Alfred & Con­stance pop-up restau­rant, Tener­iffe Festival

Eth­i­cal food. Sim­ple. Homely. Back to basics. These are some of the ten­ants of the NEW Alfred and Con­stance menu as they steam roll ahead for a late Sep­tem­ber grand opening.

Alfred and Con­stance is a multi-faceted venue that encom­passes a fully fledged gas­tro bar, beer gar­den, three bars, under­ground cel­lar, milk bar and dessert lounge. Entre­pre­neur Damian Grif­fiths & designer Alexan­der Loterzs­tain have teamed up with acclaimed patron chef, Joce­lyn Han­cock (for­merly of Jocelyn’s Pro­vi­sions) to cre­ate what is expected to be a truly spec­tac­u­lar venue.

Joce­lyn Han­cock help­ing to pre­pare the day’s batch of “Vin Chaud” (mulled wine)

The fea­ture that sets A&C’s food apart from the pack is their unique arti­sanal wood fired brick oven which was cus­tom built for the venue. Unlike a pizza oven, the arti­sanal oven is heated with char­coal and then the embers are removed and the heat is retained within the ves­sel (for up up 3 days). By remov­ing the direct heat source, it makes the meat more juicy and ten­der and gives it more of a slow-cooked taste.The oven so large that A&C intend to use it to roast whole pigs, racks of ribs, whole chick­ens etc.

In terms of the eth­i­cal food con­cept, it is that the food is raised in a sus­tain­able and appro­pri­ate man­ner. Ani­mals are treated humanely and are grain fed to improve the fresh­ness and taste. Guests will be able to order a whole roast pig and have it carved at the table, cre­at­ing a com­mu­nal feast experience.

The Bris­bane Bites team were invited to sam­ple the menu at the pop-up restau­rant (sam­ple of what A&C will be like when it opens at its offi­cial venue in Sep­tem­ber 2012) at the Tener­iffe Fes­ti­val on the 8th July 2012.

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What we had

Bruschetta of roast pump­kin, caper & grilled haloumi


Great com­po­si­tion of flavours and tex­tures. We loved the olive brushed toasted bruschetta which was crispy to perfection.

Lamb meat­balls with spicy tomato rel­ish
Ten­der lamb meat­balls went well with the tomato rel­ish. It was more of a sweet chut­ney than spicy, but it con­trasted well with the savoury meat

Selec­tion of roasted meats with match­ing condiments

Ten­der, ten­der, ten­der! Say no more. See­ing the ani­mal carved before our eyes was a show in itself. Can’t wait to see that in action at the A&C when it’s up and running

Lemon meringue tartlets

Home­made lemonade

Pretty authen­tic lemon­ade! The lemon syrup at the bot­tom is out of this world and wheh mixed with the soda water, is incred­i­bly refresh­ing. It was also pretty cool how they served it out of plas­tic jam con­tain­ers. Very retro.

Author: Alexan­der Look
Pho­tog­ra­phy: Ken­neth Au (Canon 5D Mk ii)
Arti­cle spon­sored by Alfred & Constance

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The Details

Alfred & Con­stance (A&C)
3257 7410
132 Con­stance St, The For­ti­tude Valley

http://alfredandconstance.com.au/
http://www.facebook.com/AlfredandConstance