Edible Idioms

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  • Sun 30 Aug, 12pm - 3:30pm
Language and food belong together, add history and the story deepens into something altogether different. Lustre's taking the words we use every day and turning them into dishes. Cool as a cucumber becomes a palate cleanser, a piece of cake arrives as something entirely new, and every course speaks to the way culture lives in how we talk about food. Seven courses of interpretation, each one teasing out a different idiom from around the world. There's a German one about sausage and indifference, an Indian one about something fishy in the pulses, moments where the kitchen challenges and entertains in equal measure. One surprise dish waits mid-evening, your job is to guess which idiom it is. The menu shifts with the seasons and the whims of Lustre's local farms, but the game never changes: food as language, language as history. Your ticket covers the seven-course Lustrous banquet menu and an idiom-inspired arrival drink. Alcohol is available to purchase.

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