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[Wines] Eating Our Way Around #RestaurantAustralia at The Wine Festival #VIWF

Posted in Culinary Events, Drinks, Joyce, Oysters, Vancouver, Vancouver International Wine Festival, Wine Pairing, Wine Series, tagged #RestaurantAustralia, Australia wine, Bleasdale Vineyards, Cabernet Malbec, Cabernet Merlot, David Hawksworth, De Bortoli Wines, Grape Expectations, Grenache, Jacob's Creek, Kaesler Vineyards, Moscato, Restaurant Australia, Rose, Turkey Flat, Vancouver International Wine Festival, VIWF, Wine Australia, Wine Tasting, Wonderwall on March 13, 2015| 1 Comment »

As Kathryn mentioned in her debut post, we checked out the Restaurant Australia event as part of the Vancouver International Wine Festival. Being the featured country this year, it’s only fitting that there was an event highlighting the Aussie culinary culture and how it pairs with wine.

Even though it’s prepared by the executive chef and culinary team at the Vancouver Convention Centre, they utilized some interesting ingredients unique to Australia, such as kangaroo, crocodile, wattleseed and of course, lamb. Here is a quick peek at the menu and some food photos: (more…)

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#DineAustralia – Celebrating Australia Day in Vancouver

Posted in By Invitations, Culinary Events, Food Bloggers, Joyce, Meat, Media Events, Pop-up, Restaurants, Seafood, Travel, Vancouver, Wine Pairing, tagged #DineAustralia, Australia, barramundi, Chapoutier Australia, Grenache, John Placko, kangaroo slider, Shiraz, Tourism Australia, Viognier, Wine Australia, Yalumba on January 26, 2014| 2 Comments »

In celebration of Australia Day on January 26, I was invited to an event last week called Restaurant Australia. It’s put on by Tourism Australia and Wine Australia to promote Australia as a food & drink travel destination.

The event started with welcome speeches from Tourism Australia, Wine Australia and Chef John Placko.

Of course, there was plenty of food and wine to go around. The menu, created by Australian-born Chef John Placko, featured unique ingredients found in various regions in Australia.