From char kwai teow to chips: Cooking star Julia Busuttil Nishimura's top restaurant picks
Busuttil Nishimura is also making her art dinner collaboration debut on August 22, with Ostro X Einder, a one-night-only event at Melbourne's Town Hall as part of the Now or Never Festival. Her menu riffs on the audiovisual fabric installation by Dutch artist Boris Acket titled Einder, with a seasonal produce-driven feast set to conclude with a long pavlova topped with roasted and fresh spring fruits and a bay leaf cream, assembled in situ.
'It is billowy and messy, very much inspired by the [chaos] and voluptuousness of Boris' work and a nod to the storm theme that is found in his art,' she says.
Ahead of the special dinner next week, the Melbourne-based food identity sat down with us to chat about her eating-out and eating-in favourites.
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