Marameo is helping you eat and drink your winter woes away, with a pasta party every Saturday until August 5 featuring bottomless vino, a pasta banquet and groovy Italo disco and funk tunes spun by a rotating line-up of DJs.
It’s not the first time the unconventional Italian restaurant has run the popular lunch offer and popular demand has driven a rerun.
“We’ve had emails, calls, messages and customers in the venue asking whether we’ll bring Pasta Party back every week since it finished,” said Marameo’s co-owner Michael Badr. “It’ll be nice to finally deliver the good news: that it’s back and better than ever.”
For just $100, you can enjoy two hours of flowing wines, prosecco and Peronis, alongside a three-course pasta menu with Marameo's signature style of not-your-nonna’s Italian.
The menu includes snacky starters like housemade rosemary focaccia with stracciatella, hazelnuts and basil oil, soppressata chilli salami and marinated olives, followed by the venue's renowned black truffle cacio e pepe, pasta shells with prawns, bottarga and pistachio, spinach campanelle with rabbit ragu, and squid ink linguini with blue swimmer crab, tomato, chilli and roe.
Long story short, it’s a carb fest you don’t want to miss.
This year there’s a sweet tooth lover’s value add: a cherry on top in the form of a cherry-topped dessert creation from vintage celebration cake queen Pip O’Shea of Good Good Cake. For an extra $75 to $110 on the table’s tab (depending on your party’s size), you’ve got the option to add either a beautifully decorated limoncello or a hazelnut, chocolate and Marsala-poached pear cake to the afternoon.
If it’s a special occasion, you can even customise the message on the cake made to order. Thanks, Pip!
The pasta parties kick off at 12pm, and are available for groups of four or more. Bookings are essential via the Marameo website.