I was obsessed with lemongrass and chilli in Vietnam, so much so that Mr B got tired of me ordering variations of the same dish just about every time we ate out. The best thing about lemongrass and chilli is the flavours are so punchy that the recipe can be quite simple! Since I’ve got … Continue reading
Crossways 123 Swanston Street Melbourne CBD On a recent work day I was trying to organise lunch with some mates that work all over the city (okay, both ends of Collins Street). Suggestions were made and vetoed: A sandwich at Captains of Industry? Can’t, we need to save that for when Friend J is available. … Continue reading
I’ve been raring to go on a post all about all the delicious food Mr Behemoth and I ate while we were travelling around Vietnam/Cambodia*, but I think the sheer mammoth-ness mammothicity – that word’ll be in the Macquarie Dictionary any day now – of the task has meant that I’ve been putting it off and … Continue reading
Basso’s 195 Little Collins Street Melbourne CBD You can almost hear the death rattle of the retailers that used to inhabit the old Georges department store space on Collins Street. Readers Feast have just moved in – may they have more luck than the fashion boutiques, homewares and others that have closed in this graveyard … Continue reading
Mrs Parma’s 25 Little Bourke Street Melbourne CBD Three issues conspired towards Mr Behemoth and I visiting Mrs Parma’s on a recent Wednesday night: We had failed to sate our parma cravings with a pub meal on the weekend, settling for steak and lamb instead; We were recently returned from travelling and our supermarket shopping … Continue reading
Railway Hotel 280 Ferrars Street (Corner of Bank Street) South Melbourne It was a Saturday night a week after we got home from Vietnam and both Mr Behemoth and I were craving something to eat that didn’t come with rice. Pub grub was mooted, and we thought we’d revisit our love of the dish known … Continue reading
Laksa King 6 – 12 Pin Oak Crescent (east side of Newmarket Station) Flemington Laksa King had long been on my wishlist – ever since a friend of mine used to live in Parkville and raved about it in its old location. Catching up with a friend a week after I arrived back from Vietnam, … Continue reading
Rocket Pizza 196 Wells Street (near corner of Park Street) South Melbourne (Urbanspoon calls it Southbank; Urbanspoon is WRONG). If you’re looking for a pizza in South Melbourne, you’re pretty spoilt for choice. I could list them all off, but you guys know how to google; what I’d like to draw your attention to is … Continue reading
Famish’d 130 Little Collins Street Melbourne 3000 One of my favourite lunchtime places in the CBD is Famish’d. I’m not really a salad lover in general, although I have been converted to the cause as I have grown older and wiser (and discovered Yumm dressings, I’m not affiliated with them in any way but if … Continue reading
China Red Shop 6, 206 Bourke Street Melbourne 3000 EDITED TO ADD: Well, this is a quick turnaround – I’d posted the following review on a Wednesday or Thursday, and at the same time unbeknownst to me, our PA was booking a leaving lunch for a friend on the Friday at China Red! So… somewhat … Continue reading
