Taste of Asia for Melbourne Food and Wine Festival

The dinner featured creative Asian inspired dishes from Spice Temple, Coda, Lucy Liu, Sake Restaurant & Bar and Mama’s Buoi, with bespoke cocktails from Four Pillars gin and wines from Adelaide Hills staple Shaw and Smith. 

Awesome location with sweeping views of Melbourne. Mario taking a snap on his phone.

There were big name chefs attending to personally prepare their dishes, including Coda’s Adam D S’ylva and his yellow duck curry with jasmin rice and taro chips and Lucy Lui’s Michael Lambie and his rare breed sticky pork belly with red nam jim and young coconut salad. 

Sushi nigri from Sake was stunning.

The night was hosted by Nathan Earl and Chris Taylor, part of the alumni founders of the “The Chaser’s War on Everything” (did their homework on Melbourne) and more recently, the popular TV show “Plonk.” Held at Luminere, the space was styled by the Style and Co. with guests being transported to the Asian tropics through rich green foliage and bold pops of colour!

Conviviality and style.

Michael Brosowski the founder of Blue Dragon gave an inspirational speech about this extraordinary charity and the work they do in changing lives for the better. He spoke on the importance of food in breaking down barriers, eg pho in Vietnam.

Blue Dragon is an Australian NGO that reaches out to kids in crisis throughout Vietnam. Our residential facilities, centres, and programs give children and youth a new chance in life: the chance to have a home, a good education, and a happy, stable life. We aim to break the poverty cycle by offering education, training, and job opportunities to those who need them the most: street kids, child victims of trafficking, and the rural poor.