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
08 Mar

Popping up at The Boatbuilders Yard, Bang Bang RC is giving us a taste of what's to come and leaving us hanging for more. The permanent restaurant in Elsternwick will be built from scratch, and whilst it's time consuming, expensive and leaves more potential for things to go wrong, it does allow them to design and create their dream restaurant. These dream plans include the installation of a woodfired grill and big wok burners to recreate authentic flavours. [caption id="attachment_11655" align="aligncenter" width="534"] South-east Side - Four Pillars Navy Strength...

17:42 / Bang Bang / Cambodian / Elsternwick / Food / Lao / South Wharf / Thai / Vietnamese
05 Mar

Occupying a cosy little building in South Melbourne, Kuu is a Japanese café open for breakfast right through to dinner. The menu largely revolves around healthy, balanced food, but popular not-so-healthy things like katsu and karaage are also served. [caption id="attachment_11922" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Large Match Latte ($5)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_11915" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Matcha Affogato ($5)[/caption] The matcha latte was milkier and less intense with the matcha flavour than Little Rogue’s version. Matcha affogato came with an intense matcha syrup to pour over the vanilla ice cream rather than the traditional coffee, and...

12:54 / Food / Japanese / Kuu Café and Japanese Kitchen / Restaurants / South Melbourne
28 Feb

Taking over the site of the well-rated but now sadly closed Mamame, Sabai presents to us another Thai offering just off Swan St. Sumalee Sae-tang and Manpreet Singh are first-time restaurateurs, but experienced chefs. They've done much of the hard work for this massive undertaking themselves, designing the interior, creating the menu and running the kitchen. [caption id="attachment_11617" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Thai Milk Tea ($4)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_11619" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Wok-tossed tofu, herbs, salted chilli, fried shallots, poached prawn served on top of prawn crackers ($14)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_11624" align="aligncenter" width="600"] House made vegetarian...

21:58 / Food / Restaurants / Richmond / Sabai / Thai
13 Feb

Burger places seem to be popping up all over Melbourne, and our love for them is evidenced by a constant stream of burger images on our Instagrams, whether they're from cafes, restaurants or dedicated burger joints. It's getting more difficult for new places to differentiate themselves from the crowd. A love for food, cocktails and design inspired Lorance and Mark Darwish to start up Little Oscar in a up-and-coming part of Lygon Street. Their point of difference? Korean-American fusion. Head chef William Riman has previous experience working in...

15:33 / American / Brunswick / Burgers / Food / Korean / Little Oscar / Restaurants
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