Category: food

Como Garden event with Deliveroo

There’s a first time for everything! It was my inaugural visit to the fabulous National Trust-listed Como House (home of the present The Dressmaker exhibition). And also my first time trying out Deliveroo. I’m sure you’ve seen the bicycles around town,…

photo by Sifra Netta

Monthly wrap: our fave events of May 2016

Food porn. A Quention Tarantino cutout. Food in a historic location. And more chai than you can possibly guzzle. Read on for some of the adventures The Plus Ones had in Melbourne in May! The Tarantino Ball Northcote bar 24…

Eat Street 2016: a charitable evening of food

Eat Street 2016 was impressive. From the moment guests arrived, we were inside an elaborate three-room Wonderland of consumption. Yes, with a capital ‘W’, complete with an Alice darting about. How do you know where to start, with over forty providers…

Saké Flinders Lane Restaurant Launch

It was an unseasonably balmy April evening as I headed up Flinders Lane – the gastronomical heart of Melbourne’s CBD – to the opening of Saké‘s newest restaurant. The second venue in Melbourne – the original located at Hamer Hall in…

Winter menu launch at Street Talk Espresso

One of the best parts about the seasons changing is when restaurants and cafes update their menus. I was invited to a little preview of Street Talk Espresso‘s new winter menu. Let me say right now: this is worth a…

Wine and Chocolate Festival in Williamstown

What could be better than a sunny day in Melbourne? Attending the Wine and Chocolate Festival at the Seaworks Maritime Precinct in Williamstown, of course. My plus one and I were so excited to head to the festival. What better…

Banjo BBQ with bluegrass band Mustered Courage

Authentic American barbeque with a side of bluegrass music. If there are better combos in this world, I’m hard-pressed to find one. So that’s why I found myself heading to the Retreat Hotel in Brunswick for the afternoon when the…

Best of April 2016: monthly wrap

Melbourne never fails to disappoint. April was filled with fashion, food, festivals and more. Read on to see what we got up to! Let’s Meet At launch Bursting onto the Melbourne social scene is new social networking site Let’s Meet…