🍜 Community dining

Community Dinners

Language-matched shared dinners with 2–6 people you haven't met yet. Starting with Teochew community dinners in Melbourne, once a month. Non-profit — you pay exactly what the venue charges, nothing more.

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Build your profile

Tell me your preferred dinner language, dietary needs, interests and suburb. Takes two minutes.

2

Get matched

I review all profiles and form compatible tables by hand. Language is the hard filter — everything else is a preference.

3

Show up and eat

You receive a PayID payment request for your exact share of the venue cost. Pay, confirm, and arrive. I'll be there too.

Join the waitlist

Register your interest

4 people on the waitlist

Once you're matched, I'll reach out by email with date, venue and payment details. No commitment until you confirm.

Payment (exact venue cost per head, no markup) is via PayID once you're matched and confirm. Cancellation: 48+ hrs = full refund, 24–48 hrs = 50%, <24 hrs = no refund.

How it works

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Language is the hard filter

Dinners are matched by preferred dinner language first — no exceptions. Dietary requirements are a close second.

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2 to 6 people per table

Small enough to be genuinely social. I attend every dinner as part of the group — within the 6-person maximum.

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Truly non-profit

You pay the venue's per-head price. I collect via PayID and pay the venue in full. I don't take a coordination fee.

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Once a month, for now

Starting with Teochew community dinners. More language groups added as the waitlist grows.