Overview
Another pop-up bar has opened in Sydney and this time it can be found on the top level of the Bellevue Hotel. The Mumm Spring Carnival Bar is just a little bit exclusive, and has a selection of vintage G.H Mumm bubbles to sip on, as well as the usual selection of wines and beers. This is the place to head after or during the Spring Carnival races with your best fascinator or bow tie and a group of horse (or racing fashion) enthusiasts. There might even be a celeb or two to mingle with.
The pop-up bar is doing all the key spring racing day events including the Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate and Derby Day, a ladies day, a boy's night out (Cox Plate Preview Dinner), a Damien Pignolet dinner and, of course, the ultimate Melbourne Cup day. These ticketed events will serve up French cuisine from the kitchen of chef Pignolet matched with the finest champagne.
One such event will be the Mumm Champagne Dinner ($190 per head, 1 November). The menu for this night will be oysters Rockefekker and Damien's marinated salmon, lobster boudin with seared scallops, sauce vin blanc with sorrel, ballontine of free range chicken and quail and Swissb brown mushroom farce, with potato and celeriac galette and spinach and pear puree, sauce Duc de Duxelle. To wrap things up there will be Provencale Blancmanger with seasonal berries and rose petals. All courses are matched with different vintage glasses of Mumm. If the canapes, including freshly shucked oysters, from the pop-up's launch are anything to go by, diners will be in for a real treat.
Styled by Michelle Leslie, the bar is an intimate space, with a walled outdoor sundeck decorated with vintage G.H. Mumm posters. Astroturf will be found beneath your well-heeled feet outdoors, bringing a real racing vibe to the mix. Bottles of the sponsored Mumm champagne (unfortunately empty, yes we checked) act as bling around the bar and there are fancy pants private dining rooms complete with leather sofas and tonnes of flowers. You'll also find the bottles being used as lamps.
The space can be booked for functions and group bookings from 17 October to 6 November, and it'll be worth frocking up for. The Mumm Spring Carnival Bar pop-up is a good place to surround yourself with luxury champagne, good looking glamazons and air that has a Spring Carnival bite to it. Enjoy.
Event details can be viewed here.