hellbent on visiting at least one new restaurant before i leave for KL and thailand, i made a reservation for four at shoya (25 market lane, melbourne 03 9650 0848). when i called the waitstaff informed me that there were three types of dining. the bottom is a smokeless japanese barbecue, the middle is a [...]
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shoya, melbourne
Posted in age good food guide 2010, japanese, melbourne on September 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Age Good Food Guide 2010
Posted in age good food guide 2010, melbourne on September 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
this is a year of achievement for me (big and small!) and in line with this i have set a new target. as xm said, a much more achievable target than any exercising goals i may have set.
By the time The Age Good Food Guide 2011, I must have tried at least a third of [...]
the court house, north melbourne
Posted in age good food guide 2010, melbourne on September 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
the age melbourne magazine recently featured a write-up about pub food venues in melbourne. while i’ve had some great dining experiences at pub food places – the first one that springs to mind is a yummy garlic prawn dish at the lorne hotel – pub food normally conjures up mental images of a pie and [...]
auction rooms, north melbourne
Posted in age good food guide 2010, brunch, melbourne on August 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
xm had told me about auction rooms (103-107 errol street, north melbourne 03 9326 7749) a while back, and i’ve wanted to give it a go for a while now. sunday seemed like the perfect day for it, so we jumped into the car and took a drive out.
we were kept waiting for about 20-25 [...]
salix @ willow creek, mornington peninsula
Posted in age good food guide 2010, melbourne on June 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
a couple of weeks back i headed down to mornington peninsula for the first time and while the wineries don’t hold a candle to margaret river’s, our lunch at salix (willow creek vineyard, 166 balnarring road, merricks north 03 5989 7448) was pretty damn impressive.
when we asked for a table the waiter informed us that [...]
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 [...]
hutong dumpling bar, melbourne
Posted in age good food guide 2010, asian, melbourne on March 31, 2009 | 5 Comments »
we were in the city early on sunday morning and hadn’t pre-picked a place for brunch/lunch, which wasn’t really a smart idea. there’s such a thing as too much choice. umming and aahing for a while, we headed in the direction of cellar bar. xm suddenly remembered hutong dumpling bar (14-16 market lane, melbourne 03 [...]
apte, alphington
Posted in age good food guide 2010, brunch, melbourne on March 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
ever since the breakfast blogger bestowed the honour of a perfect score on apte (538 heidelberg road, alphington 03 9482 2991) i have wanted to see what the fuss was about. melbourne is after all full of places that do a great breakfast, what sets them apart from the rest? well, the distance from my [...]
circa, the prince st kilda (part 3 of 3)
Posted in age good food guide 2010, melbourne on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
how could i not go without dessert after such an amazing dinner?
we started off with a complimentary strawberry parfait each which was a nice surprise.
a shot of kean’s affogato…
we were trying to figure out what was off with the affogato when the waitress admitted that they had run out of vanilla ice cream and strawberry [...]
circa, the prince st kilda (part 2 of 3)
Posted in age good food guide 2010, melbourne on February 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
after the entrees came our mains.
a couple of the boys ordered the western plains suckling pig, pork pie, pickled mussels, cockles and pea vinaigrette.
i managed to have a tiny bite of the pork which was lovely.
the fish special was an atlantic salmon with salmon roe and a zucchini mousse. i thought the zucchini mousse was [...]
