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TROPIC • LIFESTYLE
RACING AT RILEY
Races season is just around the
corner, and Paper Crane and Rocco
TROPIC BITES Tropic’s tasty news from are your go-to venues to continue the
the local food, drink and good times post-race. We hear there’s
hospitality scene. going to be a sensational Melbourne
Cup Party at Riley on Tuesday 5
November, with fashion, pop up bars,
food. Executive Chef Marcel has a Garden Party at Greenfields, and
dug deep to curate inspiring dishes an exclusive event at Rocco. Make
drawing on his upbringing on the sure you’re in the know by signing
family farm in Germany, melding up to become a Crystalbrook Local at
family recipes, his love of TNQ and his crystalbrookcollection.com/subscribe
friendships with our local producers.
One of our favourites is Marcel’s
signature Bingil Bay beef cheeks and
rib-eye steak frites with white truffle
butter. For sweet tooths, don’t miss the
Kingaroy peanut butter panna cotta
with brûléed bananas.
In more exciting Harbourside news,
the crew is launching their new
natural wine list in August. In a
first for Cairns, HB&K’s carefully
curated wine list features some 300
natural wines, representing the
best winemakers from Australia
HARBOURSIDE VIBES and around the world with organic,
We’ve been mightily impressed by the biodynamic and sustainable viticulture
focus on local produce and ingredients and natural vinification on show.
at Harbourside Bar & Kitchen. The HB&K is a unique spot located at the
Holiday Inn’s restaurant is lifting “romantic” northern end of Cairns
the game for hotel eateries with a Esplanade. Check it out.
“paddock to plate” philosophy. Simply
put, their food is delicious. For proof, MORE: facebook.com/
check out their Winter Menu, with Harboursidebarandkitchen
fresh new dishes hinting at comfort
OCHRE WINE WINNERS
We know Ochre is renowned for its
CHAMBERS SECRETS award-winning food. But the iconic
With the onset of cooler weather restaurant overlooking the water
and the sun setting just that little at Harbour Lights is also gaining a
bit earlier, dinner on the deck at The reputation as one of Queensland’s
Chambers is our idea of the perfect best when it comes to wine lists. The
evening out. Set in the beautifully Restaurant & Catering Australia in
restored 1926 bank on the corner of association with the Royal Queensland
Lake and Spence Street, The Chambers Food and Wine show have awarded
has refined its food and drinks menus BACKING THE REEF Ochre three wine awards including Best
to become one of Cairns’ favourite Drinking a beer at Hemingway’s Overall Wine List featuring Queensland
dining experiences. Offering the finest Brewery just got even better with Wines, while Gourmet Traveller
steaks from the grill, seafood, pastas news of a new partnership between included Ochre in its Australian Wine
and an extensive wine list, an early the brewery and Great Barrier Reef List of the Year awards. Co-owner
dinner is the new must do in town. Legacy. To assist the organisation’s Craig Squire has included some of
Even better, they’ve launched a special work to protect the Reef, Hemingways the nation’s finest small wineries,
25% off your food when you dine will donate 50% of the profits for every with labels like Ballandean, Robert
between 5:30pm - 6:30pm. can of 7th Heaven Tropical Ale sold Channon, Symphony Hill and Bent
as well as on tap in either our Port Road, alongside Pizzini, La Cantina
Douglas or Cairns Wharf venues.
MORE: the-chambers.com.au and Gapsted. Head barman Martin has
The donations will help Great Barrier also been expanding Ochre’s eclectic
Reef Legacy on its mission to “be a cocktail list, featuring the classics
global leader in marine expeditions, alongside originals with names like the
delivering innovative science, Cassowary and the Galah. We highly
education and public engagement to recommend checking out the amazing
accelerate actions vital to the future wine list - paired with some incredible
survival of coral reefs.” food - for your next night out.

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