Mamasita Level 1, 11 Collins Street (you’ll find it by the queue snaking out down the stairs, next to the 7/11) Melbourne CBD In the summer of 2008-09, just after my co-op year (internship) finished for uni, but just before my graduate job started in the corporate rat race at one of the places monitored … Continue reading
About a month ago, I saw a bunch of blog entries about the new exhibition Sweets: tastes and traditions from many cultures at the Immigration Museum in Melbourne. I entered a competition to win tickets to attend the Sweets Festival (part of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival) with no hope of actually winning anything. … Continue reading
Cookie Curtin House (look for the bouncers) 252 Swanston Street Melbourne CBD I have to start this review by saying I’m a little biased due to the fact that Mr Behemoth and I had our first ‘proper’ date (as in, sans the friends that had set us up) at Cookie – so I view the … Continue reading
MissChu 297 Exhibition Street Melbourne CBD MissChu. One of the restaurants/cafes that Sydney has sent to us, like Longrain (as opposed to the ones we’ve sent them, like every laneway restaurant ever and Rockpool Bar & Grill). I believe MissChu is an example of where Melbourne, or rather Melbourne urbanspooners, can get it wrong. 59% … Continue reading
Oli & Levi 20 Coromandel Place (off Little Collins, between Russell and Exhibition) – look for the yellow awning Melbourne CBD The first I heard of Oli & Levi was when we were kicking around the idea of our morning coffee at work. Yeah that’s right – some of us have regular baristas, but I’m … Continue reading
The European 161 Spring Street Melbourne CBD Mm-mmmmm, there’s not a lot I don’t like about breakfast as a meal. In fact, I can’t think of anything besides the fact that I have to get out of bed to get it, although even that can be arranged… Mr B? If you’re reading…? Breakfast gets even … Continue reading
Little Creatures Dining Hall 222 Brunswick Street Fitzroy A catch-up dinner with my ex-housemate The Swan was in order after she came back from a year overseas which involved, in no particular order: midwifery in Peru, driving through red lights in Zimbabwe (so as not to get hijacked you understand) and random other hijinks through … Continue reading
So I got back from Vietnam and wanted to recreate the favourite dishes I ate there. One of the first things I did was my own personal Masterchef moment: I cooked a family birthday lunch for ten people, that needed to cater for vegetarian and non chilli lovers as well as chilli lovers, plus show … Continue reading
Ramen Ya (East) Shop 9, The Paramount SC (fronts Bourke Street) 108 Bourke Street Melbourne CBD So… I’m working on a Saturday. I have to smash out the slides for a presentation which I didn’t have time to work on all week, which is being reviewed by my boss on the Sunday. Honestly, when did … Continue reading
Camy Shanghai Dumpling Tattersalls Lane (between Little Bourke & Lonsdale) Melbourne CBD Well… this is a sad review. Camy Shanghai Dumpling has occupied a special place in my heart for a while. Sure, I like David and Camy in Box Hill better; but Box Hill was not the CBD post excessive amounts of Friday night … Continue reading
Fresh Bread 