21 Oct

At the moment, Captain Melville is having a special on Mondays and Tuesdays where their burger and parma are reduced to $17. The idea is that people would vote on their favourite, and the winning dish will continue to the next round. I'm not a fan of parmas and what I really came here to eat was the Captain's burger (wagyu, bacon, cheese, Yarra Valley egg, pickles, soft bun, hand cut chips, normally $21). The only modification I made was to have only one slice of cheese instead of two,...

13:40 / Bar/Pub / Captain Melville / Food / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants
11 Oct

Set inside Melbourne's oldest pub, Captain Melville opened early last year. The interior design was clean and modern. As well as having tables inside near the bar, there were long communal tables (undercover) outside near the open kitchen.  Today I just wanted to try the pork belly and soft shell crab sliders, which were $6.50 each: Western plains pork belly, warm sesame bun, baby cos, crackle ($6.5) Togarashi soft shell crab roll, wasabi mayo, shiso, pickled radish ($6.5) Both the bread rolls were toasted on the inner surface until very crispy, but still...

12:42 / Bar/Pub / Captain Melville / Food / Melbourne CBD / Modern Australian / Restaurants
08 Oct

SGC (Seafood Grill & Cocktail) Lounge is located within the same building as The Nitrogen Lab, the new ice cream/gelato store on Bourke St, but on the upper floors. I bought a $19 Scoopon for this place a few months ago because there were some interesting fish I wanted to try like gunnard and coral perch (particularly the gunnard because I hadn’t had it before and apparently it’s a very sweet fish). I’d actually made a booking to come two months ago, but last-minute maintenance works meant they...

18:45 / Bar/Pub / Food / Melbourne CBD / Modern Australian / Restaurants / SGC Lounge
21 Jun

Since it was dinner-time (and quite late by the time we got a table), the only options I had tonight were the charred lamb ribs ($16), scotch fillet or fish of the day (both $29). I didn't feel like ribs so I picked the fish dish, which was pan-fried barramundi with fennel, cherry tomatoes and rocket. There was a decent sized portion of barramundi on the plate, and maybe a whole bulb of fennel cut into wedges. The barramundi was fresh and thankfully not overcooked. I'm not big on fennel because...

22:32 / Bar/Pub / Fitzroy / Food / Little Creatures Dining Hall / Modern Australian / Restaurants
06 Dec

This Parkville pub/hotel was renovated not long ago and this is where my workplace had its Christmas dinner. We had organised for a set menu, and my choices for the night were the prawns and chorizo for the entree and eye fillet steak as mains. The description of my entree sounded like the prawns would be the hero ingredient, but it seemed like it was more about the potatoes because I only had about 3 prawns. The potatoes did have a nice crunch to them though; probably from being baked....

21:26 / Bar/Pub / Food / Naughtons Parkville Hotel / Parkville / Restaurants
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