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Moon Bites
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When the moon shines bright, the time is right for a beverage and a bite
Some of Melbourne’s best restaurants are harnessing RISING’s lunar energy with their Moon Bites pre-show snack and drink offer. Step into the warmth to enjoy exclusive RISING menus offering drinks (alcoholic or non) and small bites. Or settle in for a five-course feast. All participating restaurants are in the festival’s walkable footprint. So, you can sit for stint and open your senses, then head out for whatever happens next.
Credits: ARU
Credits: Big Esso
Credits: Dasha Kud. Dom's Social Club
Credits: PARCS
Credits: Victoria by Farmer's Daughters
Credits: Her Bar
Credits: BKK
Credits: Arbory Bar & Eatery
PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS
Book your table via the restaurant links
ARU
Address | 268 Little Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Cost | $65 per person
A hatted restaurant on Little Collins serving southeast Asian flavours with a modern Australian twist.
Moon Bites Menu
Wyrrung Spritz—Arvo Aperitivo, Rosella, Cacao Husk and Dandelion Gin, Lemongrass Cordial, Sparkling
Forbidden Rice sourdough, smoked miso butter
Lechon on toast, pork belly rillette, pickled Shallots, chicharrón, Davidson plum, chinese doughnut
Short-rib skewer, betel leaf, spring onion, crying tiger, native pepperberry
Squid noodle, lapcheong nduja, desert lime, curry leaf
ARBORY BAR & EATERY
Address | 1 Flinders Walk, Flinders Street Station Melbourne, 3000
Cost | $85
Arbory is an all-day outdoor bar and eatery located between Melbourne’s Flinders Street Station and the world famous Yarra River. Perfect place to welcome the evening with The River Sing at Sunset.
Moon Bites Menu
3-Cheese Fondue (Swiss Gruyère, Fontina and Truffle Pecorino) with sliced French baguette, crudités, pretzels and pickles, for your dipping pleasure served with mulled wine for two. Dip and sip.
BIG ESSO
Address | Fed Square, 25/2 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Cost | Three courses, $75 per person, $120 with drinks
Located in the heart of Fed Square, Big Esso is a celebration of contemporary Indigenous culture. The seasonal menu incorporates incredible native flavours and is designed to be shared. They're putting together three-course Moon Bites menus with optional drink pairings. We've listed just one of the three-course feasts available below. Vegan and vegetarian options available.
Moon Bites Menu
Entrée
Island damper with chestnut and cinnamon myrtle and golden syrup butter paired with a Mulline Sauvignon Blanc.
First course
Lemon aspen kingfish namas, palm hearts, tiger's milk paired with an Applewood Coral Gin and tonic.
Main course
Kebi ebur (brown quail) with muntrie bordelaise sauce paired with a Hedonist Grenache.
BKK
Address | L3, 270 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, 3000
Cost | $35
On level two of Her you’ll find BKK. It's a turbocharged Thai BBQ canteen serving Bangkok-inspired street food.
Moon Bites Menu
Choose between one of the following alongside any of tap cocktail range.
Wok-fried pork and prawn noodles with egg and Chinese broccoli
Pink noodle soup with fermented bean curd, squid, fish balls and white fungi garlic
Chilli oil egg noodles with grilled char siu chicken
DOM’S SOCIAL CLUB
Address | 1/301 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Cost | $30
Head up Swanston then up the stairs for Dom’s—a no frills, three-level pizza parlour (complete with rooftop bar) from the crew that bought you Peaches, Cheek, Dexter and Takeaway Pizza.
Moon Bites Special $35
Saintly Lime or Watermelon Vodka Soda
Red wine braised beef cheek pizza with cauliflower cream base, pickled shiitake mushrooms, fennel fronds, lemon zest, fior di latte & pecorino
Her Bar
Address | Ground, 270 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne 3000
Cost | $40
Her is a European – inspired restaurant and bar serving diverse wines, seasonable plates and modern cocktails late into the night.
Moon Bites Menu
A pasta of your choice cooked to order and paired alongside their tap cocktail range.
Baked rigatoni, cherry tomato sugo, parmesan & burrata
Spaghetti, clams, garlic, parsley
Casarecce, pork & fennel sausage ragu, napoli & rosemary
PARCS
Address | 198 Little Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Cost | $60 per person
A little restaurant and wine bar on Little Collins designed around sustainable dining.
Moon Bites Menu
Marigold Highball—Pennyweight Fino white nectarine, saisonmariaold amaro, bitters
Heritage wheat sourdough glazed in vegetable treacle with potato peel butter and some pickles
Tuna cured in bull kelp, mushroom and black garlic
Cockerel, grilled autumn leaves, cashew and parmesan rind
VICTORIA BY FARMER’S DAUGHTERS
Address | Federation Square, Tenancy 26/2 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3004
Cost | $79
Victoria by Farmer's Daughters celebrates the produce, people and places of the state of Victoria. They’re in Fed Square, right in the middle of the festival footprint. Their Moon Bites offering is a culinary sojourn you can enjoy before explore the constellations of First Nations art at The Blak Infinite, right outside their door.
Moon Bites Menu
Choose your starter and main from the options below accompanied by sides, a small treat and a glass of Victorian wine or beer for $79 per person or a non-alcoholic offering for $69 per person.
To start
Pasture-raised chicken and smoked bacon terrine, black garlic chutney, sorrel
That’s Amore buffalo mozzarella, wood roast pumpkin, golden raisin agrodolce
Smoked Portarlington mussels, chickpea, fennel and dill
Add on
Potato rösti - Cured Bass Strait scallop, cold climate avocado $10
Cheese and preserved pine mushroom, shallot relish $10