The Curators: MoVida’s Frank Camorra Reveals His Top Melbourne Dining Staples

The Curators: MoVida’s Frank Camorra Reveals His Top Melbourne Dining Staples | meltingbutter.com

1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) Ask any Melburnian who knows a thing or two about restaurants where the best tapas in the city is, and they’ll answer “MoVida” with quite some conviction. Frank Camorra, the Executive Chef of the modern dining institution MoVida (as well as his 5 other thriving Melbourne and Sydney […]

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The Curators: A guide to Downtown LA for the aesthetically inclined

The Curators: A guide to Downtown LA for the aesthetically inclined | meltingbutter.com

1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) It’s a safe bet to say that if you’re reading Melting Butter you’re likely a prolific explorer; traveller and probably to some extent, rather aesthetically inclined. If I’m right, you’re a lot like me so I’m pretty sure this app I’m going to tell you about will make […]

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The Curators: Wallflower’s Xavier Herit on Working for Daniel Boulud & NYC’s Best Cocktail Bars

The Curators: Wallflower’s Xavier Herit on Working for Daniel Boulud & NYC’s Best Cocktail Bars | meltingbutter.com

It’s hard to progress much further when your 15-year career has already been spent working for the very best. But this isn’t so for Xavier Herit, the owner/cocktail guy responsible for Wallflower, the West Village’s latest restaurant darling. Herit undoubtedly boasts an esteemed career having worked as head cocktail consultant at the world’s finest establishments […]

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The Curators: Paul Jung on Minimalism in New York

The Curators: Paul Jung on Minimalism in New York | meltingbutter.com

Meet Paul Jung. An NYC based photographer and director whose visually impactful work has unsurprisingly captured the attention of the fashion industry. Still in the early part of his career, Jung has already defined his own visual language using film and photography to explore new territory within the minimalist aesthetic. Just one look at his […]

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The Curators: Navy’s Akiva Elstein on Restaurant Design & NYC’s Top Interior Gems

The Curators: Navy NYC’s Owner & Designer Avika Elstein on Restaurant Design & NYC’s Top Interior Gems | meltingbutter.com

In NYC’s competitive restaurant landscape, restaurants can no longer rely solely on the quality of their food offering. The recipe for a restaurant’s success must also include an ability to evoke a strong emotional response and a connection with diners through its environment. But how is this best achieved? Through the huge amount of consideration […]

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The Curators: L’Entrepot Head Chef Patrick Hanna’s Top London Eats

The Curators: L’Entrepot Head Chef Patrick Hanna’s Top London Eats | meltingbutter.com

My latest visit to London involved a very special trip to L’Entrepot to meet with Patrick Hanna (the restaurant’s very accomplished head chef) and learn about his tricks of the trade for preparing steak tartare. I didn’t leave of course, without sampling the delightful food (and matched wines) on offer for the day. Food and […]

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The Curators: Style Influencer Jamala Johns’ Harlem Hotspots

THE CURATORS: STYLE INFLUENCER JAMALA JOHNS’ HARLEM HOTSPOTS | meltingbutter.com

1 / 1 ( 2 votes ) One of my favourite things about New York City is its patchwork of interesting neighbourhoods, all unmistakably different from each other, full of cool hotspots waiting to be discovered. So, for this edition of The Curators, I wanted to put a spotlight on Uptown’s ever-evolving neighbourhood, Harlem. This […]

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The Curators: Laurent-Perrier & Chef Brendan Cato Uncover the Most Indulgent Dining Experiences in Sydney

1 / 1 ( 2 votes ) After a trip to Laurent-Perrier’s Sydney pop-up location The L-P Bar and a chat with its head chef Brendan Cato my mind kept wandering to those moments when we share champagne. These are the moments of pure indulgence that we pair with fine food and wine as we […]

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The Curators: Globetrotting DJ Lefto on The World’s Best Clubs

1 / 1 ( 3 votes ) For this edition of The Curators we’re excited to introduce to you one of our all-time favourite deejays and biggest music inspirations ”“ Lefto. This man, a globetrotting musical tastemaker, is known for his special knack of uncovering fresh talent, new genres and the latest releases within his mainstays hip hop, […]

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The Curators: Ms G’s Executive Chef Dan Hong on Sydney Food and his favourite off-duty eats

THE CURATORS: MS G’S EXECUTIVE CHEF DAN HONG ON SYDNEY FOOD AND HIS FAVOURITE OFF-DUTY EATS | meltingbutter.com

On my last trip out to Sydney I checked out Ms G’s, a hip pan-Asian restaurant in Potts Point. It instantly took a spot in our Sydney restaurant guide and also became the subject of my Vietnamese food obsessions. You see, the food at Ms G’s is my comfort food only I strangely found myself […]

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