Private Dining Event
Dinner for Horrible People at The Brisbane Club
The Brisbane Club delivered a clever balance of fine dining style and irreverent fun, pairing vintage champagne with house-made takes on fast-food favourites.
Holding a bottle of 2014 Taittinger vintage champagne directly over black and white card game boxes laid across a formal white tablecloth set an irreverent tone right from the start. Behind the wood-panelled doors of The Brisbane Club, the Dinner for Horrible People event proved that traditional private dining can easily embrace a bit of cheeky humour without losing its polished charm.
We sat around a long, white-cloth dining table filled with seated guests inside a handsome, timber-lined room in Brisbane. The classic setting felt instantly elevated, yet the kitchen was preparing a menu inspired entirely by nostalgic fast-food classics and late-night comfort foods.
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Dessert was served to the table under the title 'The Power Couple', brought out as a shared end to the feast. Individual dishes of soft whipped ice cream topped with dark crumbs were passed above the table settings.
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Experience highlights
The details to look out for in Zen’s experience.
At a glance: the experience
- Original Fine Dining brioche with comté and parmesan
- BFC Chicken Nuggets karaage chicken
- The Honorable Mr McDonald smash burger
- Long Standing Members hand-cut chips
- The Power Couple whipped ice cream and glazed mini doughnuts
Playful Savoury Courses
The meal opened with 'Original Fine Dining', featuring golden fried brioche pieces layered with rich comté and parmesan cheese, neatly arranged on dark rectangular serving plates. That was followed by 'BFC Chicken Nuggets', which brought crispy karaage chicken paired with a deep Chinese BBQ sauce.
The main savoury focal point arrived as 'The Honorable Mr McDonald', a mini smash burger presented on a white plate with toasted bread. Built around a smashed onion patty, meltable American cheese, crisp iceberg lettuce, and creamy 1000 island sauce, it translated familiar fast-food flavours into a private club setting. For the side, 'Long Standing Members' arrived as hand-cut chips tossed in a colourful spice mix made with sumac and multiple paprikas.
A Sweet Communal Finish
Dessert was served to the table under the title 'The Power Couple', brought out as a shared end to the feast. Individual dishes of soft whipped ice cream topped with dark crumbs were passed above the table settings.
Alongside the ice cream sat stacked plates of house-made mini doughnuts, thickly coated in glazed icing and finished with white icing drizzles. The spread offered a lighthearted and interactive finish, proving that The Brisbane Club can deliver a memorable, themed night out when pairing fast-food nostalgia with private dining polish.
GOOD TO KNOW
Frequently asked questions
Where was the Dinner for Horrible People event hosted?
The event was hosted in a private wood-panelled dining room at The Brisbane Club in Brisbane.
What kind of food was served at the dinner?
The menu featured playful takes on comfort food staples, including mini smash burgers, karaage chicken nuggets, cheesy brioche, spiced hand-cut chips, whipped ice cream, and glazed mini doughnuts.
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Zen visited in September 2024. Menus, ratings, prices and opening hours can change, so check directly with the venue before you go.
It was a pleasure to be invited to experience The Brisbane Club but all opinions shared are my own. No commercial relationship or gifted status was specified in the source material.