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# A taste for travel: dinner at Universal
- URL: https://katecarruthers.com/a-taste-for-travel-dinner-at-universal/
- Published: 2009-10-23T02:38:55.000Z
- Updated: 2009-10-23T02:38:55.000Z
- Author: Kate Carruthers
- Tags: ideas, food, #Migrated-1775015344493, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-04-01 14:49

Had dinner at [Universal restaurant](http://www.universalrestaurant.com/home.html?ref=katecarruthers.com) the other night at the instigation of the lovely [@frombecca](http://twitter.com/frombecca?ref=katecarruthers.com) & joined by the ebullient [@CarmR](http://twitter.com/carmr?ref=katecarruthers.com) and some other friends.

Dinner was cooked by four of Australia’s most renowned chefs – Christine Manfield (Universal), Frank Camorra (Movida, Melbourne), Kylie Kwong (billy kwong, Sydney), and London-based David Thompson (Nahm). The food was excellent - fresh produce prepared with style and extreme yumminess.

The wines to accompany the meal were from [Cape Mentelle](http://www.capementelle.com.au/?ref=katecarruthers.com) \- my favourites were the sauvignon blanc & the zinfandel.

Apart from cooking the chefs shared some stories that had inspired their cooking; while *Travel + Leisure’s* deputy editor, Sally Webb hosted the evening, proving her skills as a barrel girl.

Will share some pictures soon. But there will be even more photos of the food over at Becca's blog [Inside Cuisine](http://insidecuisine.com/?ref=katecarruthers.com).

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