Well, not really as Jo took two weeks off to spend time with her family and help out at her daughter’s wedding. I am sure all mothers out there know that a wedding in the family doesn’t necessarily entail rest & relaxation! However, the bride was beautiful & all went smoothly even with the weather conditions!

Back to business! As fill in blogger this month I would love to see old & new friends at our upcoming Zonte’s Footstep Wine Dinner. Chef’s Stewy & Teneeille have created an
amazing menu to match the wines. It did seem to take a great deal of ‘sampling & tasting’ on their part, I must say. Check out our great group offer and don’t forget your chance to win up to $100,000.00 !!!

Zonte’s Footsteps are situated in Langhorne Creek, South Australia. Langhorne Creek has a reputation for producing full bodied Cabernet Sauvignon & Shiraz. The original vines at Zonte’s Footstep were sourced in 1836! Brad Ray, owner & winemaker will be our guest speaker, discussing the wines with you and offering blind tasting & a blending competition as well.

Remember if you are a coeliac let us know & we will guarantee, as always, that your meal is worry free! Just let us know when booking.

Don’t forget to go to our website & register for our birthday club!

What happened to the weather? We had an awesome spring & summer then all of a sudden we are on tsunami watch & considering building an ark because of the biblical flooding. Bring on Autumn with crisp clean days & beautiful sunsets and calmer weather.

The Mooloolaba Mile has been & gone again with Mother Nature doing her best to dampen our ‘Mile’ spirits. Although the family events had to be postponed, all the races were completed. Congratulations to all competitors & tireless volunteers. All race details will be soon be available for viewing at www.team-ascent.com.au/events/mooloolaba_mile/.
Well everyone, it’s been a pleasure to be guest blogger this month. I do hope that we will see many of you at the upcoming Zonte’s Wine Dinner. We have many other great promotions and events planned for the rest of the year so keep a lookout for upcoming newsletters. Also coming up in the next edition of Hot Gossip will be details about our new referral program which could save you hundreds of $$$$

Hot Pipis Winter Menu -  Coming Soon

Watch out for notification of our new winter menu. Head Chef Stewart & his new right arm, Teneeille have been busy creating a brand new taste sensation to delight your senses. A little more fine tuning and we will be ready to ask your opinion.

Breaky Chef Steve is chomping at the bit to launch his range of fresh baked cakes, slices & biscuits. Steve will periodically be sending out samples of new creations for you to taste & offer your much valued feedback.

Birthday Club

If you would like to join our birthday club, log onto our website & register today. It’s a simple process. Hot Pipis will send you out a FREE meal for your birthday & if you book a group of six or more, we’ll also bake & decorate a birthday cake for you as well. What a great gift! Register your partner as well & you are guaranteed two great nights out at Hot Pipis each year!

Comedy Corner

Proof that Men have better friends..

Friendship amongst Women:
A Woman didn’t come home one night. The next morning
she told her husband that she slept over at a friends
house. Upon calling ten of her closest friends, none of
them knew anything about it.

Friendship amongst Men:
A man didn’t come home one night. The next morning he
told his wife that he had slept over at a mate’s house.
Upon her calling his ten best friends, eight
confirmed that he had slept over and two said
that he was still there!!

Hot Pipis & Zonte’s Footstep

Gala Wine Dinner

Four amazing courses created exclusively to match our chosen Zontes Footstep wines

6:30pm start with wine on arrival followed by…

Trio of Canapes served with Zonte’s Footstep Verdelho 2009
Roast Chicken Consommé w Caper Dust, Tarragon & Crème Fraiche
Mooloolaba Spanner Crab w Herbs & Lemon on toasted Brioche
Oyster w Lemon Vinaigrette Jelly & Fresh Cucumber

Entree served with Zonte’s Footstep Pino Grigio 2009
Seared Canadian Sea Scallops w Pickled Vegetables & a Pear & Lychee Sauce

Main served with Zonte’s Footstep Sangiovese Barbera 2007
Roasted Venison w Medley of Mushrooms, Pea Puree & Black Cherry Sauce

Dessert served with Zonte’s Footstep Shiraz Viognier 2007
Baked Triple Cream Cheese Pithivier w Red Wine & Raisin Relish & Lemon Gel

Petit Fours & Coffee to finish

When: 25th March 2010

call 5444 4441 to Book

There have been huge changes to our team over the past two months. Bryony, our longest serving team member,has chosen a new career path. Andrew our evening manager has moved to Brisbane and our Head Chef, Daniel Wilkinson has become a father again and decided to put his feet up for a rest & help Mum out. We were very fortunate to be able to replace all of these people through internal promotions.

There are also a lot of other new faces to carry on the Hot Pipis traditions of excellent food and exceptional service. Stuart Frater has stepped into the role of Head Chef, ably supported by Tennille Lilly as Second Chef. Jeleasa Robinson has taken on a stronger role along with her waitressing duties and I know they will all do us proud!

In fact, it has been a very rewarding experience to receive the many, many compliments from our guests on how wonderful the team are. In the service industry it can often be difficult to keep smiling with all the pressures of trying to please so many different personalities. I do gain so much pleasure from receiving compliments for our team. So thank you to all those who take the time to let us know.  It’s means so much to the whole team.

We have a lot coming up to tell you about.

The Mooloolaba Mile Beach Festival is on Saturday 6th March.

We also have our next Wine Dinner on Thursday 25th March.

In line with the holiday spirit we had our New Year’s Eve competition and Surfboard Competition.  Congratulations to our winners – Barb Browning of Buddina won the Christmas Surfboard and the New Year’s Eve table was won by Suzanne Riley. Suzanne brought three of her friends along to help her get through a dinner for four & a bottle of French Champagne.
Looking forward to seeing u @ the Pipi soon.

Regards, Jo & Nipper

Bag A Bargain

Is anyone looking for a cheap outdoor table or some great stacking party chairs? We have some of our old solid timber fold down restaurant tables available for sale @ $50.00 each. They are great for outdoor settings. 1200 x 800 We also have 80 Sebel School chairs (our old restaurant chairs) available for sale @ $10.00 each. They are not necessarily the prettiest chairs, but Sebel are a strong durable brand & great for school, home & outdoors.

Are very happy to sell either individually or in bulk. So if you think your local school could use them please pass on this information as they are a steal at $10.00 each.
Contact Jo via email: jo@hotpipis.com.au if you are interested.

Competition Winner

LuckyWinner!!!!

Barb won this great Mini Mal for Christmas because she took the time to enter our competition.

All she had to do was eat at Hot Pipis to be able to go in the draw!

Hot Pipis Wine Dinner

Hot Pipis Wine Dinner
25th March.
Zontes Footstep Vineyards, Langhorne Creek,
South Australia.
Four courses and matched wines
$65.00 per person

Featured wines include Verhelho, Viognier, Shiraz
Viognier and a Cabernet Malbec blend.
Numbers are limited, as always.

Zonte’s Footstep Vineyard is in the heart of Langhorne
Creek, one of Australia’s best grape growing regions.
Remember, if you would like to be notified of upcoming
Wine Dinners, email me at info@hotpipis.com.au
so that I can add you to our list of fans!

Book your table now, for 25th
March, 6:30 pm
Look out for further details and menu in our March
Newsletter. Word of mouth has already
attracted a number of bookings so don’t miss out:-
Book by calling:- 5444 4441

Did You Know?

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• An enzyme from coffee beans can convert group A human blood calls to group O.
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Each year this event grows stronger and stronger. This year included not only the hugely popular Beach Volleyball and Fun Run, but also a Dash for cash event, Sandsculpting & the very
popular “Dig for Treasure” The major prize for the ‘dig’ was a helicopter joy flight, kindly donated by Grant Kenny.

Now it’s time to gear up for next year’s Mile. I believe strongly in this event. It’s family orientated, fun & challenging & great for Mooloolaba. It promotes families  first, health and is destined to become a major local attraction. It would be great to receive strong interest and support from other local businesses, so if you are interested, please let me know: info@hotpipis.com.au

Well, we’ve started preparing for our third Wine Maker’s Dinner due to the success of our second one, which was held on the 25th March.  The wine was chosen from the  Yalumba  range and Head Chef  Dan  created some amazing meals to compliment the wines.  Darren Cosgrove, from Yalumba was an enthusiastic speaker who clearly loves his wine and food matching. He happily shared his knowledge with all our guests, flitting from table to table with great pleasure.

Yalumba Voignier was matched with Smokey Venison Prosciutto w a caramelised fig, creamy goats curd & wild endive salad.

Pewseyvale Riesling matched with Noosa Sandcrab ravioli in a prawn & lemon myrtle infused bisque w shaved Pecorino cheese  A lemon sorbet palette cleanser was followed by my favourite….

Yalumba Patchwork Shiraz matched with Sezchaun pepper crusted Lamb Backstrap resting on desisee potato & truffle oil fondant w braised red witlof & a kasmundi jus
Heggies Botrytis Riesling matched with Lime Bavarois w charred white peach & cham-pagne crème.

The wine flowed freely and everyone had a great time.
The next Wine Maker’s Dinner will be on Thursday the 18th June. Will keep you posted!