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Hola Mexico

Melbourne’s well-loved The Mission Foods Mexican Festival is back. This September 13, celebrate Mexican Independence Day with Melbourne’s top Mexican chefs, artists and musicians as they take over Federation Square. Surrender your senses to Mexico in many different ways including: Taste bud tour: Melbourne’s top Mexican restaurants have each been charged with presenting an authentic, regional dish from one of the 32 states of Mexico. Munch your way across Mexico with restaurants including Mamasita, Touche Hombre, Los Amates, La Tortilleria, Mexico City, Paco’s Tacos, Mesa Verde, Kikiriki, Guzman y Gomez, South American BBQ, Mad Mex, Santa Ana Tapas Bar, Taco Truck Chillis Mexican, El Sabor and many more. Mexican Cantina/Bar: Taste the most famous traditional Mexican brew, tequila, from Jose Cuervo, the oldest active distillery in Latin America where tequila is produced with the Cuervo family’s unique recipes, expertise and handcraftsmanship. There’s also mescal, Mexican beer (Corona, Pacifico, Negra Modelo) and wine. The bar opens at 1pm. Tequila and mescal tasting sessions will also run during the day. Follow the Festival’s Facebook updates for more information …

Alumbra gets a makeover

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Before we start this article, we must confess that although we have always known of the club/bar Alumbra, it’s Docklands location scared us and we have never made the trek there. Recently revamped and given a facelift by Roar Projects, last Wednesday they held an exclusive VIP event to launch the new look and the We Know Melbourne team went along to check it out. The venue had been given a new creative identity, based on the streets of New York and upon entering the warehouse conversion, we couldn’t help but feel that we were transported to a bar in the Upper West Side. All the guests were glammed up in high heels, dresses and suits. The venue itself now had an increased capacity with an extended floorplan. We loved the idea of the outside terrace for a cheeky cocktail under the stars. However the main attraction of the night was the foodie partnership with master chef Daniel Wilson – The man infamous for bringing to Melbourne, Huxtable and those delicious Huxtaburgers. The New York style menu …

Shaken not stirred at Please Don’t Tell

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When we heard that the boys from New York’s most famous speakeasy were coming to Melbourne, we couldn’t help but get excited, and so did the rest of Melbourne it seemed. Tickets sold out (or should we say booked out – entry was free) within minutes and we were lucky enough to secure tickets for the first session. Now, we’ve visited a whole lot of speakeasies on previous trips to the US, and we had heard about Please Don’t Tell, but low and behold we never got there. Call it what you will, but we think this was definitely a sign, that we had to go! In case you don’t know what a speakeasy is (one of our friends who came along actually had to google it first), old mate, Wikipedia defines it as: “an establishment that illegally sells alcoholic beverages. Such establishments came into prominence in the United States during theProhibition era (1920–1930).” Although these days, it would be more used to describe bars with a retro style, think something out of the 1950s that …

Trailer Park at the Village

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Melbourne and food trucks go together like peanut butter and jelly. One can’t exist without the other. That’s why we can’t wait to hit Trailer Park this August at the Village Melbourne grounds. This year’s theme is Food of Origin and every Saturday and Sunday this August, the best food trucks will be serving up their take on the theme, starting with North America, then South and Central America, Europe and Asia. This year there will also be as a pop up bar in the Arbor (undercover area) and full bar service from the Bistro. We Know Melbourne tip: Get the soft shell crab burger from the Hammer and Tong Food Truck. When: Every Saturday and Sunday throughout August. Where: The Village 557 St Kilda Road Melbourne (Entry on Moubray Street) When: Every Saturday and Sunday throughout August. Cost: Free entry! Just remember to bring money for all the snacking. Find out more here.

Hot Chocolate Festival

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If you love hot chocolates, then this festival is for you! Returning for it’s third year, The The Yarra Valley Chocolaterie will be the hottest way to indulge this winter, showcasing 31 different hot chocolate flavours in 31 days. The menu will be changed on a weekly basis and if last year’s flavours (salted caramel, nutella, pina colada, turkish delight) are anything to go by, we would say that if you weren’t already obsessed with chocolate, you will be after this. Get ready to indulge! When: 1st – 31 August 2015 Where Yarra Valley Chocolaterie Visit the website here.

I’ll take my tea with cheese please!

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We’ve got to admit that when we think of cheese the first thing that we think of pairing it with is certainly not tea. However, as you know the We Know Melbourne team can’t stay away from cheese, it’s our Kryptonite and so one rainy Sunday afternoon we decided to try out the Porcelain Tea Parlour. The Porcelain Tea Parlour is located on Johnston St, Carlton, just a couple minutes walk from the Lygon main strip. It’s easy to miss if you’re not looking out for it, but we can smell a good cheese a mile away. Open till late every night, it’s the perfect spot for a night out (if you don’t want a boozy night). The interiors feel like you’ve entered someone’s cosy lounge room with a big chesterfield couch in the middle and a couple of tables filling the rest of the floor. Make sure to check out all the ceramic tea pots lined up on the wall, the variety is outstanding! The area doesn’t fit too many people in, which we …

What has our Craft Beer Ambassador been up to?

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As you may or may not know, Simon James is our hotels’ Craft Beer Ambassador. You might imagine that a Craft Beer Ambassador’s job is a fairly easy one mainly consisting of checking out new beers and visiting beer festivals. And you would be right! That is exactly what Simon has been doing for the last month. InMay Simon was a guest of the Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular held at the Royal Exhibition Buildings in Carlton. This year’s festival was a great success with 16,200 people attending the 3 dayeven which is 4000 more than last year. This increase can no doubt be at least put down to the fact that Simon attended this year’s event obviously giving it more prestige. Simon has also been hunting down the latest Craft Beer hotspots to recommend to guests. Recently he took a hand picked crew of staff members to try out the just opened Boilermaker House (less than 5 minutes walk from the hotel in Lonsdale Street). The verdict was a unanimous thumbs up from all involved. …