favours

Middle Eastern treats

Raah is where we will our Rovers will be tucking into mezze style mains.  Two long tables of modern Middle Eastern delights.  They kindly donated a healthy stack of vouchers for our gift bags. Thank you!

Burger Legends

Grill’d Mt Lawley always get behind community initiatives and local charities.  Thumbs ups! Huge thank you to Evan and the team for donating 200 vouchers for our Autumn Roving Dinner.

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cheese and crackers

The friendly folk at Fresh Provisions popped these treats into our goodie bags for the Autumn Roving Dinner.

Autumn Roving Dinner

Last year’s Roving Dinner held on 17 October was such a success we thought we would do it all over again. This time two separate nights, four venues and 180 food and wine lovers. This is my heart, this is what makes me happy.

Banana Bread Bake-Off

Lincolns 102 took out the prize of Beaufort Street’s Best Banana Bread at the Beaufort Street Festival Banana Bread Bake-Off.  That is a whole lotta alliteration. Was lovely to pop into Lincolns and see their little prize.

Mrs S.

We escaped to Maylands in the wake of the Beaufort Street Festival.  Post traumatic feast called for a serve of Granny June’s cornbread with bacon maple syrup and eggs JOY.  We also shared a croque monsieur.  This little number originated in France as a fast food snack.  The Mrs S version very is like a Heston-ified ham and cheese toasty.  I think this has something to do with the béchamel sauce which oozes out and makes it all rich and creamy.  I was so exhausted after Bofo.  Assume foetal position. Hello couch, old friend.

BSF Five Bar – Australian Beer tasting

There are so many great Australian breweries currently operating and making their stamp on the global beer scene. Five Bar showcased seven amazing examples alongside canapés created by the Five Bar chefs. It’s not all BBQ and VB here, there is so much more to explore.

aussie indulgence

4 Pines Kolsch
Crispy Wild Mushroom Croquette, Truffle Scented Mayonnaise and Parsley

Stone & Wood Pacific Ale
Devils on Horseback (Fresh Date Wrapped in Streaky Bacon and Grilled) Served on Toasted Baguette with Mango Chutney

Feral Golden Ace
Sticky Tamarind Chicken Wings with Seasame, Chilli and Fresh Lime

Mountain Goat Hightail Ale
Spiced Steak Tartare on Warm Toast with Baby Cornichons

Matso’s Smokey Bishop
Moroccan Lamb, Almond and Mint Koftes with Apricot Yoghurt

Lord Nelson Old Admiral
Quicks Strong English Cheddar with Apple Chutney and Fruit Toast

Coopers Best Extra Stout
Freshly Shucked Oysters with Pomegranate Molasses

Big thank you to Pia Poynton of Five Bar and Anthony Williams of BEERtasters for hosting the evening.

This was our foodie final instalment before The Beaufort Street Festival.

BSF Five Bar ~ Beer & Cheese

Everyone thinks cheese and wine are the perfect match but beer can be just as fancy too! We sampled 7 different beers paired with beautiful cheeses designed to compliment and enhance these incredible flavours.

We delved into uncharted territories of food and beer matching with Nick Bath, Director and Founder of Blue Cow Cheese Company and Pia Poynton of Five Bar.

cheese dreams ensued