18 Nov

Nestled in a cosy, narrow corner shop, Shifty Chevre is a cheese lover's paradise. As well as its food offerings, they have cheese for sale, on display in their front cabinet.Cheese fondue and raclette are conducive to group feasting. We order both, and receive $5 off for Fondue Friday. The fondue is a mix of white wine and three cheeses: Emmental, Abondance, and Maasdam. Keep stirring that fondue or it will burn. If it starts to harden, check it’s still being heated or you’ll end up with a...

20:19 / Fitzroy / Food / French / Restaurants / Shifty Chevre
07 Nov

Melbourne's favourite central food market is home to an array of multi-cultural cuisines, and El Rincon brings Spanish to the table. It's part of the Queen Vic Market food court, but you won't find bain maries here. Dishes are cooked to order, many according to family recipes, such as their grandmother's sangria recipe which is so popular that it's now trademarked under the Running Bull Sangria brand. It's the sort of food the chefs grew up with back in Spain, and dishes haven't been altered to suit the...

18:53 / El Rincon / Food / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants / Spanish
01 Oct

Adam Pruckner, a Brunswick local and ex-Code black chef, has struck out on his own to open up his own place. Small Axe is co-owned with Jas Singh, and partner Kirstyn Tate. Previously a furniture store, there’s now an espresso bar, a courtyard on the side, and an open-air dining room towards the back. It’s homely inside the long and narrow building, much bigger than expected. Coffee is by Code Black of course....

13:36 / Brunswick / Cafe / Food / Italian / Small Axe Kitchen
24 Sep

Discreetly opening up earlier this year, Tu has been a quiet achiever. Owner TJ has lived and worked in France for a long time, setting up food and hospitality businesses before coming back to Melbourne for good. His vision for Tu is to do French like the French do. French food is not all about expensive menus, heavy dishes and stuffy atmospheres like some of us might imagine, and he saw that Melbourne is missing the more typical, casual style of French dining that is more commonplace there...

18:09 / Food / French / Restaurants / South Yarra / Tu
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