Located on the corner of Hardware Lane and Little Lonsdale St, Gypsy & Pig is a kurobuta (aka black pig or Berkshire pork) and tonkatsu specialist. It's a cozy little place mainly made up of bar seats arranged around the kitchen. The quirky, yet friendly cafe feel was accentuated by various spelling mistakes on the menu and numerous pig decorations arranged all over the counter top and window sills - even their toothpick holders were pig-shaped! [gallery type="rectangular" ids="5287,5285"] Gypsy & Pig's lunch menu is unsurprisingly composed of mainly kurobuta...

I finally made it to Rice Workshop after wanting to try it before it even opened. Marketed as a rice bar, their main offerings are rice bowls with various toppings (beef, chicken, curry and salmon), however, they also do a few udon and salad dishes. You can pick other sides to go with your meal including miso soup, takoyaki, edamame, karaage, spring rolls, tempura and daifuku. These are kept in a warm cabinet and a chilled cabinet between the ordering station and the cashier. There's also a complete DIY...

Limerick Arms is a popular traditional pub with a variety of seating: bistro, bar and outdoors. As well as the regular menu, they had a pasta, salad and pie daily specials available. Similar to other pubs they have various lunch and dinner specials offered during the week. It appeared that most people came here for the chicken parmas, particularly the Mexican parma, and it did look very good. We were warned that there would be a 45 minute wait on the food as it was quite busy. The...

Another trip to Gelato Messina! The pandan and coconut sorbet (unsurprisingly) tastes like kaya, so if I were ever having a craving for kaya that's what I'd get. Gianduia Bianco (white chocolate & hazelnut gelato with hazelnut praline), was quite nice too, but I think if I ate a whole scoop of it I'd feel it was too sweet. Looking at the specials board, I initially thought I'd like the Black Forest the most (Chocolate Fondant Gelato With Kirsch Cream, Cherry Jam And Kirsch Soaked Chocolate Sauce), but...

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