Tinto y Blanco

Spanish and Portuguese wine, food and adventures

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Marmelo. Not that Portuguese food needed a boost in Melbourne with icons like @bar_lourinha, but it’s definitely got it in @marmelorestaurant. Food is inventive yet not fussy, great Portuguese flavours in a simplified, modern way. I liked pretty much everything, my pick of the dishes would like be the savoury take on pastel de nata and octopus with goan curry…and the anchovies! Oh and the squid…Killer floor staff - plenty of familiar faces from Melbourne’s best bars and restaurants - and maybe the best Iberian wine list in Australia? Definitely the place to catch up with your favourite restaurant loving peeps, as we did last night. Didn’t check out the bar…next time Quick but super tasty lunch at @movidamelb today, that tuna and watermelon tapa was 👌🔥 10 year old Malvasia goes alright Very rare that you’ll see me drinking Penfolds, but this was very tasty…nice lunch @scopri_carlton Delicious multinational dinner at @enotecaboccaccio tonight. All the wines were in top form. Agrapart a great way to start. Littorai showed amazingly well, La Estrada was singing and showing real depth, Malus Mama was surprising but loved by all. Great food and service, a great night out! Few Champagnes taste better than the ‘mid afternoon in a hotel room’ Champagne Spring cleaning done, now for driving… Melbourne in spring…one day you’re drinking rose on the deck, the next eating roast lamb and Ribera Del Duero with the fire going. Random shots from two weeks in California during a heatwave…not just tacos!