Magnum Melbourne Pop Up - Emporium

Get on over to the Emporium to design your own custom Magnum! 

The pop up facility will be here until August 10th and is proving to be a huge hit amongst Melburnians. Despite being winter, the pop up has long lines of people just waiting to sink their teeth into some delicious ice cream.

So this is how it works..... 

1) You firstly choose your ice cream, either vanilla or chocolate.
2) You can then choose from white chocolate, milk chocolate or dark chocolate for your coating. 

3) Choose up to 3-4 toppings from a list of 18 toppings  to cover your Magnum

 4) Finally you choose a chocolate drizzle

Voila!

Depending on the line, there is a 20-40 minute wait but it's well worth it and if you're lucky, the girls might like your topping choices and give you some extra drizzle like I did. Don't forget to hashtag your pictures #magnummelbourne so everyone can see your creations too!

Rue & Co. - CBD Pop up

Rue & Co have brought to our CBD 3 pop up restaurants to add to Melbourne's growing street food culture.

Today I tried Kong BBQ, an Asian bbq pop up located on Collins Street. Although bbq is written in Japanese on their sign, the place focuses on Korean inspired flavours. Their menu includes fried chicken, bo ssam (lettuce wraps), steamed buns, soups, salads and sandwiches.

All the meat is cooked very well. My wings were moist and covered in a rich Gochujang glaze and our pork belly had a crispy crackling. I found their kimchi was saltier than most though. 

If you're not feeling Asian food, next door to Kong BBQ is Jimmy Grants (George Columbaris' souvlaki joint) and St Ali's church of secular coffee (they play some pretty awesome music too). 

They'll only be around for 6 months but I really love that Melbourne is trying to build a street food scene. It's definitely one of the things that our city is lacking. I think everyone should experience the joy of snacking on freshly grilled meats whilst sitting outdoors on a cold winter's day.