Breathing new life into The Old Macaroni Factory
Book now for a special spring collaboration! Join us for dinner on Saturday 7th or lunch on Sunday 8th November.
Chef and farmer Jenna Abbruzzese and food journalist and restaurant critic Dani Valent (Good Food) are launching Dani's Salon Series at heritage wonder, Old Macaroni Factory in Hepburn Springs. Come to eat, drink and merrily chat about food, farming and creating the world we want to live in.
SALON SERIES
Dani Valent - “Join with me to revive the salon, a forum for conversation, testing ideas and seeking wisdom together – along with delicious food and considered drinks in a beautiful place. There are various notions of the salon. I chime with the salon as a place for enlightened conversation, female energy, discretion and pause, an open-hearted search for commonality rather than a throttling of difference. My salon starts with food, but you can put a food lens on any topic, so we could end up discussing anything. In our hurried world, layered with technologies, where is the space for talking and listening? Maybe it’s here…”
Saturday 7th November, arrive at 6pm as we gather and pour you a drink, sit down at 6:30pm to the first course.
OR
Sunday 8th November, arrive at 12pm, sit down at 12:30pm to the first course.
What to expect? A beautiful menu with an Italian influence. Subject to minor changes. Focused on the heritage bred lamb, born and raised at Addington Downs. Wines from Central Victoria will be poured on arrival and matched to the savoury courses. A beautifully curated non-alcoholic beverage match will be provided for those who choose. Tea and stove top coffee service will accompany the dessert course. Scroll down to view the menus.
We will not be catering to dietary requirements for this event. There will not be alternative options provided for people who book and have specific dietary preferences. The menu is designed so as not to fill you up with ingredients like gluten, dairy and nuts. Each course can be enjoyed by avoiding the very obvious components containing gluten, dairy and nuts which will be clearly communicated to you upon request. If you have issues with fructose or you are a vegetarian then this event is not for you.
Click here to view our cancellation and dietary requirement policies
Lunch Menu
Sunday lunch $225 per person. One ticket includes a four course menu with matched wines & non-alcoholic beverages
Benvenuto
Wine TBC
Non alcoholic Lucano amaro citrus spritz
Breaking bread
Hand- made bresaola, Brooklands free range sacred sow salami & Abbruzzese style culatta, giardiniera, whipped broadbeans & crispy fried leaves
Wine TBC
Non alcoholic Non #1 salted raspberry and chamomile
“Non avere peli sulla lingua!”
Pressed ox tongue, bagnetto verde & lightly pickled globe artichokes with a spring leaf salad
Wine TBC
Non alcoholic Stir crazy yuzu twist
Eat like a shepherd
Abbacchio alla Addington Downs, beautifully roasted young lamb with white wine & many herbs, sides of potatoes & beans
Wine TBC
Non alcoholic Plus & Minus pinot noir
La dolce vita
Cannoli with Wedgetail goat curds & candied citrus. Two Folds Bakehouse panforte & fresh seasonal fruit
Organic Ceylon tea, native mint tisane & cafetière stove top Rumble coffee
Dinner Menu
Saturday dinner $255 per person. One ticket includes a six course menu with matched wines & non-alcoholic beverages
Benvenuto
A little aperitivo to start things off. Warmed Moonambel Gap olives, truffled bone marrow crostini & polpette fritte
Wine TBC
Non alcoholic Lucano amaro citrus spritz
Breaking bread
Hand- made bresaola, Brooklands free range sacred sow salami & Abbruzzese style culatta, giardiniera, whipped broadbeans & crispy fried leaves
Wine TBC
Non alcoholic Non #2 caramelised pear and Kombu
“Non avere peli sulla lingua!”
Pressed ox tongue, bagnetto verde & lightly pickled globe artichokes with a spring leaf salad
Wine TBC
Non alcoholic Stir crazy yuzu twist
Eat like a shepherd
Abbacchio alla Addington Downs, beautifully roasted young lamb with white wine & many herbs, sides of potatoes & beans
Wine TBC
Non alcoholic Plus & Minus pinot noir
Pezzo grosso
Goldfields farmhouse, St. George. A hard Tome style cheese. Served with blood plum paste made with plums from the cheese makers yard & freshly cracked walnuts
Wine TBC
Non alcoholic TBC
La dolce vita
Cannoli with Wedgetail goat curds & candied citrus. Two Folds Bakehouse panforte & fresh seasonal fruit
Organic Ceylon tea, native mint tisane & cafetière stove top Rumble coffee
The Old Macaroni Factory is located at - 64 Main Rd, Hepburn Springs VIC 3461
Saturday 7th November, arrive at 6pm as we gather and pour you a drink, sit down at 6:30pm to the first course.
Sunday 8th November, arrive at 12pm, sit down at 12:30pm to the first course.