If your only memory of tequila is slamming it down with salt and lime, this July your thoughts about tequila are set to change. On July 24th, Red Spice Road are teaming up with Tequila Tromba to bring you a Tequila Tromba Dinner. Sip on a delicious range of Tromba Tequilas cocktails perfectly married to the fresh south-east asian flavours cooked up by Head Chef Dylan McCormack. When: Thursday, July 21. Where: Red Spice Road. Visit the website here.
Gin lovers of the world rejoice as World Gin Day returns for its EIGHTH year on Saturday 11 June 2016! Tomorrow, people from all around the world will be raising their glass with a legitimate excuse (not that we need one) to drink some gin, whether it’s in a cocktail, G&T or neat (yes, you can drink gin neat!). Looking for a place to enjoy some gin? Here are some venues across Melbourne celebrating the almighty gin: Gin Palace: 10 Russell Place, Melbourne Martini massages, bathtub gin, Gin dessert table, buy one get one free G&T’s Martinis and Negronis till late Four Pillars Gin Four Pillars Gin will be celebrating with celebrating gin all weekend long with three days of distilling sessions, maker’s classes, free tastings plus so much more. New Gold Mountain A flight of three mini martini’s (60ml) will take you through the history of the martini ~Martinez, South Side & Classic using Ransom Old Tom, Ransom Dry & East London Liquor Company Gins. Craft & Co Be the first to taste their own gin straight from …
Celebrate the best in food and beverage that Australia has to offer at Good Food & Wine Show. With hundreds of local and international exhibitors, your new favourite food and drinks are only a sample away. Whether you’re into sweet or savoury, beer or wine, there’s something for everyone. Enjoy a cooking show from high-profile chefs such as Colin Fassnidge, Matt Moran, Alastair McLeond plus more or see local and interstate chefs and restaurateurs cook three-course meals and provide hints and tips to recreate at home. There’ll be over 200 local and international exhibitors including 400 Gradi, Della Rosa Fresh Foods, Hawkers Beer, Maggie Beer and Melbourne Martini. When: 3- 5 June 2016 Where: Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre Visit the Good Food & Wine Show website.
Everyone’s favourite night markets are returning this June. Grab a group of friends and cosy up under the market sheds for The Winter Night Markets with Melbourne’s hottest foodies, artisans and performers. This winter there’ll be over 30 street vendors including the likes of 400 Gradi, The Brass Coq, MJR TOM plus more. Enjoy the evening next with a mulled wine in hand next to the crackling fires, plus a revolving line-up of entertainers and live music to make it the perfect mid-week winter night out. When: Wednesdays, June 1 – August 2016 Where: Queen Vic Markets Visit the Winter Night Markets website.
Drink for a cause and celebrate the bittersweet orange tipple during Negroni Week. From June 6-12, various venues across Melbourne will be donating $1 for every Negroni sold to select charities. Presented by Imbibe Magazine and Campari, Negroni Week initially launched in 2013 as a celebration of one of the world’s great cocktails and an effort to raise money for charitable causes around the world. Now in it’s fourth year, the week has raised close to $500 000 for charitable causes. We Know Melbourne tip: We recommend trying out Bomba or Añada who will be donating $1 for every Negroni sold to the Sacred Heart Mission. Visit the Negroni Week website.
The Melbourne Aquarium are opening after dark. Experience an unforgettable start to the weekend with a group of friends or work mates and enjoy a fantastic night of great food, drinks and music as you journey through SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium’s zones of discovery, featuring one of the world’s largest saltwater crocodiles! All ticket holders will receive a welcome cocktail, plus you’ll be able to drink your way through unlimited sparkling wine, red and white wine, beer, soft drink, juice, mineral water. Finger food will also be served throughout the evening including cold canapés, hot canapés, hot grazing dishes, dessert canapés Experience the aquarium in a whole new light as you explore amazing displays, including the spectacular Fish Bowl exhibit! When: 6pm – 9pm, 27 May, 24 June, 26 August, 30 September, 28 October, Where: Melbourne Aquarium Visit the Melbourne Aquarium website.
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.
Do you enjoy wine? Do you find chocolate irresistible? If you’re anything like us, they’re are your two favourite things in life, so on Saturday we went along to the Wine and Chocolate Festival eager to indulge. Offered a relaxing and enjoyable afternoon, the festival was held at Seaworks, Williamstown; right beside the pier with an amazing view. The sunny weather topped off an amazing afternoon along with some jazz music and DJ Mimi. There were 13 stalls of wineries, 7 food trucks + 4 food vendors. The most fun and interesting part of the festival was of course the food pairing. Who would have known that Coedo Beniaka, a Japanese sweet potato crafted beer would go so well with chocolate? All the wine/beer pairing with chocolate were designed by a chocolate master chef from Belgium, Filip Tibos, and he truly knew what choccies went with what beverage. If you were after some real food, you could find yourself right beside the pier with seven other food trucks, which the festival offered. We dined on …
In the last decade, the way people view beer as a beverage has become evermore diverse, from a comforting refreshment, to a passionate art form. Created by the combination of hard work by local boutique breweries along with the growth of inquisitive beer drinkers, has seen the upsurge of more local craft beer varieties being stocked in bar fridges or being poured in sideways glasses during local happy hours all over the state. As a recognition to all things beer, Melbourne Good Beer Week is held throughout some of Melbourne’s finest pubs and bars and celebrates the rich culture and passion that exists amongst the production and (more importantly) consumption of local craft beer found in Victoria and wider Australia. Events range from food and beer pairing sessions, premium beer tastings straight from local breweries, themed parties, along with much more. Some festival highlights that we have picked include GABS 2016 – a festival within the festival, the best artesian brewers from around the world gather to showcase a celebration if all things beer and …
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