22 Aug

It's a quiet street, mostly occupied by apartment blocks and Melbourne High a bit further north, but a stone's throw away from South yarra station is Sth Central, an 8-month old eatery, and the first restaurant from the Tommy Collins group. Sth Central has separate breakfast, lunch and dinner menus, which includes dishes from their Inka charcoal oven from lunchtime. For dinner, there's a large selection of starters, mains and sides to mix and match, though there's a particular focus on proteins....

12:21 / Cafe / Food / South Yarra / Sth Central
07 Jul

Cosi has plenty of regulars, who even chat the whole day away from early afternoon till dinnertime. We weren't planning on staying quite that long, but we did drop by for a long lunch.We start with the Quail Ravioli. I loved the fine texture of the quail filling and its buttery sauce, the parmesan adding just the right amount of sharpness to the bites of pasta. The Seared Scallops come with the succulent and glistening pork belly....

17:43 / Cosi Bar Ristorante / Food / Italian / Restaurants / South Yarra
19 May

Cafe AMBA is a Chapel Street newbie, opening in January this year. The snazzy interior is full of exposed brick and pale timbers, and the cafe also boasts a courtyard area and upstairs function space. [caption id="attachment_12351" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Mork Hot Chocolate - Original Dark 70% ($4)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_12352" align="aligncenter" width="534"] Aeropress Small Batch ($6) - Gigante, Guila - Colombia from Fernando Wisaquillo[/caption] Hot drinks are made using Mork Chocolate, Seven Seeds, Small Batch Coffee and Prana Chai. We try a delicious Mork dark hot chocolate, and an Aeropress coffee from...

14:54 / Cafe / Cafe AMBA / Food / South Yarra
25 Mar

Right on the edges of South Yarra, Ichi Ichi Ku has been an often-talked about Japanese restaurant that seems to be a favourite amongst many. They serve a Japanese-influenced breakfast menu in the mornings, but we visit for lunch. The interior is small, very cosy, and has an authentic izakaya type vibe. [caption id="attachment_11945" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Matcha Latte ($4.50)[/caption] Though not quite matching with the rest of our lunch, I want to try their matcha latte. It’s not quite as sweet as others I’ve tried, and there is a nice...

11:27 / Food / Ichi Ichi Ku / Japanese / Restaurants / South Yarra
20 Mar

Café de la Ville portrays a certain elegance through its marble-patterned tables, decorative blue and white wallpaper and a contrasting dark and light theme with accents of gold, and a position near the intersection between Chapel St and Toorak Road seems like the perfect place for a French café. [caption id="attachment_11791" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Mini sausage rolls, spinach and ricotta rolls, mini baguettes with poached chicken, slow roasted tomatoes, shredded carrot, fresh herbs, citrus mayo[/caption] Here you can indulge yourself with brunch, desserts and pastries, or maybe some bready things like...

14:37 / Cafe / Cafe de la Ville / Food / South Yarra
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