Never in my life did I think it would be necessary to max out the 20 pic carousel limit but here we are...what a night
@thebellyandtheeye 🖤
@thebellyandtheeye was a one-night-only showcase of film, food and art, celebrating the work of emerging filmmakers, designers and chefs - pairing each film with snacks inspired by its stories, characters and places. Part of
@machinehall 's M.PWR program which waives venue hire for grassroots creatives, the intention of the evening was to spotlight emerging talent in a way that explores the connections between food and art, taste and memory, ritual and place.
Playful bites of ras el hanout chicken nuggets inspired by Miski's charming Hamza in WARYA, topped with fried bananas and basbaas cagaar, a Somali green chilli sauce. Heavenly morsels of bo la lot, but replacing beef (bo) with lamb kofte and Lebanese pickles grilled in betel leaves, drawn from the ethnobotanic rituals of Justine's Somewhat Eternal. A decadent surprise of jasmine chiffon and kumquat curd hiding beneath toasted meringue (a
@bb.flambe special) to match the whimsical, childlike joy of Aleese's good days. Clouds of whipped ricotta, stained violet-blue by butterfly pea - gorgeous and moody - for Priscilla's Cloud Prophecy. Messy towers of Afghan bread and tactile dadar gulung taken from the communal gathering in Gill's From The Palm Of. Labne with mint chimichurri and salatat dakwa, Sudanese peanut butter tomato salad to honour the familial love in Aleese's 7abouba. Thank you
@georgestreetrsl for the culinary ingenuity and freeing Sydney from the chains of kingfish and burrata for 5 hours.
All enjoyed in the most beautiful setting designed by
@lastforms @andy.tt.andy.tt.andy.tt and
@patrick.scott , which had the audiences discovering a new surprise every 2mins, in every pocket of the Machine...delightfully captured by the ever talented
@justincueno 🖤
This was only possible through the generosity of all collaborators, guests and volunteers involved and I feel so lucky to have been able to bring it to life with the most extraordinary team 🖤
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