16 May

The restaurant was much busier than it was on my first visit. It took a little while for someone to come and wipe the table after the previous occupant and give me a menu. I was tempted to try the chicken dolsot bibimbap, but for the sake of comparison I went with beef. This time the side dishes (banchan) were a bit different: daikon (not onion), kimchi and fried tofu. I was surprised by how quickly my bibimbap arrived; it came to my table just after I had tried...

14:08 / Food / Korean / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants / White Tomato
13 May

Takumi has gotten very good reviews and after walking past it the other day my interest was piqued. I was the only one inside the restaurant when I entered just before 1pm, but even as people started coming in, service was very polite and attentive. I also noticed that whilst the chopsticks were the disposable, split-apart type, they were made of a smoother, darker wood that had a quality feel to them. Being a wagyu specialist, it seemed a shame to sample anything other than wagyu. My preferred dish...

16:15 / Food / Japanese / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants / Takumi
08 May

White Tomato has a lunch special where everything on the menu is $11.50 and comes with steamed rice and mixed salad. I hadn't eaten anything since breakfast and by the time my last lecture finished (at 2:10pm), I wanted to eat something before getting home. White Tomato has a slightly longer lunch hour than most places, closing at 3pm rather than 2pm. The restaurant has recently undergone a renovation, so everything is new and modern. Most tables were set up for Korean BBQ and there was also a...

17:12 / Food / Korean / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants / White Tomato
01 May

Heirloom is quite a modern and snazzy restaurant/bar on Bourke St, right opposite the tramstop between Russell and Exhibition St. I came for a late lunch and was told the daily lunch special ($14.5) had sold out, which was fine; I had planned to have the chirashi zuchi and udon set ($22.5).   The serving size was larger than I expected, which is always good, though I immediately regretted eating that persimmon for morning tea. The set included: daikon salad w. soy/sesame oil sauce, (quite a generous serve of) salted...

16:05 / Food / Heirloom / Japanese / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants
29 Apr

[gallery type="rectangular" ids="3399,3401,3402"] The salmon soba salad ($18) came with 5 lightly seared pieces of salmon, basil sauce, salad leaves and a small amount of broth at the base. I wasn't too sure about the raw onion because it seemed to overpower the flavour of the soba (and also because there was one rather large slice of onion in my plate), but overall it was a simple and tasty lunch. [gallery type="rectangular" ids="3400,3396"] Shimbashi 17 Liverpool St Melbourne, VIC, 3000 (03) 9654 6727 http://www.shimbashisobamelbourne.net/#  ...

13:59 / Food / Japanese / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants / Shimbashi
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