06 Sep

On Fridays and Saturdays, Hellenic Republic offers up a $12 takeaway lunch special, which is booked over the phone. At the moment the special is only being offered from its Brunswick store. This week's lunch consisted of chicken souvlaki, grain salad and pasteli. Despite the 25 minute drive home, the souvlaki held up relatively well. There was the comforting, char-grilled aroma of flame licked ingredients paired with flavoursome and juicy chicken, fresh tzatziki and fat potato chips. I was particularly impressed with the grain salad (which included pomegranate,...

23:56 / Brunswick East / Food / Greek / Hellenic Republic / Restaurants
04 Sep

I picked Pepper Lunch as the place to go as a sort of post-exam 'celebration'. Also because I happened to get a $5-off coupon from the back of my grocery receipt. With an already wide expanse of stores overseas, Pepper Lunch arrived on Australian shores not too long ago. Ingredients for the order are assembled on hot plates, but the rest of the cooking is controlled by the customer. The DIY concept is an interesting one - customers can't complain their food is under- or overdone! Shortly after placing...

14:49 / Fast Food / Food / Hawthorn / Japanese / Pepper Lunch / Restaurants
03 Sep

Ma's Dumpling Den recently came under new management followed by a renovation and renewal of the menu. The chicken pho wasn't too bad and there was a decent amount of ingredients, though the broth didn't have the same level of complexity as there was at somewhere like Pho Nom. [caption id="attachment_6234" align="aligncenter" width="529"] Chicken Pho ($9)[/caption] Ma's Dumpling Den 88 Grattan St Carlton, VIC, 3053 (03) 9347 7702 ...

20:00 / Carlton / Chinese / Food / Ma's Dumpling Den / Restaurants
03 Sep

Shocolate's inconspicuous frontage is home to one of Melbourne's premium chocolatiers. Although the range of chocolates and macarons on display is not as extensive as larger chocolatiers and patisseries, so many of their offerings sounded so enticing that it didn't really matter. They also have a small cafe-style seating area for people to enjoy their sweet goodies and drinks. I decided to treat myself and bought one of their award-winning Black & White macarons and a Crunchy hazelnut praline chocolate bite. The Black & White was a rather good-looking...

11:49 / Chocolate / Dessert/Sweets / Fitzroy / Food / Restaurants / Shocolate
28 Aug

Crown is currently holding a promotion around the theme of 'the colours of Cuba', involving Salsa dance lessons and Cuban-themed cocktails and food menus available at selected venues. Jimbo & Rex was one of the restaurants offering the special menu and I ordered a Paella Cubana. I don't really know how Cuban paella differs from the Spanish paella I'm used to eating. There wasn't any socarrat in this one, but the ingredients, particularly the black beans and fried fatty bits, gave it some interesting flavours and made it something...

19:16 / Food / Jimbo & Rex / Restaurants / Southbank
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