Café Perons launches their new dinner menu as part of Perons’ Sundown Sessions

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Café Perons officially launched Perons’ Sundown Sessions on Friday, 17th March 2017 to celebrate the venues new look, menu and evening offering.

Guests were served: watermelon cocktails. Peroni beer and 2016 Sauvignon Blanc Manta Bay Marlborough, while they feasted on: antipasto platters; fish tacos with Namjim sauce; chicken tacos with Sriracha mayo; authentic Indian curry with rice and yoghurt dipping sauce; and barbecue style chicken wings.

Café Perons has a reputation for serving tasty healthy food for breakfast, brunch and lunch from 7:30am  to 4:30pm seven days a week. Their menu caters for vegetarians, vegans and gluten free diets with recipes inspired by the great cuisines of the world.

Now, as part of Perons’ Sundown Sessions every Friday and Saturday night, Café Perons will be offering a dinner menu between 6pm to 8:30pm that is perfect for grazing with $20 boards and $14 cocktails. The boards are big enough to serve four people for nibbles and include: a Mediterranean Board of hummus, prosciutto, grilled veggies, salami and green olives; or a Taco Board with three tacos of either barramundi or spicy chicken and guacamole, corn chips and salsa.

For cocktails there is a choice of: La Mexicana (Tequila with flavours of agave mint line and fresh watermelon) or The Good Guy (with gin, elderflower liqueur, apple, cucumber, celery, mint and lemon juice).

Café Perons is located at the corner of Bay and Short Street Double Bay (opposite the Royal Oak Hotel).

For more information about Café Perons, go to: https://www.cafeperons.com.au/

       

Enright’s Original Gin Company launches new range of gin infused men’s grooming products

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Mikey Enright, the owner of the Barber Shop in Sydney, launched a range of men’s grooming products (made by Enright’s Original Gin Company) that contain gin at The Barber Shop salon and bar on Tuesday 15 March 2017.

Mikey Enright is an award-winning barman and former Head of Bars for Merivale. He is also one of the best barbers in Sydney. He has combined his love of gin and men’s grooming to create a men’s grooming range made by his company, Enright’s Original Gin Company.

Enright’s Original Gin Company scented grooming products are made in Australia from the finest natural ingredients. They comprise of no petroleum. They contain 16 botanicals of benefit including Juniper, Bergamot, Ginger, Cardamon, Coriander Seed, Grains of Paradise, Lavender, Rosemary, Rose, Orris Root, Violet, Cyprus, Liquorice Root, Sweet Orange and Lemon.

Enright’s used his knowledge of barber shops and information from the best barbers in the industry to create products that men would want to have at home. With Enright’s Original Gin Company products, men can have a grooming routine that is similar to the experience found at his popular Sydney institution, The Barber Shop.

There were lots of fashionable men in attendance including: actors Kyle Pryor and Steven Mahy; television presenters Danny Clayton and Andrew Maciver; celebrity stylist and author Jeff Lack; models Sam Wines; fashion stylist Joshua Heath; and suiting icon Steve Barkla.

The event would not be complete without gin cocktails and guests had a choice of three to drink all night: gin and tonic; gin goblet; and gin martini. There was also cold meat and cheese boards to go with the gin, and a range of canapes going around.

The Enright’s Original Gin Company range is sold at The Barber Shop at York Street and Barangaroo, and online at: http://thisisthebarbershop.com/ and enrightsoriginalgincompany.com

 

 

Heineken 3 celebrates the great taste of summer at Watsons Bay Boutique Hotel

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Heineken 3, an easy drinking, lower calorie and full flavoured mid-strength beer, celebrated the ‘Great Taste of Summer’ by throwing a party at the Watsons Bay Boutique Hotel on Sunday 12 March 2017.

Guests enjoyed great drinks, premium entertainment, summer games, tasty food and awesome music headlined by Aussie electro sensation Kilter as well as a performance from Mo ‘Funk the DJ and others.

The party was held to celebrate the success of a recent campaign which challenged Aussies to taste the new mid-strength beer brand. Heineken promised to refund anyone not completely satisfied with the taste of its latest offering. The Heineken 3 Money Back Guarantee scheme ran between January 23 and March 4 for consumers who bought either a six-pack or 12-pack of Heineken 3. Since less than 0.1 per cent of consumers actually claimed their money back on the lower calorie, lower carb product, Heineken threw a ‘Great Taste of Summer’ party to celebrate and reward fans.

The beverage tastes fresh, crisp, easy, and vibrant. It has 86 calories per bottle, 5g of carbs and 3.3 per cent ABV so consumers are able to enjoy a lower calorie beer that also tastes great.

In addition to serving an unlimited supply of Heineken 3 at the party, guests were also served beer cocktails including: the Copacabana Mule (made from Heineken 3, vodka, ginger beer and garnished with lime and mint); and Summer Splash (made from Heineken 3, Campari, lemonade and a slice of orange).

Celebrities that attended included: the winner of The Bachelorette, Sasha Mielczarek; the 2015 winners of My Kitchen Rules, Will Stewart and Steve Flood; Home and Away’s Ada Nicodemou and The Bachelor’s Zilda Williams.

Heineken 3 is available in stores and bars Australia-wide.

To find out more about Heineken 3, go to: http://www.heineken.com/au/3/Home

A foodies paradise: Taste of Sydney returns to Centennial Park, Sydney

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The best gastronomic event of Sydney, Taste of Sydney, kicked off with the Taste of Sydney Gala Night at the Brazilian Fields, Centennial Park on Thursday 9 March 2017.

Taste of Sydney, in partnership with Electrolux, returned to Centennial Park from 9 – 12 March 2017. During the four-day event, foodies enjoyed: the signature dishes of some of Sydney’s best restaurants; cooking and food demonstrations; masterclasses and workshops; live entertainment; pop-up bars; food stalls from artisan producers; and lots of wine and beer tastings.

Guests at the Gala Night were served Taittinger champagne on arrival, and throughout the night were offered: wine (Society Premium Selection Tumich Wines Pinot Noir 2015 from the Adelaide Hills, 2014 Nepenthe Shiraz from the Adelaide Hills, and Catlin Cove 2016 Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc); beer (Estrella Damm); cider (The Cider Lab Packham Pear, Royal Gala and Pink Lady); water (Evian Natural Mineral Water and Badoit Sparkling Natural Mineral Water); and soft drinks (Soda Press Co with CAPI Sparkling Mineral Water).

The Gala Night menu consisted of canapes by: Nelly Robinson (tomato marshmallow, ham chips with cider and goma, corn pecorino and esplinate chilli and Thai green curry); and Josh Niland (batter fried Beramagui Pink Ling and yoghurt tartare).

There was a cheese table with a selection of local and international specialty cheese by Simon Johnson, and a caviar bar with Yasa caviar from Simon Johnson served with Beluga Noble Russian Vodka.

Porteno Sydney won the prize for best stall. Wallaby skewers from Bouche on Bridge was awarded 1st prize for Best in Taste. Hazelnut mousse cake with a Pedro Ximenez chocolate ball centre and gold leaf by Mercado Restaurant was awarded 2nd prize for Best in Taste. Liquid pumpkin and parmesan gnocchi in forest mushroom tea from Gastro Park was awarded 3rd prize for Best in Taste.

Those invited to the Gala Night included celebrities, chefs, media and food bloggers. Some of the celebrities included: The Bachelor’s Tim Robard and Anna Heinrich, 2015 My Kitchen Rules winner Steve Flood, celebrity chef Guillaume Brahimi, and 2011 My Kitchen Rules winners Sammy and Isabelle Jakubiak.

Read more about Taste of Sydney at:  http://sydney.tastefestivals.com/#YFy5FOJ5BOcQibVv.99

                

The Endeavour Tap Rooms brewery launches at The Rocks

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Award winning Australian brewer Endeavour Vintage Beer Co, and seasoned hospitality professionals Applejack Hospitality launched the brewery, bar and restaurant called  Endeavour Tap Rooms at The Rocks Sydney on Tuesday 7th March 2017.
Guests enjoyed a special evening tasting their on-site brewed beers (with eight on tap to try), sampled the American barbequed and smoked style food, and got an exclusive first look at the newly installed brewery!
The venue is a renovated heritage listed building that benefited from the $15 million NSW Governments initiative to renew and revitalise heritage retail tenancies in The Rocks.
The American style canapes included oysters (Pacific Coffin Bay) with parsley oil and shallots; Kingfish Tostadas, charred corn and Mexican guacamole; pork hock, lime, sesame, and black vinegar on a skewer; spicy chicken wings with herb Baja sauce; smoked lamb ribs served on cabbage and fennel slaw; smoked brisket slider, horseradish and fennel slaw and Monterrey pepper jack cheese; and grilled baby corn, miso mayo and Parmesan.
The restaurant menu was created by Head Chef Sam Tingle. Sam sources the best local ingredients from producers that support ethical farming practices.
Endeavour Vintage Beer Co. is the world’s only dedicated vintage beer company started by three blokes in 2007.(with their first commercial beer sold in 2010). Applejack Hospitality was founded by Ben carroll and Hamish Watts in 2011. Applejack Hospitality owns Bondi Hardware, The Botanist, SoCal, Della Hyde, and The Butler.
Endeavour Tap Rooms is located at 39 – 43 Argyle Street, The Rocks.
It is open Monday to Saturday from 11am to 12am and on Sunday 11:30am to 10pm.
For more information, go to: https://www.taprooms.com.au/
      

Bondi Hardware relaunches their revamped venue and celebrates their 5th birthday

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Bondi Hardware celebrated their 5th Birthday and relaunch party on Tuesday 28 February 2017 with an evening of cocktails, food, and a revamped venue!

About 200 locals, media, bloggers, celebrities and influencers attended the party including local yogi and influencer Caroline Groth, Channel 9 TV presenter Tom Steinfort, former Bachelorette contestant Alex Cameron, Fox Sports presenter Matt Suleau, former Big Brother contesant Tim Dormer, Sketch She girls Madison Lloyd and Lana,Kington and former host of Big Brother Mike Goldman.

Guests loved the new menu created by group executive chef Kasper Christiansen including lime-cured Kingfish tostados, kimchi paste, avocado and nori dust; Sriracha buttermilk fried chicken slider, Monterey jack, and bacon mayo;  crispy lamb salad, hummus, feta, Isreali couscous, pear, mint and yoghurt; baked artichoke dip with toasted sourdough; feta and sundried tomato polenta bites with basil sour cream; and assorted pizzas.

To wash down these tasty treats, guests drunk two cocktails: Garden Party (blueberry infused Beefeater Gin, elderflower liqueur, basil, lemon, vanilla and rhubarb bitters) and Young Cuban (Havana 3-year-old rum, Aperol, lime, fresh mint and sparkling wine); Cloudy and Premium Batlow Cider; Charles Bailly and Savvy Drop, and Endeavour Pale and Summer Ale

With a DJ spinning tunes late in to the night, and endless food and drink, the event was a typical crazy fun Bondi Hardware night. Guests partied long and hard to celebrate the 5th birthday of this long standing favourite – and there were probably a few sore heads the next morning!

Bondi Hardware is located at 39 Hall Street, Bondi Beach, Sydney, 2026.

For more information go to: www.bondi-hardware.com.au

 

Mrs Sippy celebrates their fifth birthday with a Studio 54 themed party

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Mrs Sippy celebrated their fifth birthday on Thursday 23 February 2017 with incredible food, bottomless drinks, great music and an A-list crowd.

Owners Ben, Kate, Andrew and Angus choose a Studio 54 theme for the big occasion and decorated the venue with disco balls, and gold, silver and white balloons.

The carefully curated food options for the night included: freshly shucked oysters with shiso, kaffir lime, yuzu mignonette; salmon poke with avocado, pickled daikon radish, soy and mirin dressing and sesame; poached king prawns with chipotle mayo; smoked ocean trout with horseradich cream and beetroot; spiced BBQ Korean chicken with sesame and shallots; and spiced pork belly with mint and coriander dressing, betel leaf, pickled daikon and shitake mushrooms.  Mrs Sippy also served their popular pizzas including: margherita, Sicilian olive, wild mushroom, pepperoni, spicy nduja, and prosciutto.

For drinks, guests were spoilt with what seemed like an endless supply of watermelon and grapefruit punch; Verve Clicquot champagne; 2014 Hen Pecked Shiraz; and 2015 Hen Pecked Sauvignon Blanc.

The A-listers that attended included: Bachelor star Lisa Hyde; singer Casey Burgess; son of Today Show entertainment reporter Richard Wilkins, Christian Wilkins; designer Pip Edwards; NRL player Tom Burgess; actor Ben Mingay; radio announcer Tim Ross, Nova’s Greg Burns and Matt De Groot; Porsche racing car driver Aaron Zerefos and celebrity men’s stylist Joshua Heath.

Guests listened to impressive music throughout the night including a live performance from Amy Chase with DJ Bren spinning the decks.

For more information about Mrs Sippy, go to: http://mrssippy.com.au/

     

The Eau de Vie Appreciation Society launches with their first spirit tasting event for 2017

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The Eau de Vie Appreciation Society held their first spirit tasting event for 2017 – Whiskey from the land of the rising sun with Japanese whiskey – at Eau de Vie Darlinghurst on Wednesday 22 February 2017.

Speakeasy Group’s Head of Whiskey, Geoff Fewell, lead a group of media on an educational journey on Japanese whiskey. Japanese Whiskey was first produced around 1870 and consumed domestically. It was not until 2001, when the Nikka 10 year old Yoichi single malt won ‘Best of the Best’ at Whiskey Magazine’s award that the international world first heard of Japanese whiskey. Since then, Japanese whiskey has won many award and on a number of occasions Japanese single malts (particular those of Nikka’s Yoichi and Suntory’s Yamazaki) have scored higher than their Scottish counterparts in blind tastings.

The bulk of Japanese blended whiskey is consumed in cocktails, the most common being the Highball. Fine Japanese whiskey is drunk neat or on the rocks, as with Scottish whiskey.  In Japan, Japanese whiskey is mixed with hot water in winter and cold water in summer, as is done with shochu.

Due to the high quality of Japanese whiskey, demand has risen to outstrip supply and prices have risen. One of the bottles tasted on the night cost $800. Distilleries in Japan are not aging their whiskey’s for as long, in an attempt to increase supply.

The whiskey’s that were tasted were:

  • Ichiro’s Malt (Malt and grain) ($200)
  • Yamazaki 12 year old ($180)
  • Shinsu Mars (Owai Tradition Wine Cask) ($100)
  • Nikka (from the barrel) ($80)
  • White Oak Akashi ($150)
  • Yoichi 15 year old ($800)

The Eau de Vie Appreciation Society began five years ago. The spirit tasting events run once a month and the following events are planned for 2017:

  • February – Whiskey from the land of the rising sun with Japanese whiskey
  • March – Love thy peat monster with peated whiskies
  • April – King of cocktails: A tale of the Martini
  • May – Around the world in eight cocktails
  • June – Ride the green fairy: Absinthe debunked
  • July – Chocolate and whiskey: A match made in heaven
  • August – A taste of Australian whiskey
  • September – Drink like a pirate: The Eau-de-Vie way
  • October – Disco drinks re-imagined: The Eau-de-Vie way
  • November – Champagne, caviar and cheese: A la Francaise

For more information about future events, go to: http://eaudevie.com.au/sydney/

 

Pyrmont Growers Market is returning to Pyrmont Bay Park

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The Pyrmont Growers Market is back at Pyrmont Bay Park and, to celebrate, a launch party was held on Wednesday 16 February 2016 at PizzAperta at The Star.

Pyrmont Growers Market is back at Pyrmont Bay Park (Pirrama Road, Pyrmont NSW) from 25 February 2016 and every fourth Saturday of every month from 7:30am to 12:00pm.

The Markets will once again offer unique gourmet produce and top quality fresh food straight from the field and farm.

Pyrmont Growers Market started as a single one-off event that was part of the 1998 Good Food Month but continued for 18 years and became one of the most popular and well-attended markets in the city. It closed in April 2016 when Fairfax decided to stop sponsoring it. The likes of Pepe Saya and Toby’s Estate have made names for themselves here, and some of Australia’s most celebrated chefs have demonstrated on the market stage (such as Rockpool’s Neil Perry, Marque’s Mark Best, Biota’s James Viles, and Victor Churchill’s Anthony Puharich).

It is now produced and operated by the Pyrmont Ultimo Chamber of Commerce and proudly supported by The Star. The Pyrmont Ultimo Chamber of Commerce engaged food consultant Tawnya Bahr from Straight to the Source to secure the finest local producers and farmers to be part of the markets. The markets will offer a green, sustainable and relaxed community focused event.

The food at the launch party was made from ingredients sourced from the new stallholders at Pyrmont Growers Market. Guests were served two types of pizzas: ham and mushroom pizza made with Pino Dolce Vita smoked ham, mushrooms, San Marzano tomatoes and mozzarella; and vegetarian pizza made from eggplant, olives, pumpkin, zucchini, cherry tomato, basil and crescenza cheese. They were also served an Australian ocean trout roll with zucchini, leek, pumpkin puree and crescenza cheese. The roll is not a regular menu item at PizzaPerta but it was a standout dish that they should consider adding.

PizzaPerta is an open-air piazza style Italian Pizzeria and Bar operated by Stefano Manfredi (who was also present on the night). It serves pizzas, focaccias, salads, sides and desserts. His head chef, Gianluca Donzella, managed the kitchen and told me that they also make gluten free pizza that is popular with people with celiac disease.

For more information about the Pyrmont Growers Market, go to: http://pyrmontgrowersmarket.com.au/

Wine Tasting the 2017 Top 100 Wines of the world

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Wine enthusiasts got to taste a stellar line up of wines from the 37th Sydney international Wine Competition of the blue-gold, gold and Top 100 Wines during two tasting sessions at The Novotel Central Sydney on Saturday 11 February 2017.

The public tastings featured a record diversity of wine regions and wine varieties, with 100 different grape varieties and blends represented in this year’s Competition. The wines that enter the competition are from around the world and wine lovers tasted over 280 wines awarded TOP 1OO™, Blue Gold, and Gold medals, including trophy winners.

This is the best wine tasting event that I have ever been to with such a huge selection of great wines to free pour (but it is recommended to taste and spit but not swallow). The first session cost $44.00 and the second sessions cost $55.00, but most people preferred to buy the all day ticket for $77.00 and taste the white wines in the morning and red wines in the afternoon.

The Sydney International Wine Competition is about helping wine consumers make more pleaseing wine choices for their dinner table. There are fifteen categories and for each category a number of wines are selected to give the consumer a range of wine options. Although all the wines are winners, in most cases I found the first wine from each category to be the best (but not always).

The categories consisted of: Sparkling Wines; Aromatic Wines; Sauvignon Blanc Wines; Rose Wines; Lighter Bodies White Wines; Medium Bodied White Wines; Fuller Bodied White Wines; Pinot Noir Wines; Lighter Bodied Red Wines; Medium Bodied Red Wines; Fuller Bodied Red Wines; Sparkling Red Wines; Semi-Sweet Wines; Dessert Wines; and Fortified Wines.

A variety of judges are selected that not only choose the wines based on the technical aspects of how the grapes are grown and the winemaking process, but also on how the wine will complement appropriate food. The competition is unique because a team of chefs is hired to produce appropriate food to help judge the wines.

Amongst the wines that will be available for tasting are two surprise medal winners – the debut Shiraz and Rosé wines blended by talk-show TV celebrity Graham Norton in association with New Zealand’s Invivo Wines.

While Australian and New Zealand wines dominated the competition, European wineries from France, Italy and Spain were also amongst the medal winners.

For the sparkling wine category, the French dominated this year with six of the ten wines coming from Champagne, France. The other four came from the cool climate of Tasmania, Marlborough, Central Otago and an interesting sparkling Riesling from Waipara.

For more information about all the winning wines, go to: http://www.top100wines.com/