31 Aug

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_single_image image="22745" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""] Today Nshry was pretty busy, even for this late lunch hour. I suppose the nice weather - and that on the last day of winter! - drew the crowds out to enjoy the beach setting. Noting the busyness of the cafe (particularly of the coffee queue) I expected a longer wait than usual for my umami burger to arrive. It took over half an hour for my burger to come, which is longer than I thought,...

14:49 / Albert Park / Burgers / Cafe / Food / Nshry
27 Aug

We had some left over canned beetroot in the fridge so I decided to try curing some salmon with it. I diced the beetroot and mixed it with sugar and salt, pressed it all over the salmon and wrapped it in a few sheets of Glad Wrap. I was being lazy and couldn't be bothered calculating the proper proportions of sugar and salt to weight of fish, so I fudged the quantities. After leaving it in the fridge for 2 days I thought I'd cook it two ways,...

22:18 / Cooking
23 Aug

Occupying a whole section of the Crown Entertainment Complex are all three of Neil Perry's Melbourne restaurants, one of which is Rockpool Bar & Grill.David Blackmore owns the only Mishima bull outside of Japan and a few times a year, Rockpool serves up some of this rare beef. I knew the mishima burger was available earlier this month but it seemed to have disappeared from the menu a week before I came. I planned to go and try the full-blood wagyu anyway, but to my joy, I found...

00:00 / Burgers / Food / Modern Australian / Restaurants / Rockpool Bar & Grill / Southbank / Steakhouse
15 Aug

With a fortnightly rotating menu featuring a different cuisine each time, Crabapple Kitchen's Friday Night Flights have been something I've been wanting to try for a looong time. Sadly, after I missed out on Valencia in March, which included both paella AND arroz negra, I've been waiting for another Spanish flight and there happened to be one scheduled (a few weeks) after my birthday! The multi-course dinner is $45 and the beverage package (a cocktail and two glasses of wine) can be added on for another $35. Their...

11:57 / Crabapple Kitchen / Food / Hawthorn / Restaurants / Spanish
11 Aug

I happened across a flash special on Dimmi for lunch and early dinner seatings - at 50% off, no holdung back! I had the 4-6 marble score wagyu eye fillet with baked potato and sour cream, adding on black pepper sauce (the sauce was extra). The steak was well seasoned and probably didn't need the sauce. This was probably because of the Steakmate Baste  they use The sauce did go nicely with the potato though; it needed a bit more flavour. The grass-fed Mayura wagyu was flavoursome. I was...

19:13 / Food / Melbourne CBD / R-S / Rare Steakhouse / Restaurants / Steakhouse
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