I’ve noticed that I have a subconscious aversion to writing about Chinese restaurants and Chinese food, even though it’s the type of cuisine I eat the most (being Chinese and all). I have many photos from Chinese restaurants in my backlog but every time I look at them, I somehow get discouraged and don’t feel [...]
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I’m starting to really love having brunch at trendy little cafes on communal tables and sipping beautiful coffees while enjoying a lovingly prepared meal (usually involving eggs of some sort) and reading a food magazine while I’m at it. I can’t believe I haven’t found a liking to this indulgent lifestyle a bit earlier as [...]
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I know I haven’t blogged about Shine in Glen Waverley yet but I used to go there all the time to have curry. Yes, it is a modern Australian cafe but some of the chefs are Indian/Sri Lankan and frankly, apart from the curries I didn’t find anything else appealing there. When I heard that [...]
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I love Vietnamese food, especially Phở which is a type of rice noodle in a deeply flavoured broth that was cooked for many hours using beef bones, fresh onions and spices. I used to eat pho so much with my family (we went to Springvale every weekend) that we, at some point, thought they put [...]
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After our drinks at Der Raum the other night with WinWin, we decided to venture down the road to The Hungarian for dinner as Der Raum doesn’t have any nibbles. I’ve never had Hungarian food before (apart from the occasional non-traditional orders of goulash at not so Hungarian cafes around Melbourne) so I thought this [...]
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Melbourne has become a wonderful place for breakfast/brunch and of course coffees. The coffee culture here is amazing but it’s unfortunate that most of the popular and good places seem to be congregated in the CBD or inner city suburbs such as North Melbourne, South Melbourne, St Kilda and Richmond. However, I live quite far [...]
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I’m an avid lover of ‘fun’ meals where cooking or serving food involves more active participation from customers (such as hotpot or Korean bbq where it’s mostly DIY) or a meal where we get to watch some sort of ‘show’ in front of us. The latter can be said for teppanyaki restaurants as talented chefs [...]
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Before I went to Japan at the beginning of this year I was for the most part an izakaya newbie. Basically I hadn’t really had much experience in drinking beer/sake and enjoying skewers and other nibbles at Japanese styled sake bars. Yuye and I went to a few while we were there and totally loved [...]
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Have you ever felt utter frustration for something that can’t be changed? Even worse, having to endure it for many times over. Getting visas for China is one of those frustrating tasks that I loath but must do. The visa application centre used to be part of the Chinese Consulate in Toorak but in [...]
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