23 Jul

With a wide range of dishes on offer, often sharing plates as a group is the best way to enjoy food at izakayas. Just as well Izakaya Hachibei has plenty of seating for groups! Our order today consisted of: - Salmon skin roll ($14) - Wakame salad ($7) - Small sashimi platter ($17) - Buta Syogayaki ($14.30) Slices of pork fried in ginger - Yakitori ($2.80 each) - Gyutan Shio ($8.2) Braised Ox Tongue Of what we tried, my favourite was the salmon skin roll. It was tasty and wonderful with the crunchy salmon skin...

19:58 / Food / Izakaya Hachibei / Japanese / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants
22 Jul

Being a cold winter's day I wanted something to warm me up, but still wanted to enjoy Shimbashi's wonderful soba. As a compromise, I had the Kamo Seiro Soba, which is cold soba served with a warm broth with duck slices ($19). This is different to Kamonan Soba, which is where soba is served in the warm broth with slices of duck. Also in the broth were some pieces of tofu and mushrooms. Like on my previous visits, the soba noodles were enjoyably nutty with a slightly chewy...

19:57 / Food / Japanese / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants / Shimbashi
19 Jul

Third Wave has been on my list for a while. I was particularly interested in trying out their Russian menu as it's not something I commonly see. Major facepalm moment when I realised that the Prahran branch doesn't actually serve the Russian menu - it's only available in Port Melbourne. I had the Spicy Ratatouille Baked Eggs, described as an 'addictive' and 'slightly spicy mix of eggplant, zucchini, red peppers, tomatoes, Herbes de Provence and other tasty morsels baked with authentic Spanish chorizo and 2 free range eggs....

14:13 / Barbecue / Cafe / Food / Prahran / Third Wave
17 Jul

I came here just to try out some of their desserts and the one I picked was the tiramisu. While the flavours were generally good, I did think it was a bit mushy and starting to become a bit runny. [caption id="attachment_5940" align="aligncenter" width="529"] Baileys Tiramisu ($13.90)[/caption] Mona Lisa on Lygon 258 Lygon St Carlton, VIC, 3053 (03) 9078 4426 ...

23:23 / Carlton / Dessert/Sweets / Food / Italian / Mona Lisa on Lygon / Restaurants
16 Jul

I came in a pretty big group, which was a great opportunity to sample a variety of pizzas - in fact, we ordered 8: +39: Fior Di Latte, Berkshire Sausage, Mascarpone, Gorgonzola Cheese, Tomato Salsa & Prosciutto Di Parma ($27) Capricciosa Italiana: Italian Tomato Salsa, Fior Di Latte, Leg Ham, Olives, Artichoke Hearts &Mushroom ($19) Diavola: Italian Tomato Salsa, Fior Di Latte, Hot Salame & Chilli ($19.50) Gratinata: Fior Di Latte, Italian Tomato Salsa, Eggplant, Cherry Tomatoes & Bread Crumb ($19.50) Crudaiola: Buffalo Mozzarella, Roma Tomato, Garlic, Parsley,Rocket & Prosciutto Di Parma ($25) Wagyu:...

20:34 / +39 Pizzeria / Food / Italian / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants
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