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Día de los Muertos Party

Día de los Muertos Party

[ 0 ] November 9, 2012

Our most ambitious pop-up event yet was Día de los Muertos, a Day of the Dead themed party we threw in St Peters. Our guests had no idea what to expect – after following the directions in their secret text message, found themselves in a random warehouse lot. After turning the corner, there were greeted with music [...]

Dutch Spring

Dutch Spring

[ 12 ] April 18, 2012

With dreadful winter weather upon us Secret Foodies could not have whisked us away to springtime in Holland sooner. Northern European restaurant and beer café Essen was our secret destination.
With heavy rain pounding the windows outside, our guests were warmed up with a ‘Dutch Quick Buck’. No, we’re not being rude. It was the name [...]

Kazbah

Kazbah

[ 4 ] April 17, 2011

There are two things that really annoy me. One, when you get a song stuck in your head and just can’t shake it. Two, when it rains on a weekend. Yesterday the odds were stacked against me. Coming up to the end of our first year of Secret Foodies we’ve been asked several times “will [...]

Bloodwood

Bloodwood

[ 9 ] January 28, 2011

“Tonight’s Secret Foodies will take place in Newtown. Make your way there and await the final address at 6pm. xxMsD”.
Yes you read correctly, we were headed for Newtown where a small intimate group of foodies were to embark on a culinary adventure and participate in our first Inner West secret dinner. When thinking about the [...]

Graze-Pyrmont

Graze-Pyrmont

[ 5 ] December 4, 2010

Memories of year ten chemistry came flooding back as I watched Lee Hardy, Head Chef of Graze, the latest restaurant in Pyrmont. Unlike my year ten teacher, Lee was standing over a cloudy bowel of liquid nitrogen freezing tomatoes instead of squash balls. Fortunately this was one science experiment we were actually allowed to eat!
Opening [...]