Tjanabi

Overview

Tjanabi is set to be reborn as a once-off dinner event at the Melbourne Town Hall, inviting diners to experience a taste of culinary concepts deeply ingrained in the past and future of First Peoples food culture. The event sees Parbin-ata Dr Carolyn Briggs — a Boon Wurrung senior elder, and chairperson and founder of the Boon Wurrung Foundation — reimagine her popular Federation Square eatery from over a decade ago.

Guests will be invited to listen to the stories behind culinary traditions, while tucking into a menu centred around Indigenous cooking techniques and flavours native to the region. Across a sumptuous four-course feast on Friday, June 4, guests will traverse through clay baking, native raw seafood and pre-domesticated superfoods. Expect plenty of tactile demonstrations throughout the night.

All-organic arrangements by Alchemy Orange florist Shahn Stewart (Yorta Yorta) will fill the room, setting the tone as you feast and learn. Round up a friend for this one — tickets are available for tables of two, four or six diners, working out to $155 per person.

By Eugene Hyland

Images: Eugene Hyland