The Taste fest - true
to it's name, producer stalls were good (and took cash), but went home
hungry and thirsty, wouldn't have bothered with the "crown" vouchers
and their associated restaurant tastings had I known - the tastes I
forked out major "crowns" for were v.average. I cooked up some pasta
when home and poured my Red Kelpie Relish on it with some fresh herbs
on top!
Had 2 scallops for the price of $12 that were very average and slightly overdone, from a supposedly 'top' Melbourne restaurant, give me my local Viet anytime over this, could have a scallop feast for not much more than that too.
Good producer finds...
Hopkins River beef, deliverable to my door
Saltbush lamb, yum
Just Sweets - delicious cherry rocky road and pistachio nougat
Beechworth honey, fig + ginger + honey flavour
Red Kelpie Relish - so many uses!
Mickey Finn Apple Liqueur - Sour Green Apple or Pressed Red Apple, both yum! (unfortunate naming connotations though)
Alice Cooper's Theatre of Death show was a splendid spectacle in our old and grand Palais Theatre in St Kilda, the costumes, the lights, the deaths, the classic songs....School's Out, Poison, Only Women Bleed and Billion Dollar Baby featured, among others...
I have to add a song here not featured in his show the other night, but another classic filmed long ago....Steven..
It was all pretty new to me not having followed Alice closely, only some MTV videos now and then, great entertainment on stage...sword play, hanging, guillotine, death by sword box, straight jacket large needle nuthouse with sexy nurse, baby beheading, and more, gothy gore galore!!
