20 Mar

Although Oko Oko serves also rice dishes, their main specialty are their pancakes, which are basically a fusion between Japanese Osaka-style okonomiyaki and pizza. I wasn't feeling like cheese today, but was really keen on trying the seafood pesto pancake. They allowed the omission of the cheese, though they did say it might not taste as good without it. The squiggles of mayo on top, still provided me with enough moisture and I thought it went quite well with the other flavours. The pancake came in a small,...

12:54 / Carlton / Food / Japanese / Oko Oko / Restaurants
26 Feb

Tonight I ordered spicy salmon. For some reason I read the menu as saying grilled so I was surprised when the dish came with raw salmon. The salmon was cut into (mostly) large cubes and mixed with a spicy sauce that tasted strongly of either garlic or chives. Also in the mix were vegetables, mainly bean sprouts and cabbage. There was a lot of sauce and I found it to be too strong-tasting to eat much without rice, so unfortunately I had to leave a lot of the...

22:48 / Darac / Food / Korean / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants
26 Feb

I was invited to have lunch at Twee's Hut Vietnamese Favourites, which has an emphasis on fresh and healthy dishes from various regions of Vietnam. Much of their menu is taken from family recipes, including the aptly names 'Papa Pho'. Also on the menu are rice paper rolls, banh mi, bun, bun bo hue, springrolls and freshly squeezed fruit and veggie juice. Also on the menu is Twee's Soul Bowl, which was described as being somewhat similar to pad thai. The restaurant is owned and run by the...

13:25 / Food / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants / Twee's Hut: Vietnamese Favourites / Vietnamese
11 Feb

I wasn't too hungry tonight so I had the kimchi jjigae. It came with a decent amount of chopped spare rib as well as some tofu, onions and other veggies, but in terms of flavour, I preferred the doenjang jjigae. [caption id="attachment_5166" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Kimchi Jjigae ($14)[/caption] Guhng 19 McKillop Street Melbourne, VIC, 3000 (03) 9041 2192 http://www.guhng.com/ ...

20:06 / Food / Guhng / Korean / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants
07 Jan

On rue des Augustins, just off from Place Général Sarrail, mum spotted a restaurant called I Bo Bun. At first she thought it was a bao restaurant, but it was actually a Chinese restaurant with some decently priced lunch set menus (less than €9). Mum needed another Asian fix. The other alternative was the Vietnamese restaurant near the apartment, but this suited her better. We ordered suan cai yu (the preserved veggie and fish soup with chili and Sichuan peppers, €15) and a braised eggplant dish (€7.90), both...

13:47 / Bordeaux / Chinese / France / I Bo Bun
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