Melbourne’s food favourites join forces to launch a two-day menu with a side of MSG curly fries
For one weekend only, Lucy Liu is making an appearance in Collingwood for a collaboration that will see Melburnians feast on pan-Asian flavours, sandwich-style.
Across Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th of December, HiFi’s Dale Kemp and Lucy Liu’s Zac Cribbes will team up in the Smith St kitchen to deliver three limited-time sangas that are set to pack a punch. Expect crunch, heat, tang and a whole lot of sticky fingers.
A menu the Executive Chefs have designed together that can only be enjoyed cutlery-free, feast on:
● Beef rendang short rib sub, turmeric pickles, American cheese, sambal mayo on a
toasted baguette, $21
● Crispy fried chicken, gochujang, lemonade pickles, iceberg and kewpie on a potato bun, $18
● Crackling Pork belly roasted on the bone, tomato, papaya salad, coriander and HIFI ranch on a milk bun, $19
And when asked “would you like sides with that?” The only answer is yes. To go with your two-hander, they’ll be churning out Sour plum MSG curly fries ($8.5) with Sambal Mayo ($2), alongside Vietnamese Coffee shakes spiked with Kahlua sago and fried Chinese donuts ($12).
Kemp says a collaboration with the team at Lucy Liu has been on the cards for a while, and he’s thrilled to be welcoming them to the HiFi kitchen.
“We’ll be dishing up the explosion of flavour you’d expect from Lucy Lui and encasing it in a whole lot of carby goodness. I love the textural harmony that comes with biting into a good sandwich and this menu delivers just that.”
For Cribbes, injecting all there is to know and love about modern Asian cuisine into a humble sandwich is a match made in heaven.
“We can’t wait to bring Lucy down to HiFi and stuff a whole bunch of Banh Mi rolls with rendang beef! Given so many of our dishes are already well suited to wrapping in lettuce cups, or layering into steamed buns, it just made sense to get together with HiFi and make a weekend of it,” he says.
In true HiFi style, the playlist will be as dialled up as the sandwiches, spinning a vinyl collection that ensures all senses will be satisfied. So skip the weekend sleep-in and head straight to 316 Smith St from 10am across both days.
HiFi x Lucy Liu collaboration details:
● When: Saturday 9 and Sunday 10th December, 2023
● Time: 10am-3pm
● Where: 316 Smith St, Collingwood
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