Cacao, experienced like never before
Cocoa Symphony is a dining experience that reimagines Cocoa beyond dessert — born from our first appearance at the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival 2025.
Each edition takes place in a new, carefully chosen location, with a different guest chef joining Alessandro Luppolo to explore cocoa in all its forms: fermented, roasted, distilled, and, of course, bean-to-bar chocolate.
Through a multi-course menu, guests are taken on a journey of flavour — where cocoa is savoury, smoky, earthy, floral, even spicy. From rich reductions to delicate dustings and bold textures, each plate tells a story of collaboration, seasonality, and a deep respect for the ingredient.
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5th of October 2025
Sunday lunch at Hardware Club, CBD.
Snacks:
• Oyster délice:
Slowly poached and coated in cocoa crunches
• Goat cheese and Cracker:
Cocoa crackers and goat cheese honey mousse
• Oyster mushroom tempura:
Burnt macadamia, pepper berry and cocoa husk
Smaller plates:
• okonomi-pasta:
Yesterday’s pasta, Okonomi sauce and cocoa butter mayo
• Cuore e Lingua:
Chicken, pork trotter terrine, Ox tongue and Cotechino, mixed vegetables and spicy chocolate with black beans humus
Main:
• Swordfish and peas:
Center cut loin Swordfish, peas emulsion, unrefined white chocolate sauce and wild garlic
Desserts:
• Pear and Chocolate:
Texture of pears, brown butter and chocolate mousse
• Milk and Honey:
Milk gelato, honey shortbread discs
Petite Fours:
• Signature Chocolate Bon Bons
• Pate de Fruit
• Ventaglietti
