Author: We Know Melbourne

Italian Wine & Food Festival

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Enjoy everything that’s good about eating and dining in Italy at the Italian Wine & Food Festival. Debuting this year, the festival will bring together the best Italian cooks from Melbourne including Johnny di Francesco (400 Gradi) and Rosa Mitchell (Rosa’s Canteen + Rosa’s Kitchen) who will be headlining the show. Shop until your heart’s  content with over 200 of Italy’s finest wines plus salumi, cheese, pasta, coffee, olive oil, gelato and pastries at the Gourmet Traveller Food Market. If you want to learn how to cook authentic Italian cuisine like Nonno, there’s be demonstrations from 400 Gradi, Caterina’s Cucina e Bar, 38 Chairs, Trattoria Emilia, La Bonta, Bar Idda and Saluministi. Spend the whole day there or even make a night of it with DJs playing the best Italian vinyl and European track until 9pm. Buon appetito! When: 11am – 9pm, Sunday 29 May Where: Royal Exhibition Building Visit the Melbourne Italian Wine & Food Festival website.  

Get your body moving at a Silent Yoga Disco

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If you’re anything like us, you’ll be struggling to find the motivation to exercise in this colder weather. The old boring routine at the gym doesn’t seem to be as fun in winter, especially when you could be sitting in front of the TV or drinking vinos next to a fireplace. Enter Flow After Dark Silent Yoga Disco! After a massive sold-out Sydney event, the next chapter is coming to Melbourne this May The Disco session will be 90 minutes of all-level Vinyasa Yoga led by Flow Athletic co-founder, Kate Kendall, to the fluid beats of Sydney DJ, James Mack. Partnering with Silent Sounds, Style Runner is bringing fun back to winter exercise. When: 7pm – 9pm, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 Where: Melbourne Town Hall Visit the Flow After Dark website.

Melbourne’s Must Eat Winter Dishes

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Baby, it’s cold outside. If all you’ re craving is something hot to warm you up from the inside out, brave the cold because these winter dishes are worth coming out of hibernation for!   Pork Buns–Tim Ho Wan Join the lines at the world’s cheapest Michelin-star restaurant, because Tim Ho Wan’s world- famous pork buns are worth the wait. Oven baked gnocchi – Solarino Flavoursome balls of goodness. This pasta dish is the perfect winter comfort food. Hot & Spicy Boneless Fried chicken  – Sam Sam Crispy on the outside, juicy and tender on the inside. Ain’t no thing like a fried chicken wing. The Godfather – Hakata Gensuke If you can handle the heat, we’d recommend ordering the Godfather level 2 – it will warm you up from the inside out. Be warned, it’s super spicy! Squid Ink Tagliolini , squid & bottarga – Tipo 00 Cooked to perfection, this rustic dish is perfectly complemented  with a winter red wine. Brisket Reuben – 5 Points Deli A classic Reuben  that comes with sauerkraut, …

Melbourne on a Budget

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If you’re strapped for cash, but still want to get the best out of our city these five activities will give you the best bang for your buck without putting a dent in your wallet. Eureka Skydeck Conquer your fear of heights and get a bird’s eye view of Melbourne from the Eureka Skydeck. Tickets are only $20 for an 88th floor view. Half Tix Still a word of mouth secret even to local Melbournians, Half Tix is a box office located at Melbourne Town Hall, offering heavily discounted tickets to most shows and activities that are currently running around the city such as theatre shows, tours, river cruises, comedy and festival events. The only catch is the tickets are for the day of performance or event but if you have a flexible schedule, this shouldn’t bother you. Free Walking Tour The tour that we recommend starts from the State Library of Victoria (at the front of the Sir Redmond Barry statue) at 10:30am each day and runs for approximately 2 ½ hours. Its a …

Festival of Steve

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A day for the modern man. Celebrating the dapper gentleman, the annual Festival of Steve returns to Melbourne this May. Taking on a new location at Federation Square, the festival will gather designers, retailers, purveyors of classic merchandise, stylists and outfitters to rejoice in being a thoroughly modern gentleman. This year’s program will include a series of talks: 12pm – Scorsese Curator Talk. Presented by ACMI in partnership with Festival of Steve. 2pm – Scorsese, Style and Masculinity. Presented by ACMI in partnership with Festival of Steve. 4pm – The Rise of Men’s Style. Presented by Festival of Steve in partnership with Executive Style. Along with the talks, you’ll be able to taste some of Melbourne’s finest food and beverages while chatting to some of the best-groomed men of Melbourne. Get your beard oil ready! When: 11am – 6pm, Saturday 28 May Where: Federation Square Visit the Festival of Steve website.

Community Dining at Tamil Feasts

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The We Know Melbourne team are always looking for new and exciting places to eat, places to try that are bit different, but still delicious and provide a true gastronomic experience. Last night we discovered just that! Heading out to Ceres in Brunswick we joined a community of diners who had to come to try Tamil Feasts. Tamil Feasts is a social enterprise supporting recently settled asylum seekers through the celebration of food and culture. Initially starting just over a year ago, the feasts were initially only supposed to be a one-off event, but they were so popular they had to hold more. They now serve twice-weekly feasts (vegetarian/vegan on Tuesdays, meat/vegetarian on Mondays) , prepared by four Tamil men currently seeking asylum in Australia. Our feast last night was a 3 course vegetarian banquet which started off with bhajis, a small flat cake or ball of vegetables, fried in batter. Delicious and crispy, it was the perfect dish to whet our appetite! The feast then continued to include a thali type plate serving a mixture of curries …

A Langham Afternoon Tea with Wedgwood

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The Langham and Wedgwood have collaborated to launch the bespoke version of the afternoon tradition – “The Langham Afternoon Tea with Wedgwood,” and last week the We Know Melbourne team went along to try it out. Now if you’ve never been to an afternoon tea and are wondering what the fuss is all about, then we’d highly recommend you book yourself in for this afternoon tea at The Langham. Upon walking up the grand staircase of the hotel, we were instantly hit with the crisp, sweet ginger flower signature scent which set the scene of the decadent events to come. Sitting down to the tea in the Aria Bar and Lounge, we were immediately offered a glass of Perrier Jouet NV Champagne and given a menu with an extensive selection of teas to choose from. It was then we started to notice all the Langham signatures, like the pink roses, the “Langham Rose” Wedgwood china, and later the Langham pink suits worn by the service stylists, reminecent of the pink Chanel suit  worn by the late, …

Architects of Beauty

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This May, the biggest names in beauty come together for the launch of inaugural innovation event series, Architects of Beauty. Consisting of 15 different industry-led masterclasses, the program is designed to educate and inspire in the domains of makeup, skincare and fragrance. Architects of Beauty will be held at Melbourne’s Highpoint Shopping Centre from Friday 6 May until Sunday 22 May 2016. There’s be all the best in makeup brands there including official makeup artist for CHANEL Australia, Victoria Baron, who joins the line up to host an exclusive masterclass. Highpoint customers will also have access to workshops by leading beauty retailers including Dior, MAC and Laura Mercier. Discover the latest makeup trends for Autumn/Winter, create your signature scent, make organic skincare products and learn new techniques from leading makeup artists. The full program includes: *Thursday 12 May – MAC Techniques (12pm and 2pm) *Friday 13 May – Bold Beauty with YSL for David Jones (12pm and 6pm) *Saturday 14 May – Flawless Face with Laura Mercier for David Jones (12pm and 2pm) *Sunday 15 …

Dog Lovers Show – Review

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Last weekend the We Know Melbourne team were invited along to the Dog Lovers Show at the Royal Exhibition Centre.  Bringing all dog lovers, dog owners and dogs great or small together, the show was like we had died and gone to doggie heaven. Set over three days. the program was filled with all sorts of shows such as the doggie talent show, doggie high jump and the celebrity vet stage – yes, Dr Chris Brown was in the house.   The show was split over two levels with the stalls downstairs filled with plenty of doggie products that owners could pick up. There were raw treats, collars, leashes, and a clear winner amongst many, the Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard chew toys – we couldn’t resist picking a couple up for our own little sausage dog. Upstairs, there were stalls filled with all different kind of dog breeds (and their owners) plus ones that we didn’t even know existed. Have you heard of an Italian Spinone before? We could have spent all day there …