There’s only one problem with visiting the most beautifully furnished of residential spaces. They tend to look at you funny when you walk out with the bedlinen. Not so at the Design Files Open House, Melbourne and Sydney’s pop-up with a willpower-testing twist: You can leave with whatever you can carry (or in the case...
You wake up at 7am, all ready to go to work. Feeling a little stretched for time you open your front door about to leave and you see a box on your doorstep. You open it to find a range of the freshest fruit and vegetables, along with a recipe or two. Good morning Kelly...
Are you in a rut with your breakfast? Do you think there should be more cranberries in your muesli mix? Maybe you hate dried apricot, or just want something out of the muesli norm. Enter Yousli. Just like create-your-own-adventure stories, Yousli is all about what you want. An online store where you can design your...
The Kelvin Club opening back in 1865 is one of those members only establishments with ‘particular’ club rules, dress codes and hushed gentlemen-only dealings, what you might consider a little old-fashioned. Lucky then for the greater folk its decision (likely by committee) to update and open the doors to seek a new kind of patron....
The Keystone Group is at it again. The group behind the likes of The Rook, The Winery, and The Newtown Hotel has joined forces with Longrains’ Martin Boetz and the Cooks Co-op to bring us Rushcutters, an oasis of fresh produce with a serious paddock to plate philosophy behind them. The large industrial space designed...
Trocadero graced the banks of the Yarra River in August 2012 and showed us just what pre-theatre dining could be. Tomorrow (November 9) it will re-open as Fatto Bar & Cantina. This newest venture for the Van Haandel Group will bring General Manager Anthony Musarra back to the kitchen as Executive Chef. White tiles and...
This is one culinary makeover where the ‘steaks’ have changed launching a new dining experience thanks to the arrival of a new hatted chef and menu. This basement beauty is both classic and creative. Original 100 year old beams give the art wall of Spiegelau glasses an architectural history, curved cowhide egg chairs play with...
Don’t be alarmed if you see hoards of people bolting to the Surf Life Saving Australia Headquarters in Rosebery. There’s no emergency, or half-naked Bondi Lifeguards for that matter. They’re running for a seat at Clubhouse – a new eatery licensed by those good Lifesaving folk. Be welcomed by beautiful décor and colours of the sand...
A degustation is fun. Whether it’s just food, food and wine, or the more recent, cocktail degustation, they are a journey in themselves. Any way you look at the degustation, it’s a way to try a variety of things, taste what the chef or the bartender is loving that particular month and try things you...
Freshly whipped butter, ice-cold folded gelato, hot bread straight from the oven. What can be better than simple joys like that? Having the satisfaction of creating these things with your own hands is a pretty good feeling. Melbourne is crazy about artisan food and we’ve found a few classes where you can learn just how...
