What’s happening around town

• Chef Trisha Greentree of Sydney’s Fratelli Paradiso will be in Melbourne for a “Pinoy Pasta Party” dinner at Askal on Monday July 29. The eight-dish menu will be a Filipino-Italian crossover and include a spin on a typical Filipino breakfast of tinned sardines in pandesal.

• Yan, the Asian smokehouse in South Yarra, has introduced a vegan banquet. For $69 per head, dishes include braised winter melon with smoked almond cream and Szechuan oil, and Yan’s signature dessert of coconut ice-cream.

• Co Bake Space co-founder Alice Bennett, also known as Miss Trixie, has released a small collection of “Big Slice Energy” Olympic-inspired tees, caps and totes.

• Healesville winery Mac Forbes is hosting a pop-up cellar door at The Lincoln in Carlton this Sunday July 20. Stop by between 11am and 1pm to hear from the team and try new Experimental Batch wines and a selection from the winery’s Village release.

This week in food and drink news

• First look: Bento by day, mochi-wrapped Japanese gelato by night at the new Hareruya Pantry.

• First look: Bistro de Paris – from a chef with Michelin cred – expands to South Yarra.

• Coming soon: New restaurant Reed House (from two Ottolenghi alums) has everything going for it.

• Coming soon: The Terror Twilight team ready Ophelia, an elevated sibling venue in Westgarth.

• Hawthorn’s historic Beehive Hotel reopens as a pub after 15 years.

• Now open: Three Rockpool alums open Omen in Albert Park.

• Where chefs eat: Carina La Delfa, former pastry chef at Dinner by Heston, loves this low-key cake shop.

• This one thing: The Mont Blanc from The Flour in West Melbourne.

• Tipo 00’s Andreas Papadakis shares his top tips to up your pasta game at home.

• 19 to try: Essential Melbourne Martinis.

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