Bottomless wine. A lush pasta banquet. Outrageously fun cake.
On Saturday, 17 June, CBD pasta palace Marameo’s beloved boozy lunch series returns for Pasta Party: Season 2, promising all the hits from its sold-out 2022 stretch — bottomless wine, a pasta-stacked banquet and pumping Italo disco beats — with a cherry on top, care of vintage celebration cake queen Pip O’Shea (Good Good Cake).
“We fell in love with Good Good Cake’s designs and knew we had to get Pip involved this year. They felt like the missing piece for Pasta Party — the vibe is just like one big birthday celebration. People are even up and dancing by the end of lunch,” says Marameo Co-Owner Michael Badr.
“Delicious food, drinks, friends and good times, all capped off with cake? How could I not be want to be involved?! My work is inspired by creating memorable experiences for people, and the team at Marameo will be doing just that,” says O’Shea.
When booking, patrons can choose to complement the Pasta Party menu with Good Good Cake’s two-toned, cherry-crowned Rococo creations, selecting from flavours of limoncello (yellow buttercream with orange piping) or Hazelnut, chocolate and Marsala-poached pear (purple buttercream with pink piping).
Cakes are available in two sizes, suitable to serve 4-6 or 8-10, and can be customised with bespoke lettering, including well wishes of up to two words or 16 characters on the smaller size and messages of up to four words or 25 characters on the larger. A minimum of 72 hours’ notice is required.
Priced at $100pp including drinks for a two-hour sitting, Pasta Party: Season 2’s menu is
available for groups of four or more and includes:
Two hours of bottomless Prosecco, red and white wine, Peroni
House-made rosemary focaccia
Mixed marinated olives
Stracciatella, hazelnuts, basil oil
Borgo ‘Soppressata’ chilli salami
Spaghetti cacio e pepe, black truffle
Conchiglie, prawns, bottarga, pistachio
Spinach campanelli, rabbit ragu, pecorino
Squid ink linguine, blue swimmer crab, tomato, chilli, roe
Parmesan leaves, radish, dill
The live DJ, changing weekly, will kick off at noon with a mix of Italo disco and funk, ramping things up as the afternoon unravels.
“We’ve had emails, calls, messages and customers in the venue asking whether we’ll bring Pasta Party back every week since it finished. It’ll be nice to finally deliver the good news: that it’s back and better than ever,” laughs Badr.