Welcome to Thornbury is paying tribute to everyone' favourite pockets of juicy, meaty goodness with a day dedicated to dimmies and dumplings. You'll find everything from traditional fried dumplings to steamed Polish pierogis on Saturday, July 29.
Expect your classic fish and chip shop dimmies from South Melbourne Dim Sims, 100 per cent handmade dumplings with high quality ingredients from The Lil Dumpling Van, vegan dumplings from Woking Amazing, succulent fried seafood treats from Chef Calamari, and many more to choose from. In fact, the festival will be serving up 50,000 of Melbourne's best so do yourself a favour and skip brekky.
To make sure nobody misses out either, there’ll be plenty of vegetarian and gluten-free dumplings to tuck into as well. Wash it down with $12 pints of Dimmy and Dumpling Festival XPA specially brewed for the day and your Saturday sesh is set.
Bookings are for groups of four or more and you can reserve a spot via the booking link here, but there'll be plenty of space for walk-ins if you're a solo diner, couple or throuple. Entry to the event is free, and pooches are very welcome.