i’m always up for hawker food, and was craving it last sunday. so we trekked out to nudels n wraps (264 blackburn road, glen waverley 03 9886 7699) for lunch. k’s mum said that this place served the best char kuay teow she’d had for a while, so i was keen to see what the [...]
Archive for April, 2009
nudels n wraps, glen waverley
Posted in asian, melbourne on April 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
benihana, surfers paradise
Posted in japanese on April 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
we spent the easter long weekend up on the gold coast with some friends and decided to give benihana (marriott surfers paradise resort & spa, 158 ferny ave surfers paradise 4217, 07 5592 9770) a go. benihana is a chain of japanese teppanyaki restaurants originating from america that specialises in ‘theatrically prepared’ meals. and theatrically [...]
hutong dumpling bar, again
Posted in age good food guide 2010, asian, melbourne on April 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
after mellie from tummyrumbles commented on my previous huTong post about the chilli chicken wings, i couldn’t wait for a chance to go back and try it. it was time for a catchup with Trish and Michelle so i told them i’d make a lunchtime reservation.
it was quiet when i arrived, but by the time [...]
fun in the kitchen – lamb chops & cous cous
Posted in eating in on April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
i’m a big fan of cous cous, especially when it’s made with nice cold chunks of tomato, red onion and cucumber. k doesn’t like cucumber and tomato though so i haven’t bothered trying it til now, but it’s high time he got used to perfectly decent ingredients! i decided to ease him into the dish [...]
fun in the kitchen – chicken, carrot and leek casserole
Posted in eating in on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
after my slightly disappointing chicken casserole from timothy’s fine foods, i decided to make my own version. of course, someone out there might try this recipe and decide that it needs even further flavouring, so really my casserole ingredients is a reflection of my taste buds and may not actually be everyone’s cup of tea!
ok [...]
the $10 takeaway challenge – misht, elsternwick
Posted in asian, melbourne on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
on day 4 of my takeaway challenge, i was pleasantly surprised to discover that a new indian restaurant had opened on my local street. misht (245 glenhuntly road, elsternwick 03 9528 6008) was empty when i arrived, but it was about 5.45pm so i decided to give it a whack anyway. i love mixing different [...]
pie in the sky, olinda
Posted in eating in, melbourne on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
brenda has been telling me about pie in the sky (43 olinda-monbulk road, olinda 03 9751 2128) for a while now, but the one and only time i visited mt dandenong was with dad last year and we only headed to miss marples tea room, which apparently is in a different direction entirely.
over last weekend [...]
the $10 takeaway challenge – iroli, malvern
Posted in japanese, melbourne on April 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
i cheated ever so slightly with this one, i’ve actually been to iroli (265a glenferrie road, malvern 03 9576 0853) before. but i was craving karaage chicken and potato salad – which iroli do pretty well - so i headed there for a takeaway bento.
i decided to go for the sukiyaki beef and karaage bento [...]
the $10 takeaway challenge – timothy’s fine foods
Posted in eating in, melbourne on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
so last week i issued myself the $10 takeaway challenge. i think i did ok. i had three meals, and only one of them was from a place i’d been to before.
i wandered by timothy’s fine foods (387 glenhuntly road, elsternwick 03 9523 6392), and a signboard that said “ready made dinners!” caught my eye [...]
fun in the kitchen – lou shi fun
Posted in eating in on April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
this is the first time i’ve ever cooked lou shi fun (stubby rice noodles are the best way to explain what they are) at home. i also had a couple of tomatoes sitting in the fridge, as well as some leftover patties from burger night. i started off chucking some onions and garlic in the [...]
