28 Dec

We managed to get a table without a reservation as long as we finished before 9pm. The interior decoration was pretty flashy, but I didn’t take many photos because I felt shy about using my camera inside. The tables along the side we were seated at were very close together and had to be pulled out in order for people to sit down along the wall. There wasn’t any English menu, but the waiter was able to translate for us. He did seem distracted though. It was a...

22:43 / Cuisines / France / French / Le Vaudeville / Paris
28 Dec

I had confit duck with salad and fried potatoes (€16.90), which were basically thick, flat potato chips. Mum and dad both had different specials of the day – tagliatelle with seafood for mum (€16.90), and slow cooked pork with mashed potato for dad (€15.90). My duck was really tasty and most of the skin was crispy. Mum’s came with a very generous amount of seafood - about half of it was full of baby octopus, prawns and squid. We were all pretty pleased with our meal and the...

22:25 / Cuisines / France / French / La Petit Carreaux / Paris
25 Nov

This was my second visit to Madame Sousou, but this time I came to try their dinner options. K went with the tasty Confit Duck Leg. I had the Poisson Du Jour with butter, zucchini and olives. Today's fish was swordfish, which was cooked beautifully. I enjoyed the way the ingredients worked together, particularly with the citrus butter, though at times I did feel the olives sometimes overpowered the more subtle flavour of the swordfish...

19:40 / Fitzroy / Food / French / Madame Sousou / Restaurants
19 Nov

The Aylesbury has recently been transformed into Bomba, a casual tapas bar. Although mum was sorely tempted by the paella on offer, we all ordered the Workers Lunch, which included a choice of tapas, raciones and side dish. We started off with some lovely crispy, dense and warmed sourdough with olive oil. The Chicken, Manchego and Smoked Paprika Croqueta was crunchy and tasty, but the highlight for me was the Charcoal Grilled Corn w. Paprika and Cumin. The juicy corn was so good with the crumbs and tangy, creamy sauce. An extra $8...

13:32 / Bomba / Food / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants / Spanish
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