Category: food

Truck Stop Deluxe grand opening

On Tuesday night my lucky plus one and I received a last minute invite to board a double-decker party bus, stocked to the brim with cocktails and beer, and be escorted off to Werribee…yes that’s right, Werribee. ‘I don’t even…

Bar Dream

Best Melbourne Events July 2015: Mid-Month

Melbourne Truffle Festival 2015 Truffles make everything better, this is my general view. So when you can get a truffle butter, truffle infused egg, truffle oil, and truffle salt bruschetta or a ‘quadruple truffle smash’ (my own phrase) you can bet that…

Grey Gardens

Launch of Grey Gardens

Grey Gardens encompasses it all. It’s a cafe. A gallery. A cafe + larder. And the new permanent home of Speakeasy Cinema. It’s a place to relax at by day and return to at night. Housed in a former gallery,…

Once Upon A Table’s Evening Of Enchantment

I go to a lot of events. The good, the great, the greatest and everything in between. Naturally people ask me what makes for a good event. There’s always two constants: experience and the interaction. To this day, one of the…

Milk the Cow

Perfect Match evenings at Milk the Cow

Perfect Match evenings at Milk the Cow prove that you can match anything with cheese. On a chilly Melbourne evening I found myself nestled in the upstairs bar at the Carlton venue. Glasses of tequila and matching cheeses lined the…

Speakeasy & The Zomato

On an icy Melbourne eve, The Plus Ones team headed on over to Speakeasy on Chapel St. An icy eve…you know the type. Bone chilling, eight degrees, feels like minus four. So the prospect of being nourished inside a speakeasy was just…

Wine Tasting Event’s Pinot & Yum Cha Extravaganza

WIN A $1,300 Wine Tasting Events Wine & Food Matching Extravaganza After a long week at work I was very excited to be venturing south of the river on Saturday for an event littered with some of my very favourite words…

Good Food & Wine Show – Melbourne

The title says it all really. Does anyone ask for average food and wine? After 15 years of exhibiting, the Good Food & Wine team know how to put on an exhibition. Imagine hundreds of incredible Australian and international proprietors giving you…

Monkey King & The Secret Opium Den

On an icy Melbourne day I had the chance to explore Little Saigon. Even better, I did so in the delightful company of Little Miss Melbourne and the The Weekly Review team. The first stop was the warming spices of Monkey King….