Festivale: Pop-up restaurant Vineyard Seafood one of dozens to delight

Vineyard Seafood is a pop-up restaurant that appears at events, festivals, and vineyards around the state, with fresh seafood dishes sourced from Stanley, and East Coast, producers. 

Prior to starting Vineyard Seafood Ms Brown was the operator of Stanley restaurant and accommodation provider Cable Station, but working as a pop-up has enabled her to do what she loves: “travel around Tasmania and see a bit of the state myself, and build on existing relationships with other producers.”

At Festivale, she will be serving up scallops, grilled or steamed, in a half shell, char-grilled octopus, natural oysters or oysters served spicy kilpatrick, and oyster shooters.

“Some of those menu items are some of our signature dishes if you like, but we also always like to put a new itme on the menu every year, and this year that’s the steamed scallop with ginger soy and sesame in the half-shell,” Ms Brown said. 

The oyster shooters involve pairings with alcohol producers at Festivale, with one paired with a Moo Brew stout, a Delamere sparkling jelly oyster shooter with fresh wasabi, and a Hell’s Gate gin and tonic granita. 

Additionally, their dishes will be designed in accompaniment with their neighbouring stallholder Boomer Creak Vineyard, with the seafood to be paired with corresponding wines. 

Ms Brown said the opportunity to collaborate was one of her favourite parts of Festivale. 

“Boomer Creek are a new winemaker, so a relatively new name to the market, but they’re a beautiful East Coast vineyard with fabulous riesling, pinot gris, and a chardonnay and pinot noir, so well be doing some wine and food pairing,” she said.

Outside of Festivale, there’s other big plans in the works for Vineyard Seafood. 

They will soon be operating out of the weekly Harvest Market, and are also debuting their own personal menu, encompassing smoked mussel pate, crayfish mouse, octopus terrine, and a confit of abalone. 

Festivale 2019 will have a bit of everything, from gelato to grill, and every type of wine, beer and cider one could imagine. 

For an interactive map of all stallholders, including with pop-up menus, see festivale.com.au. 

Head to the VJAM Stage at 5.15pm to find our all the winners of the Best Stall Awards, with categories including Best Overall Stall, Best Dessert, and Environmentally Friendly Stall.

The full list of stallholders, in alphabetical order, that can be found at this year’s event, below: 

AJ's Indian Cafe and Restaurant

Alfred Goughs

Angus Gourmet Steak Sandwiches

Ashgrove Dairy Door & Landfall

Avocado Moon

Barringwood

Boomer Creek Vineyard

Bream Creek Vineyard

Buttons Brewing

Cape Bernier Vineyard

Casa Paella

Cheesecake Baculo

Clover Hill Wines

Coffee Buzz

Country Club Kitchen & Tonic

Delamere Vineyards

Delicious Bamyan Afghan Food

Della Valle Gelato Naturale

Derwent Estate

Devils Brewery - Tasmania

Eliza's Pop-Up Restaurant

Fishmania

Fairy Floss Tasmania

Festival Mushrooms

Flying Calamari Brothers Tasmania

Gala Estate Vineyard

Ghost Rock Wines

Goaty Hill Wines

Gozleme Girl - Turkish Pizza with a Tassie Twist

Hartz Tasmania

Hazelbrae House

Hillwood Vineyard

House of Arras / Bay of Fires Wines

Hubert + Dan

Indian Empire

James Boag Bars

Jansz

Jimmy's gourmet game goods

Josef Chromy Wines

Knocklofty Spirits

Lebanese Gourmet & Grill

Leaning Church Vineyard

Little Devil Donuts

Little Rivers Brewing Co

Lost Pippin and The Lamb Baa

Love Your Guts Co

MIAM French Crepes

Moo Brew

Morrison Brewery

Moss side Berry Pancakes

Mount Gnomon Farm

Ocho Beer

One on the Slide

Pagan Cider

PavLovas

Pipers Brook Vineyard

Quiet Mutiny

Red Brick Road Cider

Seven Sheds Brewery

Sharmans Wines

Shred Burgers and Shimmy Shakes

Smallest Pancakes Festivals

Spreyton Cider Co

Spring Vale Wines & The Splendid Gin

Swinging Gate Wine

T-Bone Brewing Co

Tamar Ridge Wines

Tamar Valley Wood Fire Pizza

Tasmanian Chilli Beer Company

The Garden Party

The Porky Duck

The Tasmanian Food Co.

Tio Rico

Tulah's Kitchen

Van Dieman Brewing

Velo Wines

Vietnamese Street Food

Vineyard Seafood & Oyster Bar

Willie Smith's Cider Makers

Zuuzu Dessert Island