24 Mar

Branching off from Koy in South Melbourne, Goz City serves up tasty Turkish pastries, baked goods and salads in the CBD. It's a small space, with only a handful of counter seats and coveted tables inside, but most of its trade is takeaway. There's a variety of gozleme made fresh to order and on Tuesdays there's a special gozleme up for grabs. Despite its name, Goz City also offers borek ($4), pitas ($6), salads ($6 for small, $10 for large), a few sweet treats like turkish delight and baklava and...

14:09 / Food / Goz City / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants / Turkish
20 Mar

When Vietnam was colonised by the French in the 1800s, the popularity of banh mi as a street food steadily grew. French baguettes were filled with local ingredients and flavours like Vietnamese sauces, chilli, coriander and pickled vegetables. Banh mi at Ba'get are created according to family recipes, which were formed when Duy's father started to sell them back in Vietnam in order to support his family. Ba'get places an emphasis on freshness, balance and good nutrition. Whilst they could technically serve banh mi packed with meat, akin...

21:38 / Ba'get / Food / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants / Vietnamese
18 Mar

Mama's Bưởi is an interesting play on words, referring to its vision as a restaurant, and with 'bưởi' also being the Vietnamese word for pomelo. Opening late last year, they aim to capture the qualities and flavour profile of authentic Vietnamese home-cooking and spruce them up with different garnishes, modern plating and fresh and local ingredients. [caption id="attachment_7495" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Viet Express - Infused Vodka w. Honey and Vanilla Flavoured Nougat, Kahlua and Vietnamese Coffee[/caption] [caption id="attachment_7496" align="aligncenter" width="450"] A.K. Sour - Freshly Bruleed Passionfruit, Frangelico, Vodka, Lime, Sugar, Passionfruit[/caption] The...

21:50 / Food / Mama's Buoi / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants / Vietnamese
17 Feb

Dex2rose is a new nitrogen gelato place hidden in Racing Club Lane, found between Hardware and Warburton Lane. Originally from a marketing and advertising background, Jesse was inspired to start up his gelato business after spending some time living in the country and yearning for a nice hangout spot other than the local pub. Jesse and his business partner Wei Ming have certainly created quite the hang out spot at Dex2rose. Their somewhat unconventional location in an obscure lane was chosen for a number of reasons, one of which...

14:26 / Dessert/Sweets / Dex2rose / Food / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants
05 Feb

Pomodoro Sardo offers modern and seasonal Sardinian cuisine with seafood, culurgiones, malloreddus and fregola all featuring in the menu. I scored a window seat perfect for people (or rather, peak traffic) watching and availed myself of the complimentary pane carasau and olive oil. [caption id="attachment_7196" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Pane Carasau and Bread w. olive oil[/caption] Tonight I had the linguine all cartoccio, which came with calamari, king prawns, fish and mussels in a white wine, tomato, chili, garlic and parsley sauce. Not long after ordering I was presented with a bowl...

21:12 / Food / Italian / Melbourne CBD / Pomodoro Sardo / Restaurants
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