Category Archives: Above $35

Alfred & Constance — The Fortitude Valley

Page 1

Alfred & Con­stance — The For­ti­tude Valley

Is this where all the trendy peo­ple go? On first impres­sions, Alfred & Con­stance (or A&C as locals call it) seemed to be a melt­ing pot of the exceed­ingly attrac­tive inter­twined with a mod­ern hip­ster vibe. Despite being nei­ther of these two demo­graph­ics, I did feel very at home. This was prob­a­bly owing to the uber cute set-up they have involv­ing the amal­ga­ma­tion of two Queens­lan­der style homes to form a sort-of “house party”. Quirky, yet fresh describes the eclec­tic col­lec­tion of rooms, each with inde­pen­dent bar and menu din­ing options. Of par­tic­u­lar inter­est to me was the “late night dessert bar and boozy-smoothie sta­tion” which was a great source of excite­ment for me to visit and lived very much up to my expectations!

Bistro One Eleven — CBD

Bistro One Eleven

Truth be told, I thought the food at Bistro One Eleven was going to be as rich as any­thing. Con­se­quently, I forced myself to do an extra car­dio set at the gym before din­ner in the hopes of burn­ing away any poten­tial feel­ings of guilt. How­ever, I was pleas­antly sur­prised. One Eleven is far from the overly deca­dent kind of restau­rant reserved merely for select cel­e­bra­tory occa­sions. In con­trast, I felt that it pre­sented hon­est and per­son­able meals with unequiv­o­cal trendi­ness and class.

On Wednes­day 7/11/12, Bris­bane Bites was invited to attend the media launch of Phillip Johnson’s (also of CBD’s E’cco Bistro) Bistro One Eleven.

Mint and lime parfait, strawberry sorbet and merengue

E’cco Bistro — Brisbane CBD

E’cco -  Bris­bane CBD

Estab­lished in 1995 by Kiwi Chef Phillip John­son, E’cco has long been a sym­bol of class and pres­tige amongst Bris­bane food­ies. The ethos is pretty sim­ple: “do as lit­tle as pos­si­ble with the high­est qual­ity ingre­di­ents”. It sure did the trick on Wednes­day 31/10/12 when Bris­bane Bites was invited to attend the launch of the new menu with my fel­low food blog­ging peers. Also, I should men­tion that the menu changes every few months, so you should all keep a look out for that!

The Norman Hotel –Woolloongabba

Nor­man Hotel Steakhouse

I don’t even like steak that much. I prob­a­bly only eat it about once every 3 months. But, on my recent expe­di­tion to The Nor­man Hotel in Wool­loongabba, per­haps things are about to change? I think that I may even have had the BEST steak of my life…and iron­i­cally it was actu­ally cooked by ME!

Limes Hotel Thursday Rooftop Wine Club

Limes Hotel Thurs­day Rooftop Wine Club

 

To be hon­est, it was our first time at Limes Hotel, but boy were we impressed! Beau­ti­ful roof-top bar, per­fect weather, sky-line sun­set, flow­ing wine and zesty, mouth­wa­ter­ing tapas… couldn’t ask for more!

The Bris­bane Bites team attended the LAUNCH of Limes Hotel’s Thurs­day Rooftop Wine Club on Thurs­day 20/09/12.