31 Aug

[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_single_image image="22745" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""] Today Nshry was pretty busy, even for this late lunch hour. I suppose the nice weather - and that on the last day of winter! - drew the crowds out to enjoy the beach setting. Noting the busyness of the cafe (particularly of the coffee queue) I expected a longer wait than usual for my umami burger to arrive. It took over half an hour for my burger to come, which is longer than I thought,...

14:49 / Albert Park / Burgers / Cafe / Food / Nshry
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
28 Aug

Placed in a quiet street, Lolo and Wren has been a local favourite for quite a while. Since I was in the area I thought I'd pop in to see how good it really was. The Drunken Swine "Pork Bun" was highly recommended by the waitress and I put in an order for one after she allayed my concerns about it being overly sweet, as pork buns tend to be. This was sooo good. The shoulder had been broken up a bit but was still in nice tender and...

13:17 / Brunswick West / Cafe / Food / Lolo and Wren
27 Aug

We had some left over canned beetroot in the fridge so I decided to try curing some salmon with it. I diced the beetroot and mixed it with sugar and salt, pressed it all over the salmon and wrapped it in a few sheets of Glad Wrap. I was being lazy and couldn't be bothered calculating the proper proportions of sugar and salt to weight of fish, so I fudged the quantities. After leaving it in the fridge for 2 days I thought I'd cook it two ways,...

22:18 / Cooking
27 Aug

Salon de Sushi is a small sushi shop but though the seating is limited, it's cosy and cafe-like. Interestingly, Salon de Sushi also does delivery, claiming to be the first online sushi business in Melbourne. There are some ready-made packs of sushi, salads, desserts and drinks in the chilled section. At the moment they have a lunch special for $16.90, which includes specific ready-made sushi packs (normally ~$15.90), salad and miso soup. [caption id="attachment_6163" align="aligncenter" width="529"] Salon de Crunch - Inside-out Roll w. Prawn Tempura, Salmon, Cucumber, Avocado, Tenkasu,...

12:10 / Food / Japanese / Restaurants / Salon de Sushi / South Melbourne
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