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By: Kieran O'Shea
Date: 14th May 08
Venue: Restaurant
Meal: Where everybody knows your name
What:
Bar Lourinha
Where:
37 Little Collins St, Melbourne
When:
Mon-Wed 12pm-11pm, Thurs-Fri 12pm-1am, Sat 4pm-1am
Contact:
9663 7890
The Spanish have it down tight when it comes to good eating; taking your time, digesting, having a listen to conversations around you, and savouring your company like your wine is the ethos behind it all. Friendly, talkative and communal, Bar Lourinha offers some of the finest tapas and European wine in the city.
The menu is exquisite, packed full of intriguing and vibrant ingredient combinations made the freshest produce. While sipping the perfect Grenache you can indulge yourself with single serve oysters, the massaged elegance of ‘raw meat to eat’ wagyu, mop up the juice from your octopus stifado with crusty bread, or refresh your spoilt palate with the cabbage, mint and sheep’s milk feta. It feels decadent but it’s simply all about good food appreciation and revelling in new flavours.
The staff’s passion for what they are serving is feverishly apparent and even rushed off their feet they take the time to engage with each and every customer. Altogether, it makes it very easy to eat, drink, and forget about work tomorrow in the hands of this little gem.