20 Jan

I've heard so much about Lentil As Anything, and I don't live too far away so I'm not sure why I haven't come earlier. There isn't any rule on when to deposit the pay-as-you-feel payment; some people paid before they'd eaten. With the payment system there's a huge reliance on honesty and fairness and I would hope the majority of people would pay appropriately though, unfortunately, I'm sure there are a few who do not. Remember it's going towards a good cause! It's quite a big space with both seating...

13:23 / Abbotsford / Buffet / Food / Lentil As Anything / Restaurants
12 Jan

I wanted to try a bouchon, which is a restaurant that serves Lyonnaise dishes. Looking up what typical Lyonnaise cuisine was, I didn’t expect to really, really enjoy it, but I thought we should try it because we’re here. I’d heard that the servings at Le Bouchon des Filles were big and there wasn’t any option other than the €25 4 course meal, so we shared two of the meals between the three of us. They told us that they don’t normally allow that, but because it was...

22:19 / Food / France / French / Le Bouchon des Filles / Lyon / Restaurants
05 Jan

Even though Toulouse was a big town it was difficult to find things to eat, being a Sunday. We eventually found a chain bakery called La Mie Câline. It was the sort of bakery that reminded me of Baker’s Delight. They only had a few types of baguette available - most of their goods were pastries and other sweets, filled breads and salads. I bought an Italian salad with chicken, pasta, capsicum, olives, cherry tomatoes and black fungus (€5). Mum and dad shared a jambon and Emmental baguette,...

14:38 / Food / France / La Mie Câline / Restaurants / Sandwiches/Wraps / Toulouse / Vegetarian
19 Dec

For our end-of-year celebration we decided to go to Persimmon, which is found within the NGV. Currently only open for lunch, they offer a two-course lunch special with wine for $45 and a four-course market lunch for $55 (for non-NGV members). We chose to go with the four-course tasting menu, which the whole table had to participate in. Seeing as that what we had come to try, that was fine by us. It's a clean and modern space and would be a nice place for functions. We managed to...

14:53 / Food / Melbourne CBD / Modern Australian / Persimmon / Restaurants
18 Dec

Found opposite Robot Bar, just off Flinders Lane, Mugen Ramen serves up ramen, small dishes, drinks and, according to the menu, Japanese tapas-style dishes are coming soon. I took a bar seat right at the kitchen window, but there's also a larger seating area on the basement level. Today I opted for the wafu tsukemen plus an egg. Tsukemen is served and eaten differently from regular ramen, in that the noodles come separately from the sauce, which is made for dipping. Instructions are found on the back of the...

13:53 / Food / Japanese / Melbourne CBD / Mugen Ramen / Restaurants
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