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Chinese New Year at Spice Temple

Just when you though New Year celebrations were over… On Monday 23rd January we’re heralding in the “Year of the Dragon” at Spice Temple Sydney and Melbourne with special banquet menus. Spice Melbourne is featuring a $79 banquet menu by Head Chef Ben Pollard that is perfect for people wanting to try Spice Temple’s diverse range of [...]

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Rockpool Blog: Best of 2011

As another year wraps up and we’re all saying ‘I can’t believe this year has gone so quickly’, we thought we would give you a quick recap of the best bits from our blog…  January  Rockpool Bar & Grill Perth Opens The year kicked off with the opening of our newest restaurant, Bar & Grill Perth at [...]

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Eating out in Hong Kong pt1

A few weeks ago I managed to slip away to Hong Kong for a few days, call it part holiday/part research. With some great inside tips from a few friends, we had some of the most incredible meals. We were staying at the Four Seasons, which has now become one of my top 3 hotels [...]

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Pippies with Black Olive and Black Bean Dressing

This is a dish we’ve had on the menu at Spice Temple Sydney since its inception. Rather than stir frying the pippies in the sauce, we make a dressing out of Chinese salted olives and black beans and dress the cooked pippies which have been steamed open. Salted olives can be found at most Asian [...]

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Rockpool Group Cocktail Comp – You Be The Judge!

A little while back we told you about the Rockpool Group In-House Cocktail Competition – where we pit the creativity of our company’s bartenders against each other for the thirst-quenching benefit of our worthy customers. The competition is the brainchild of Will Oxenham, TWR Bar Managerm, mixologist and overall creative-type himself. Will devised this month’s theme: “A Spring Punch, [...]

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Tingling Prawns

This is a beautiful salad that has been on the menu at Spice Temple Sydney since it opened. As always, it relies heavily on the quality of your ingedients so make sure you buy the freshest prawns and vegetables. It makes a great starter to a shared meal… Tingling Prawns Serves 2 to 4 as [...]

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New Spice Temple Sydney dishes

Ive been playing in the kicthen at Spice Temple Sydney all morning with Andy and Ben. Ben flew up from Melbourne for a few days and the three of us have been eating our way around Sydney’s fantastic Chinese restaurants for inspiration – tough gig! Stir fried duck livers with assorted mushrooms Stir fried snake beans with [...]

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Perth opens its hearts and wallets for charity

  10 February 2011: More than $400,000 was raised at last night’s exclusive charity dinner at Rockpool Bar & Grill Perth, benefiting Starlight Children’s Foundation and celebrating the launch of Neil Perry’s seventh restaurant in Australia.  Attended by many of Perth’s leading business people, guests enjoyed a six course menu prepared by Perry and his team [...]

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CHINESE NEW YEAR AT SPICE TEMPLE

MELBOURNE    To celebrate Chinese New Year and the Year of the Rabbit, Spice Temple Melbourne will be presenting a special banquet menu from Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 February. Head Chef, Ben Pollard has created a special menu of Spice Temple signature dishes, incorporating ingredients that promote health, wealth and fertility during New Year [...]

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Joosts’ Greenhouse looking brilliant!

Just simply…can not wait… for this place to be open.   Greenhouse Perth’s talented young chef Matt Stone is now in town to start sourcing all the right products. Chairs made out of old pipes…hay for days…David Bromley’s beautiful art work on the side of the containers…     Get down there Sydney! Opens February 9…or [...]

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