In a new collaboration, Melbourne’s Hutong Dumpling Bar takes over NGV’s Gallery Kitchen for the 2019 Melbourne Winter Masterpieces NGV Friday Nights series, transforming it into a Shanghai-inspired dumpling bar.
Sushi Boto, a concept brought to you by the team behind White Mojo, is a top notch sushi experience in Melbourne in the heart of the Melbourne CBD. Sushi Boto is bringing a sense of fun to Melbourne dining and The World Loves Melbourne was invited along to sample the menu at the recently opened ‘Street Eats’ extension at St Collins Lane. Are you down with sushi trains? How about sushi boats? Navy blue hand crafted sushi boats diligently chug along the Sushi Boto stream and offer delicious freshly made umami plates to customers.
Stalactites and Hella Good are excited to be the nation’s first Greek restaurants to be accredited by Coeliac Australia. With over 1/4 million Australians living with coeliac disease, and many more on gluten-free diets, this will be welcome news for many Melbournians.
Being an A-League fan I was excited to be the guest of Melbourne City, as part of City’s VIP area City Class for their match at AAMI Park against Adelaide United. On a brilliant sunny Melbourne day it was a pleasure to enjoy premium seating to watch the game and partake of the corporate hospitality. The City Class experience is available as a premium membership, so get on board.
Maha Restaurant has just launched a new lunch menu and Chef Shane Delia invited The World Loves Melbourne to join him for an exclusive preview in the Maha intimate private dining room. I have to say this new menu stirred my enthusiasm and imagination in bringing Middle Eastern flavours in a fun way but with a serious intentionality around flavour and texture.
Highpoint Shopping Centre is hosting a colour-filled and custom-built play space for crafty kids these April School Holidays. From Monday 8 April to Sunday 14 April, kids can discover an interactive realm inside Highpoint’s House of Colour for a week of art and play.
Melbourne’s most anticipated running festival is back with five new event ambassadors, and something for friends, families and fitness fanatics. The Run Melbourne Friendship Dash will kick off the ultimate running race weekend on Saturday 27 July, with the iconic Run Melbourne taking place the following day (Sunday 28 July). The World Loves Melbourne (Samantha) was invited along to a fab launch event at The Run Club in Cremorne.
Chef Paul Cooper has returned home to Victoria and bought Bianchet Winery in the Yarra Valley, operating two venues within the space, to accommodate casual and more formal dining rooms. Cooper, who moved to Sydney in 2012 to open Bishop Sessa in Surry Hills returned home to Melbourne in 2018. And he is bringing exciting developments to Yarra Valley!