In all my travels throughout 2012 and that includes both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, there is one new restaurant that stood out, a restaurant that would be as much at home in New York or London as it is in Melbourne’s Collins Street, and it is my ‘Best New Restaurant of the Year’, Brooks www.brooksofmelbourne.com Read More >
A summer fling!
The story so far: three industry veterans go to Vietnam, drink beer, eat amazing food and are inspired to share the fun and simplicity of their newest discovery: bia hoi (fresh beer) and the food that goes with it. Read More >
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In Medieval Provençal times they were saumaliers, animal pack drivers who evolved during Middle French kingdom to become court officials charged with transportation of supplies.
On a recent sunny winter’s day in Melbourne, curiosity got the better of us and we had to find out what is was that Melbournian’s find so irresistible about Golden Fields, one of a ever-growing number of eateries spawned by the unpretentiously talented chef, Andrew McConnell. Read More >
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In Medieval Provençal times they were saumaliers, animal pack drivers who evolved during Middle French kingdom to become court officials charged with transportation of supplies. So what does a modern day Sommelier actually do? Well, Wikipedia outlines as such, “A sommelier or wine steward is a trained and knowledgeable wine professional, normally working in fine restaurants who specializes in all aspects of wine service as well as wine and food matching. The most important work of a sommelier is in the areas of wine procurement, wine storage, wine cellar rotation, and expert service to wine consumers.” Read More >
Our Wandering Palate Melbourne correspondent, Matt Wilson, pigs out, and that’s literally, at his favourite Melbourne restaurant, Scopri. Makes you want to get on plane right away… rustic, hearty food in the Melbourne winter. Make sure you scroll down right to the end of the article to see some truly tantalizing pork pictures. Read More >
My appreciation of “grower” champagne began whilst living in Singapore. Henry Hariyono, Artisan Cellars – http://www.artisan-cellars.com/ introduced me to the wonders of REAL champagne – terrior expression and low/no dosage. Read More >
Yes I know, we are a good four months into the year of the Dragon, and I should probably have wrote of these gastronomic experiences well before now however, the tarry has purpose; sometimes one needs time to linger on such mental wanderings and intoxications, composting the culinary pleasures and fletcherizing memories that have flooded the Dopamine receptors, cogitating on this, delving deep into the adrenal medulla to arrive at a precedence of dining ecstasy. Read More >
Chef Ian Curley at European
There’s much more to golf than improving your swing and perfecting putting. Yes, there’s always that primal instinct of sport – the challenge and exhilaration of competition, whether you’re watching or playing. Then there are those who simply enjoy a hit, inhaling the fresh air, soaking up the scenery, exercising the body and brain – socialising, eating… drinking. In absoluteness, the ultimate day of golf goes beyond the greens to which this column observes the neurological receptors, the gustatory and olfactory senses of both amateur and professional golfers all over this planet. We take a cross section of the golfer’s stomach and we probe the visual, the tactile, the fine motor controls of pleasure, going where no golfing publication has been before, right to the dopamine receptors and intestines of – the Golfer’s Palate.
The Wandering Palates Melbourne correspondent, Andrew Jenkins (Jenks), espouses the virtues of artisan baked bread and has a sourdough story of his own Read More >
