01 Nov

Rustica has just opened its newest location - this one is the second Canteen in CBD, located in the Rialto Towers. With the whole cafe being housed under Rialto's glass wings, you can enjoy natural daylight without the heat or rain. Rustica Rialto offers everything Rustica is renowned for: pastries, artisan breads and cafe fare. There are also 'grab and go' items such as salads and sandwiches, well suited to the many professionals working nearby....

12:47 / Bread / Cafe / Degustation / Dessert/Sweets / Food / Melbourne CBD / Rustica Rialto
15 Jul

Igni is an unassuming performer. It’s all too easy to walk right past the nondescript entrance without realising what’s inside. The restaurant is small, pared back, and relatively casual for fine dining. It seats about 30, and diners are treated to the spectacle of the open kitchen: the smell of cooking butter, the sight of flames coming up during service, the sizzles and crackles from the wood-fire grill. ...

12:41 / Degustation / Food / Geelong / Igni / Modern Australian / Restaurants
30 Dec

Chefs Shaun Quade (formerly of Royal Mail Hotel, Quay, Biota Dining and Urbane) and John-Paul Fiechtner (Bo Innovation, Hong Kong, and Le Chateaubriand, Paris) intrigued us with their pop-up preview before the official opening of Lume, and successfully excited their audience with thoughts of what was to come. A2 wanted to visit back in August, but it was relatively new so we decided to give them time to find their feet. With its sudden popularity it's unlikely we would have been able to secure a last-minute booking anyway!...

22:26 / Degustation / Food / Lume / Modern Australian / South Melbourne
22 Dec

We don't usually travel too far to eat out, but A2 won't be returning to Melbourne for a long time and following from her glowing experience here previously, she requested another visit. I was keen to dine here for my first time, and was all too happy to make a booking for the family. O.My is the creation of the Bertoncello brothers: Chayse, who works the floor and is also the resident sommelier, and Blayne and Tyson who are both talented chefs. Much of what they present on...

19:07 / Beaconsfield / Degustation / Food / Modern Australian / O.My
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