Brisbane/Meanjin is well known for its top-notch foodie scene, with new restaurants, cafes and impressive menus constantly popping up across the city. It’s almost impossible to keep up to date on it all.
To make it easier, we’ve introduced The Feed, your best place for finding Brisbane’s latest updates in the world of food and drink every Thursday. Hope you're hungry, because here’s all the news you might have missed over the past week or two.
Lune’s May Menu Is Pastry Perfection With A Literal Cherry On Top
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Take one pudding-shaped pastry, fill it with cherry jam, almond frangipane and almond shortcrust crumb then top it with lemon mascarpone cream and a maraschino cherry and what do you have? The Cherry Bakewell, one of Lune’s May specials. Forever making us drool with their inventive baked goods, this month they’re dishing up five spectacular treats that range from a mozzarella-topped pepperoni pizza pastry to a gingernut cruffin. The twice-baked croissant offering has particularly caught our eye this month, featuring pistachio frangipane, Persian love cake, slivered pistachios and rosewater buttercream. Get them until the end of the month at both Brisbane stores, and maybe pre-order a Mother’s Day box for mum while you’re at it.
Ribs & Burgers Just Dropped A New Ribs Menu Inspired By The Deep South
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When you think classic American barbecue, you probably think ribs—but if you always stick to the same smokey BBQ flavour, it's time to switch things up. Ribs & Burgers is here to broaden your horizons beyond the usual, adding three new flavours inspired by different regions of Deep South USA to their menu. On their new Rib Fest menu you’ll find Memphis ribs slathered in smokey BBQ sauce, Carolina Gold ribs jazzed up with a mustard-based BBQ sauce and Alabama ribs basted in a BBQ sauce with a sweet and tangy mayonnaise base. All the racks come served with pickles, corn and jalapeno slaw, chips, BBQ sauce, herbed mayo and a buttered roll for the full experience. Find your nearest Ribs & Burgers here.
Yo-Chi Is Teaming Up With Pistachio Papi For One Month Only
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Two cult queue-making Aussie food brands, Yo-Chi and Pistachio Papi, are teaming up for a limited-time food collab that you won't want to miss. From Sunday 14 April until Sunday 26 May (while stock lasts), you'll be able to drizzle the velvety Aussie-Italian pistachio spread over your frozen yoghurt of choice (or acai), alongside other popular topping additions like Nutella (which they've confirmed will be sticking around). Plus, in the true spirit of Papi's love for nonnas, they're holding a special event on Sunday 21 April, where all nonnas can enjoy a free Yo-Chi on them. How good! Get around the sweet treat while you can and keep your eyes peeled for more chi-liscious collabs.
A New Ramen Joint, Chinese Restaurant And Gastro Pub Are Heading For Portside Wharf
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It seems that Hamilton’s Portside Wharf gets a little tastier every month, but they’re not done with the delicious new additions yet. As the riverside precinct continues its $20 million revitalisation project, three new venues will be joining the line up soon, with the first two opening in just a few weeks. Sugee Ramen will soon be dishing up flavoursome bowls of noodles from a spot along the main strip, while Uncle Wang will open its second Brisbane venue (you’ll find the first over in The Barracks) right next door. We’ve left the best until last though—later this year they’ll be joined by Portside Social, an elevated gastro-pub from All Stars Hospitality Group, the team behind Newstead Social, Wonderland Nightclub and the soon to open Bunker Nightclub. Dishing up classic pub dishes in a relaxed, industrial-style space, it’ll be the missing piece in the puzzle for Portside, which has already had a slew of recent new openings in Rise Bakery, Rosé Gelateria and Fosh. Stay tuned for a look inside the venues when they open.
Harajuku Gyoza Is Doing Sumo-Sized Sushi Tacos
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Love sushi and tacos? Well at Harajuku Gyoza you can now combine your two loves thanks to their mega-loaded new sushi tacos. Hitting the menu once again for a limited time, the huge handfuls come in six finger-licking flavours: crispy chicken karaage, salmon, panko prawns, teriyaki chicken, vegetarian and beef tataki, with fillings wrapped in house-made crispy nori and rice paper taco-like shells. They sound like the ideal lunch to us, but you can also get them for dinner at Harajuku's CBD and South Bank locations.
Donna Chang Is Now Doing Takeaway So You Can Dig Into Their Signature Dishes At Home
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If you love eating out but not the whole dressing up and leaving the house part, we have some incredible news for you. Donna Chang, the city’s swanky modern Chinese restaurant from the Ghanem Group, is now offering takeaway, so you can order your fave Szechuan and Cantonese dishes to eat from the comfort of your couch. Available through an online ordering system, the menu features a selection of their most loved dishes, including scallop and prawn wontons, spiced lamb buns, dan dan noodles and char siu pork neck with honey glaze. Just pick out your starters, mains and sides, and you’ll be able to pick it up in 30 minutes. Takeaway is available seven days a week for lunch and dinner, so you can even order it for a swanky office lunch with your work wife that will make everyone else in the building jealous. Find out more and put your order in here.
Plans For A Massive Refurbishment Of The Victory Hotel Have Been Submitted To Council
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Let’s be honest, we’ve all had a drunken night at The Vic, but it’s probably not at the top of your list for a post-work drink these days. That could all be about to change, however, with the iconic city pub set to undergo a massive refurb according to development plans submitted to the council last week. After a brief closure last year when the previous leaseholders opted not to renew their lease, The Victory reopened under the management of Athena Group, who have unveiled the extensive makeover plans.
If approved, the ageing hotel will get a whole new look inside and out, with an exterior that draws inspiration from the original 1864 facade which featured an external balcony, and a leafy new beer garden. Frankly, it looks like somewhere we want to have a cheeky glass of wine on a Friday night. Of course, it’s still in the application stage so it will be a while before we see the final result, but you can scope out the plans here.
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