Cultural Immersion
Exhibition | Fine Dining | Tea Tasting | Guqin Performance
— cultural immersion —
Gallery dinner table: Where creative conVERSATION MEETS CULTURAL EXPERIENCE
10 MAY 2025 | 21 JUNE 2025 | 19 JULY 2025
Art exhibition | Fine dining | Tea tasting | Guqin performance.
Reservations now open, limited to 8 seats
CHEF & TEA SOMMELIER
Meishan Xian shares her skills and knowledge in a peaceful evening at the ‘Caelene nee Glen’ art gallery.
Meishan is an accomplished international vegan chef and restauranteer.
In early 2024, she had the honour of being trained as a tea sommelier in China.
Meishan trains in the art of Guqin performance, under her Chinese musical master.
order of events
EXHIBITION | Limited edition photography prints cover the gallery walls, echoing flavours from the menu
FINE DINING | Four-course vegan & gluten-free menu, seated at the gorgeous gallery dining table
TEA TASTING | Organic Lapsang Suchong ‘floral flavour’ served to you in a friendly, yet traditional, manner
LIVE MUSIC | Guqin performance, by Meishan Xian
about the guqin
an ancient chinese music instrument
Dating back more than 3,000 years, the Guqin is one of China's oldest musical instruments. The Guqin is a traditional Chinese stringed instrument, deeply rooted in Chinese culture and history. It is a plucked zither that has been revered for thousands of years, often associated with scholars, poets, and philosophers in ancient China. The Guqin is considered a symbol of Chinese high culture, often associated with Confucianism, Daoism, and scholarly refinement. The Guqin produces a soft, ethereal tone, emphasiing subtlety and resonance.
In 2003, the Guqin was recognized as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
MENU
Saturday 10 May 2025
Starters
Lentil mini taco, with jackfruit meat
Savoury daikon cake
Main
Steamed Pear Bowl
stuffed with glutinous rice, quinoa, chestnut, pea protein, walnut, rhubarb
This dish is designed for Autumn - it's the chestnut season!
Dessert
Papaya & Snow Fungus, w Apricot Seed Consomme
Tea Tasting
Lapsang Suchong Floral Flavour
Refreshment served with food to complement palette: Natural spring water from Warburton, VIC
Main course ‘ Lotus Leave steamed rice’, at the February seating.
Dessert ‘Lapsang Suchong tea Raw Cake with organic ginger biscuit base’, at the February seating.
An event you will love to experience.
Meet new friends at the dining table, bring a plus one, or your whole group.
$208 per person
A complimentary gift presented to every guest.
Limited to 8 attendees.
Meishan has her own line of organic teas, available at the gallery online store and onsite.
