Overview
It’s time to dust off your rastacap, plait your dreadlocks and practise your Caribbean accent: the second annual Bob Marley Chowdown is coming to town.
That’s right, next Wednesday, 12 March, Queenie’s, inner Sydney's favourite Jamaican eatery, will be celebrating all things Bob. There’ll be positive vibrations, mellow moods and a constant stream of Marley tunes. But the centrepiece is undoubtedly the menu.
This comes as no surprise: last time Queenie’s presented us with a new dinner concept, its epic combos caused at least one of our intrepid reporters to fear for her life. This time, however, with Bob’s laidback influence, things are looking a little more restrained.
Each of the five courses is named after a Marley track. So there’s ‘Chant Down Chicken Cackle’, ‘Movement of Duck People’, ‘I Shot the Snapper’, ‘Turn Your Lamb Down Low’ and ‘Mellow Mood Brownie’.
"But hold on!" the real Rastafarians are yelling. "Wasn’t he vegetarian?"
Yep, he was indeed. Like he said, "I-man say don't make jah body a graveyard for de dead animals!"
In this knowledge, Queenie’s has a parallel vegetarian menu on offer: ‘Get Up Fried Yam Up’, ‘Kinky Pancake Party’, ‘Rastaman Stew Down’ and ‘Positive Vibration Pattie’.
Tickets are $50 per head, inclusive of all five courses, and there’ll be two sittings: one at 6.30pm and the other at 8.30pm. Drinks specials will run all night. Bookings are essential — reserve a spot by emailing bookings@queenies.com.au or calling (02) 9212 3035. You’ll find Queenie’s above the Forresters, Level 1, 336 Riley Street, Surry Hills.
