02 May

Pho Nom opened last month in the new Emporium shopping centre on Lansdale St. Their most popular menu items appeared to be the pho, rice paper rolls and banh mi, though they also serve some bún (vermicelli rice noodles) and cơm (rice) dishes, spring rolls and salads. After ordering and collecting a receipt/docket, food is served at the other end of the counter where there were also self-serve trays of mint, bean sprouts, cut chilli and lemon wedges and also tubs of rice paper roll sauces. Sriracha and...

13:04 / Food / Melbourne CBD / Pho Nom / Restaurants / Vietnamese
01 May

Grill'd have recently launched new sliders and sides at all stores and to kick it off, they were giving out vouchers to try 3 sliders for $10 (instead of $15). The three chosen today were: Beef with cheese, mustard and pickle; Beef with pomegranate and mild wasabi slaw; Chicken with Asian slaw and roasted peanuts. For some reason there was wasabi in the Asian slaw, but not in the 'mild wasabi slaw'. I preferred the juicy beef patty over the chicken breast and my favourite of the three...

12:35 / Burgers / Food / Grill'd, Hawthorn / Hawthorn / Restaurants
17 Apr

Located on the corner of Hardware Lane and Little Lonsdale St, Gypsy & Pig is a kurobuta (aka black pig or Berkshire pork) and tonkatsu specialist. It's a cozy little place mainly made up of bar seats arranged around the kitchen. The quirky, yet friendly cafe feel was accentuated by various spelling mistakes on the menu and numerous pig decorations arranged all over the counter top and window sills - even their toothpick holders were pig-shaped! [gallery type="rectangular" ids="5287,5285"] Gypsy & Pig's lunch menu is unsurprisingly composed of mainly kurobuta...

12:29 / Food / Japanese / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants
11 Apr

I finally made it to Rice Workshop after wanting to try it before it even opened. Marketed as a rice bar, their main offerings are rice bowls with various toppings (beef, chicken, curry and salmon), however, they also do a few udon and salad dishes. You can pick other sides to go with your meal including miso soup, takoyaki, edamame, karaage, spring rolls, tempura and daifuku. These are kept in a warm cabinet and a chilled cabinet between the ordering station and the cashier. There's also a complete DIY...

13:18 / Food / Japanese / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants / Rice Workshop
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