Snack Bar: Melbourne’s Little Indonesia, Vietnamese Rice Rolls and More Local Food News This Week

What’s happening around town

• Kariton Sorbetes and streetwear boutique Up There Store have teamed up on a limited edition collab running from August 5 to 26. There are two exclusive items: a co-branded T-shirt ($65) designed with Filipino creatives to reflect both brands’ aesthetics, and a limited edition dessert box ($40) containing four one-off flavours that celebrate Filipino and native Australian ingredients. Better still, when you purchase either item, you’ll go into the draw to win a return flight to Manila.

• Auterra is hosting two events with chef Aitor Jeronimo Orive, formerly behind Singapore’s Michelin-starred Basque Kitchen. Orive will be at the wine bar, sibling to Clinton McIver’s Armadale fine diner Amaru, to prepare dinner on Friday August 15 and lunch on Sunday August 17. A nine-course Basque menu for either service is $150 per person and will include Gildas, albondigas (pork meatballs) and flan.

Dine Out

• Everything happening at our debut winter food festival this week.

• Six weeklong Dine Out events at Hot-Listed venues that don’t need a booking.

• Gallery: Corner 75 brought giant schnitzels and house-made strudel to Bistra.

What we covered this week

• First look: rice rolls are an art at Ngon Banh Cuon in the CBD.

• Masterchef and Dessert Masters favourite Jess Liemantara is opening a bakery and studio.

• How Lygon Street went from Little Italy to Little Indonesia.

• Opinion: Now’s the time to completely rethink the restaurant industry, writes Nathen Doyle of venues Residence and Sunhands.

• 1800 Lasagne enters administration.

• Tasmania’s Agrarian Kitchen, Caretaker’s Cottage and more food and drink pop-ups coming to the Australian Open next year.

• Six Victorian butters that’ll make you rethink the supermarket mainstays.

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