Wednesdays event of the year. Featuring not 1️⃣, not 2️⃣ but 3️⃣ of our favourite human beings.
From Sweden by way of the Philippines, @swilipino and from London by way of Hong Kong @celestialpeach_uk
Our chefs for the night
Have concocted an absurd menu
with just a few sexual references, aight?
We’ll begin with cocktails
By London’s newest bartender: @inappropriatefoodthoughts
Pandan and lychee martinis
Ought to stir you lot 🍸 😏
Come one, come all
It’s Wednesdays Xmas Kamayan Shabanger!
At our dear old stomping ground
The @eseacommunitycentre
Xmas jumpers welcome
And get ready to roll up your sleeves
A Yuletide feast? Definitely, but…
No dry ass turkey please!!
‼️ 🎅🏾🎄☃️ 🧨🎁🪅
💷 PRICE:
- £52/pp for Kamayan Shabanger, no cocktail
- £65/pp for Kamayan Shabanger with cocktail
- Welcome to also bring your own (BYO) drinks
🍽️ MENU & SCHEDULE
6:30–7:30PM WELCOME COCKTAIL HOUR
Oeil (aka Inappropriatefoodthoughts) is London’s newest bartender out of Low Country, one of Time Out’s Top 50 Bars in London. She’ll be mixing two custom cocktails just for this event:
🍸 TINI AND MIGHTY: Pandan vodka martini. Dry with a lychee twist.
🫖 SPILL THE TEA: Pandan-infused sparkling shou mei tea with a touch of lychee. (Non-alc)
7:30PM: KAMAYAN: 8 Courses served family style by Swilipino and Celestial Peach with lots and lots of rice!
🐟 DON’T FLIP THE FUCKING FISH: whole stuffed fish grilled in banana leaf
🎄 DECK THE BALLS: lychees filled with prawn paste
🐷 PUSH PIGGY PUSH: lechon, mustard
🦃 DON’T SERVE ME DRY ASS TURKEY: Xmassy spice-infused poached chicken
🥬 BRUSSELS SPROUTS DONE RIGHT: wok-fried sprouts with chestnuts
🍇 GRAPE EXPECTATIONS: 12 grape salad, assorted veg, calamansi & bagoong dressing
🥔 ROASTIES WITH THE MOSTIES: fully loaded roast potatoes
🌯 LIVE, LAUGH, LUMPIA: lumpia
9:30PM DESSERT
🍧 DIY Halo-Halo-Tong-Sui Bar
📝 HOW DO I GET ON THE LIST?
Step 1. Buy your ticket here:
- Wednesdays Members & First Timers: tinyurl.com/kamayanmember
- Non-Members: tinyurl.com/kamayannonmember
*A £10 fee will be applied to non-member tickets. If this is your first time joining a Wednesdays event, you’re welcome to use the member link.
Step 2. Complete your Partiful RSVP on this page.
🎟️ WHICH TICKET SHOULD I BUY?
If this is your first Wednesdays event, please use the members ticket link. If you are a returning non-member, please use the non-member ticket link. If you have any questions contact us at info@getwednesdays.com
👯 CAN I BRING A FRIEND?
Yes, all friends and fam are welcome! Please have them RSVP individually on this Partiful page and buy a ticket.
📌 THINGS TO KNOW:
- This is a sample menu that may change slightly. A final menu will be shared shortly prior to the event.
- Tickets are non-refundable but may be transferred to a friend.
- Due to the one-off and sharing nature of this event, we are unable to cater for specific dietary restrictions.
- Wednesdays is a club for adventurous people who enjoy food: getwednesdays.com
-Become a Wednesdays member to get priority access and member rates at all our events and trips, along with exclusive access to Wednesdays WhatsApp Community for perks, discounts, restaurant recs and more! getwednesdays.com/join
Find out more info or book your tickets on partiful.com/e/bvsfItF6vJNDIOMCRMcp
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