06/07/2026
🔥🌶️ FABBRICA NEWTOWN PRESENTS: BRENDAN PANG 🌶️🔥
Tuesday, August 4th
We are thrilled to present an exciting collab with MasterChef alumni, BRENDAN PANG!! ICYMI, Brendan is a Sydney-based chef, author and content creator known for bringing the vibrant flavours of his Chinese-Mauritian heritage to life through easy Asian home cooking. Having learned from the best – his beloved Grandmère – Brendan went on to compete in MasterChef in 2018 and 2020.
Today, he has multiple cookbooks under his belt, hosts cooking classes and shares recipes, stories and travel-inspired food with his 1.5 million TikTok and Instagram followers. With an ethos that aligns well with us here Fabbrica | Pasta Shop & Bar, Brendan celebrates approachable, delicious food based on authentic recipes and techniques, with his own unique flare.
For one night only, Brendan will join Love Tilly Group’s Culinary Director Scott McComas-Williams and Fabbrica Newtown’s Head Chef Keir Ballantyne in the kitchen, cooking a set menu ($120 per person) inspired by both his Chinese heritage and his recent travels to Italy. The menu, in its captivating entirety, can be found below.
🥞 Spring onion pancake focaccia with whipped fermented chilli butter
🥬 Pork and fennel cabbage rolls in a hot mustard chicken jus
🥒 Smashed cucumber and fennel salad with black vinegar, shaved Parmesan, basil and mint
🥟 Pork and ginger tortellini, inspired by the flavours of xiao long bao, served in a rich chicken broth
🦀 Hand-cut casarecce with blue swimmer crab, XO butter and Chinese flowering chives
🐷 Tathra Place pork neck char siu, glazed in brown butter char siu and served with braised mustard greens and roasted shallots
🥦 Chinese broccoli with anchovy butter, garlic pangrattato and lemon
☕ Hong Kong milk tea tiramisu with malt biscuit and mascarpone
There’ll be a wine pairing available on the night, along with the full list. Don’t miss out, book, book, book via link in bio!
