07 Jul

Masak Ku opened just last year, close to Camberwell station. Simon and Mary Lee have presented to us a more upmarket restaurant experience for Malaysian cuisine, rather than sticking to the more common casual, hawker style of eatery. Taking over from a Chinese restaurant that previously occupied the site, shades were removed from the chandeliers, brightening up the room and providing a warm and inviting dining space. The restaurant is available also for functions of up to nearly 60 people. Masak Ku is Malay for 'my cooking', and the...

22:53 / Camberwell / Food / Malaysian / Masak Ku / Restaurants
04 Jul

Maker of the famous South Melbourne Market gozleme, and parent of Göz City in the CBD, Koy has a prime location from which to serve its Turkish fare. The setting was warm and inviting, with dimmed lights and homely decor. It was actually smaller inside than I had expected; the bar taking up much of the floorspace and smaller tables arranged around it. There were quite a number of covered tables outside, but it was too cold and dreary today for them to be enticing. We took a seat...

21:00 / Food / Koy / Restaurants / South Melbourne / Turkish
01 Jul

University Cafe is the oldest cafe and restaurant on Lygon St, established in 1952 by Eros and Gianni Milani. A popular spot for coffee, it's also open from breakfast through to dinner. Although I knew it was a popular local, I was still surprised by how busy it was on a weeknight, with a number of regulars coming in. After ordering we were offered a basket of sliced sourdough with little tubs of Western Star, but didn't have long to eat it before the dishes arrived. [caption id="attachment_8778" align="aligncenter"...

20:32 / Carlton / Food / Italian / Restaurants / University Cafe
28 Jun

Red Spice QV launched their brunch menu just last Sunday in a bid to introduce an adventurous take on classic favourites by with a modern, Asian twist. As with the menus available at lunch and dinner, Executive Chef John McLeay has taken inspiration from a number of cuisines including Vietnamese, Thai, Malaysian and Burmese. A variety of things are on the menu: there are sweeter options, such as sticky rice with coconut and fruits, and the steamed buns with sweet pork sausage and scrambled eggs, to warming comfort foods...

11:16 / Asian / Food / Melbourne CBD / Red Spice QV / Restaurants
28 Jun

EatNow was founded back in 2010 and has been providing a quick and easy way to order food online from over 4400 restaurants all over Australia. Not just for Melbourne CBD food delivery, EatNow also covers the suburbs. EatNow has a function for previous orders, making it easy to order your favourite meal from your favourite restaurant repeatedly, but this was our first time using the service. It was very easy to place our order for dinner. We simply typed in our postcode and chose from either pickup or...

08:50 / Asian / Food / Gllow / Restaurants / Richmond / Taiwanese
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