Castlemaine
Goodbye music festivals, hello food festivals? Where to plan your next regional road trip
From community-led harvests, to cheese and bread workshops with Australia’s best, regional food festivals have a lot to offer – and they’re booming. Here’s our pick of five to visit this autumn.
- Bianca Hrovat
Is this regional town now up there with nearby Daylesford in the quality dining stakes?
There’s a top chef serving farmhouse French food in heritage digs, another cooking affordable public bar dishes in a cosy space on the main street, and a much-needed pub in a picturesque small town nearby.
- Emma Breheny
- Review
- Victoria
Pioneering dining at Bar Midland in Castlemaine's grand dame
With climate change in mind, the tasting menu is built within tight parameters: no refined sugar, and only wild introduced species for meat.
- Gemima Cody
- Review
- Melbourne
Bistro Lola restaurant review 2017
Catch a case of Castlemania at Bistro Lola at the Theatre Royal
- Gemima Cody
- Review
- Victoria
Das Kaffeehaus
Das Kaffeehaus presents the flavours, odours and ambiance of a grand Viennese coffeehouse in Castlemaine.
- Matt Holden
- Review
- Victoria
Taste of the Orient
Chef Joe Lam is dwarfed by towering bamboo steamers in his tiny kitchen. With
- Review
- Victoria
Naam Pla Thai Kitchen
Some of Victoria’s finest Thai food lives behind the unlikely stained-glass
- Review
- Victoria
Apple Annie’s
Salted caramel puffs and orange mouna brioche filled with bittersweet Cointreau
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