27 May

Another day, another voucher; this time for The Cultured Salad. There are two branches and I chose to go to the one situated in Australia on Collins. There was a nice selection of gourmet salads, wraps and foccacias, as well as the option to create a custom-made sandwich. I went for a smoked salmon sandwich on multigrain bread with carrot, cucumber and salad. While I watched my sandwich get put together I was concerned it would be too big to fit in my mouth, but the sandwich grill compressed the...

12:57 / Food / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants / Sandwiches/Wraps / The Cultured Salad
26 May

Next year's Entertainment Book doesn't have any Laurent Bakery vouchers, so A2 and I thought this should be the next one to be used. Both of us chose the turkey baguette, which had turkey breast slices, lettuce and an onion relish. It was nice and  fresh-tasting, if a little plain; it could have done with a sprinkle of salt. [gallery order="DESC" link="file" columns="2" ids="2641,2643"] Laurent Boulangerie Patisserie Shop 2/26 Princess St Kew, VIC, 3101 (03) 9853 7900 http://www.laurent.com.au/ ...

21:34 / Food / Kew / Laurent Boulangerie Patisserie / Restaurants / Sandwiches/Wraps
25 May

After our hot pot dinner we decided to head out to Monga Sweet Cafe on Russell St for dessert. Monga Sweet Cafe is a sister store to Dessert Lounge in Box Hill, which was popular among a number of people in the group. The decor was very Asian-inspired, down to the red, plastic stools and Chinese calendar (the one with the date in giant figures and a lot of information that I can't understand). I can't say much about the desserts themselves, seeing as I didn't taste any of them....

23:38 / Dessert/Sweets / Food / Melbourne CBD / Monga Sweet Cafe / Restaurants
25 May

Given today's terrible, cold, windy and extremely wet weather, a hot pot dinner sounded like the perfect choice. While we waited for the table to be cleared, we pored over the A3-sized paper menu and picked our hot pot ingredients, soup bases and individual dipping sauces. We opted for a split pot with both a mild broth and normal broth. For some reason the pot only came 1/4-filled with broth so it took a while for things to get cooking. The temperamental heating element didn't help. I don't...

21:34 / Chinese / Flavour Town Hot Pot / Food / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants
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