Ekka-Inspired Menu at Emporium

Overview

Brisbane's annual show serves up many things, from fireworks and showbags to dagwood dogs and oh-so-many strawberry ice creams. But you won't find strawberry cocktails 21 floors up and strawberry sundaes in a French patisserie at the Ekka. Instead, you can score them both at Emporium Hotel South Bank while the exhibition takes over Brisbane Showgrounds.

Head here and you can avoid the Ekka crowds, plus get a sweet treat. Until Sunday, August 20, Brisbanites can mosey upstairs at The Terrace for a Strawberry Pavilion cocktail. It combines strawberry gin, rhubarb and sherry, comes topped with vanilla foam, and also includes a white chocolate lollipop — and it's the Ekka-related treat that you didn't know you needed until now.

If that's not enough Royal Queensland Show-themed fun for you, you have another choice downstairs at Belle Epoque. The Parisian-style purveyor of baked goods and desserts has whipped up its own take on a pink-hued dish, featuring a tropical cheesecake as a base inside a chocolate cup coated in wafer flakes. A strawberry mousse popsicle also sits within, and then cream is dolloped on top.

You'll pay $24 for the cocktail and $12 for the sundae — and both venues are open daily.