26 Jul

Came here for a quick dinner before a church event. The restaurant was already pretty full when we arrived at around 6pm. I was tempted by the o chien (oh chien? [oyster omelette]), but the serve looked a bit small for dinner and it also looked drier and more eggy than those I'd normally see in Malaysia. Instead, I got three-cup chicken. The waitress warned me that it wasn't served in broth like it showed in the menu picture, but because I wasn't going to eat much rice...

19:47 / Chinese / Food / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants / Taiwan Cafe
26 Jul

I returned to try out another of their noodle dishes: Rice Noodles w. Tofu Pudding, Peanut Pieces, Beef Mince, Pickled Chinese Cabbage and Special Chili Sauce ($10). Again, there was a huge serve of the smooth noodles but this time I couldn't finish it. The tofu pudding is apparently similar to that found in tofu fa. It was smooth and softer than regular tofu, but firm enough to pick up with chopsticks relatively easily. There was barely any beef mince. The first thing I tasted was the chilli sauce....

12:47 / Carlton / Chinese / Colourful Yunnan / Food / Restaurants
24 Jul

My uni friends found out about my birthday so we headed off to Meshiya for a belated birthday celebration. As much as I like oyakodon, some photos on circluating around the internet showed it to not be as runny as I liked. I also didn't feel like eating a lot, especially because I knew there would be cake, so I got the Mini Sushi Don ($14.8), with a choice of salmon, kingfish or assorted fish. There's also a regular sized chirashi don for $18.80. [caption id="attachment_5570" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Mini...

15:19 / Food / Japanese / Melbourne CBD / Meshiya / Restaurants
23 Jul

I've been interested in this restaurant for a while and after hearing about their $9 lunch it was time to finally make a trip. It's actually very close to Johnston St so it's a very minor detour between home and uni. The downstairs pintxos (pronounced pinchos) and bar area is Naked for Satan, whilst the upstairs bar and restaurant is called Naked in the Sky. At first I thought the $9 lunch was a single daily special, but it turns out the whole lunch menu for Naked in...

14:28 / Fitzroy / Food / Naked For Satan / Naked in the Sky / Restaurants / Spanish
21 Jul

I've finally gotten around to visiting Three Bags Full, despite the fact that I've been living only a 5 minute drive away for more than 10 years. K and I arrived at 10am, which turned out to be better than the original time of 11am. By the time we left at 11:30 there was quite a queue. [caption id="attachment_5554" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Truffled Eggs - poached eggs on toast with prosciutto, shaved pecorino and white truffle oil ($16)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_5555" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Mushroom and prosciutto ragu with a red pepper coulis,...

12:26 / Abbotsford / Cafe / Food / Three Bags Full
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