All posts tagged: eat

Meat Fish Wine Tasting

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A couple of weeks ago the We Know Melbourne team were invited to taste the new menu at Meat Fish Wine. Located right in the heart of QV, next to their sister restaurant Red Spice QV, the restaurant and wine bar are known for their extensive wine collection (featuring over 500 wines) and top tasting dishes. The tasting was an intimate setting, sitting down on an outside table with a couple of other well known Melbourne foodies, including @topfoodmelbourne. Each dish that was brought out was given the rundown by Chef David Schofield, explaining the detail that went into cooking it to perfection.  Some of the dishes we got to try include: Cheese damper with bush tomato jam Wagyu Rump Cap, Roasted Shallot Puree Normally not a huge carnivore, we found the wagyu so tender and we couldn’t help go back for seconds. Snapper, Smoked Cauliflower, “Noir Cracker” & Sea Foam Char Grilled Brussel Sprouts, Lardo and Mustard Crumbs If you are still scarred from the way your Mum used to boil your brussel sprouts and make you …

Fat Tuesday

New Orleans Carnival

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Po’ Boy Quarter joins forces with Ding Dong Lounge to present Fat Tuesday New Orleans Festival Melbourne on Tuesday, 9 Feb at Piazza Italia, Argyle Street in Carlton. New Orleans is known for it’s party vibe, delicious food, jazz music and of course a swinging good time, and this festival promises all that. The evening will showcase a rich smorgasboard of Southern food with Po’ Boy Quarter, Girl with the Gris Gris, Bluebonnet BBQ & Taco Truck cooking up all the traditional dishes including Louisiana Gumbo, Po’ Boys, Texas BBQ, Tacos and more. To get you dancing and swinging your hips, music will come from Adam Rudegeair’s Bayou Tapestry with Henry Manetta, Jazz Party, Horns Of Leroy, The Always for Pleasure Allstars with Kerri Simpson and The Gumbo Blues Band with Chris Wilson, Steve Lucas, Jerome Smith, Matt Dwyer and Ash Davies & Skyscraper Stan and The Commission Flats. To top it all off, there’ll also be a fortune teller’s booth and a costume competition that will culminate with the crowning of Melbourne’s very first King and Queen of Mardi Gras! Book your …

Modern Vietnamese breakfast with a twist at TBC

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Looking for a decent breakfast in the city is like looking for a needle in a haystack. While there are so many cafes that do serve up a breakfast menu, there are few and far between that do anything that little bit different from your standard bacon and eggs/avocado on toast combo. The Brass Coq (TBC) are hoping to change that all with the recent launch of their breakfast menu. You may remember our review of our dinner menu last year when the We Know Melbourne team were invited along to try the dinner – remember that VFC (Vietnamese Fried Chicken)?! Located in the ‘legal precinct’  this little spot is now open from  7am in the morning until 11pm.  The breakfast menu is filled with popular Vietnamese breakfast dishes with Asian and French influences (yes there’s even rare beef pho on the breakfast menu!) and is one of the CBD’s first modern Vietnamese breakfast. We dined on 3 different dishes. First on the list was the TBC’s Scrambled eggs, where the scrambled eggs were given …

Your guide to Australia Day

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Everybody loves a good party and this Australia Day there’s plenty of celebrations around town to  commemorate the first fleet of European ships that set foot in Australia and of course all things great about Australia. So whether you’ve got the day off (or for the lucky ones, the whole weekend), here’s your ripper guide on what to do this Australia Day. Australia Day Parade One of Melbourne’s favourite Australia Day activities, the vibrant Australia Day Parade sees thousands of people line Swanston Street each year. A family friendly event, the parade will see more than 100 community and cultural groups come together for this spectacular annual event. The Food Truck Festival The Docklands will come alive for Australia Day  events, activities, fun, food and fireworks throughout the afternoon and into the evening. 17 of  Melbourne’s favourite food trucks, (includingStreet Feast, C’est Chick, Nem n Nem, White Guy Cooks Thai, Real Burgers, Chilli Express, Kurbside Cravings and many more) will be coming to the party cooking up  everything from crepes and cakes through to burgers, bangers and Thai. …

Richmond Yard

The Richmond Yard

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For a limited summer season, The Richmond Yard  have set up shop every Saturday evening transporting you into the post-apocalyptic year of 2023. Alongside six to eight  themed trailers set up filled with artifacts relating to a specific character created by the team, there’ll also Melbourne’s pop-up food, indie craft beverages and DJs. Described as “An immersive post-apocalyptic bar and grill,” you can reserve your 2 hour slot, to explore the trailers which will be filled with artifacts relating to a specific character created by the team. Regular trucks on rotation include Easey’s and Burn City Smokers cooking up the food and a vintage Airstream-style trailer selling Quiet Deeds beer, Flying Brick cider and a selection of cocktails to quench your thirst. When: Sat 4pm-midnight, until February 20, 2016. Where: 55-67 Cremorne Street, Cremorne Visit the website here.     

Victorian Cider & Pork Festival 2016

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Set amongst the vines at the picturesque Rochford Wines,  for the first time ever in Victoria – the Yarra Valley will play host to the inaugural Victorian“2016 Cider and Pork Festival” – to be held over the Australia Day Long Weekend. Celebrate the humble pig and crushed apple at this two-day festival where there’ll be more than 75 international and Australian ciders will be on showcase -with more than 15 local hero boutique cider producers in attendance, including- St Ronan’s Cider, Napoleone Cider, Punt Road Cider, Batlow Cider Co, Square Keg Cider, Hills Cider, Custard & Co, Daylesford Cider Co, Flying Brick, Sidekick Cider, Young Henrys and many more. To keep you from going hungry, there’ll also be 15 different food trucks and pop-restaurants showcasing more than  60 different and mouth-watering pork dishes from locally sourced produce and leading Melbourne restaurants. o If that’s enough to fill your day there will also be Masterclasses held over both days of the festival where you can learn about varying ranges of ciders from all over the world-including France, Australia …

A BBQ on the Water

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As the days get longer, there’s no better way to enjoy the brighter evenings than heating up the barbie on an Aqua Donut, a circular floating device with a barbeque station secured in the centre of the vessel. The most unique dining experience on the water you can have in Melbourne. Visit the website here.   

Royal Croquet Club

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The Royal Croquet Club are bringing their party back to Melbourne. Now in it’s third year, the festival is the perfect way to spend a warm summer’s afternoon, pimms in hand, croquet mallet in the other. This year’s food includes Mamasita, Lady Carolina, Ruyi, Gazi, Blue Bonnet Barbeque and everyone’s favourite gelateria, Pidapipo. There’ll also be live music from Alpine, GRMM, Running Touch plus more. When: December 10 -20 Where: Birrarung Marr Visit the website here. 

Melbourne’s newest food truck party

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If you ever needed an excuse to visit the east side, this is it. This summer, Hawthorn welcomes The Early Bird, Melbourne’s newest food truck party. The trucks will set up on the  grass laid hot spot tucked away next to Auburn train station, and will be serving up Melbourne’s best breakfast, brunch and lunch options every Wednesday to Saturday. All the regular food trucks will be there including  Mr. Burger, Doughboys Doughnuts, Toasta Food Truck, BeanToMelbourne, Danger Dogs, Sliders On Tyres, Baskerville Jaffles and more. Bring your dogs, bring your bikes or bring your dog on a bike, The Early Bird  is pet friendly, bike friendly and family friendly. Finally if you don’t wait to wait in line for your morning coffee fix or lunch you can pre order it  by contacting Jamie@beantomelbourne.com.au.  When: 7am – 3pm, Wednesday – Saturday  (Friday night with licensed bar coming soon) Where: 10 Newburgh Place, Hawthorn. Next to Auburn Train Station. Visit the website here.   

A Forking Good Time at Taste of Melbourne

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Last Thursday saw the kick-off of the annual restaurant festival Taste of Melbourne and we were there to sample the delights from Melbourne’s finest, as well as some notable chefs from abroad. Armed with empty stomachs, we headed straight to the South African Garden for a Masterclass with chef Benny Masekwameng, known not only for his culinary skills as Executive Chef for the Tsogo Sun Group,  but as one of the judges on the popular MasterChef South Africa. Chef Benny’s chosen recipe was a melting pot, borrowing flavours from across the globe. We were surprised to find that the hero of the dish was not the lamb chops or ratatouille, but a tie between the creamed spinach (the addition of peanut butter being key) and the crisp, deep fried mielepap cubes. Mielepap is Afrikaans for maize porridge, similar to polenta, and is a staple food of many South Africans. Next stop was Circa, the Prince for Cape Brim Ox Cheek, which (while being a bit on the small side of things) was cooked to perfection, …