Plus, eight other essential food news bites for the week ahead.
Melissa Morphet is launching the country’s first store-bought bone broth, Be Broth, at select Woolworths stores this week. Available in flavours such as beef with ginger or lemongrass chicken, the broths are rich in vitamins.
UK Masterchef finalist, Emma Spitzer, fuses Middle-Eastern and Eastern European flavours in her first book, Fress. This contemporary Jewish cookbook includes dishes such as lamb kibbeh with green tahini. Hachette Australia, $39.99
If you feel like straying from the usual smashed avo for brekkie, head to new arrival Concrete Jungle in Chippendale. Its menu offers nutritious and unsual dishes, from blue algae smoothie bowls (pictured) to dragon fruit chia pudding.
Put the bite on Donald Trump at the Grosvenor Hotel in St Kilda East. Its new Trump Tower burger has two patties, Mexican salsa representing the wall and Cheetos crumbs since, “It’s just not Trump without a layer of bright orange,” says chef Paul Tyas.
Chocolate fiends take note: Prahran Market will host the Wicked Chocolate Festival on May 7. Enjoy glorious chocolate fountains and cocktails, dessert cooking demonstrations and a chocolate eating competition. Free entry.
Kick your day off right with The Branded Coffee Co’s new AFL-themed coffee capsules. Combining two of this town’s great passions, the Nespresso-compatible pods come in every team’s colours. $8 for 10 pods. coffee.afl
Celebrity chef Luke Nguyen is revamping the menu at his Brisbane city Fat Noodle restaurant, with all new dishes launching this Thursday. Expect the likes of banana blossom calamari salad, bo kho (pictured) and matcha tart.
The team behind Madame Wu and The Duporth Tavern is set to launch its latest eatery, Chu The Phat, on South Brisbane’s Melbourne St this Thursday. Chef Brendon Barker heads up the kitchen of the pan-Asian street food venue.
Stones Corner will transform next Sunday with its annual festival featuring food trucks, market stalls, breweries and wineries, plus a music line-up headed by Regurgitator. The free event kicks off at midday at the Stones Corner Hotel.
