27 May

Started by Abla Amad back in 1979, her family recipes help ensure an experience of authenticity and warmth. Still strong after over 35 years, Abla’s has become a Melbourne institution for homely and traditional Lebanese food. We visit in a group and have to take the banquet menu. It kicks off with plates of mixed dips. All the favourites grace the table, and the labnee, hummous and baba ghannouj is greedily scooped up with torn pieces of pita. ...

22:12 / Ablas / Carlton / Food / Middle Eastern / Restaurants
17 May

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Good Beer Week brings a week full of celebrations involving all things beer. As part of the festivities, Ash Hazell and Dean Michael Romeo from Barrow Boys were set to collaborate with Darran and Ilona, owners of The Roving Marrow, to put on the ‘Harvest to Ferment’ dinner. The Barrow Boys are gypsy brewers, meaning other brew houses host them as they create their own beer. All five courses were matched with Barrow Boys' craft beer, and were designed by...

22:24 / Bar/Pub / Carlton / Food / Good Beer Week / Modern Australian / Restaurants / The Roving Marrow
14 May

Multi-cultural Preston appears to be up-and-coming eating destination, with more and more quality places popping up. The latest to join the fold is Sartoria. Adriana Agricola spent 15 years in New York before returning home to pursue her dream of having a place of her own. Formerly run by her parents Joseph and Carmela from the 70s to the 90s, the dressmaking workshop has now been converted into a warehouse cafe. The large space accommodates 120, and still bears the marks of its previous life. Walls and tables are...

14:55 / Cafe / Food / Preston / Sartoria
14 Feb

Kolache Cravings is a new micro bakery that has settled into Preston. Owners Phil and Nona have spent a large amount of time spent living overseas. During a stint in Texas, kolache were one of their favourite snacks, and finding they're not currently in the market in Melbourne the idea to introduce them here was born. Kolache (pronounced ko-LA-chay) are part of Czech cuisine. Soft and fluffy like brioche, but not as rich and buttery in flavour, they're beautiful straight out of the oven. An extensive experimentation process was...

15:33 / Bread / European / Food / Kolache Cravings / Preston / Restaurants
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