08 Oct

SGC (Seafood Grill & Cocktail) Lounge is located within the same building as The Nitrogen Lab, the new ice cream/gelato store on Bourke St, but on the upper floors. I bought a $19 Scoopon for this place a few months ago because there were some interesting fish I wanted to try like gunnard and coral perch (particularly the gunnard because I hadn’t had it before and apparently it’s a very sweet fish). I’d actually made a booking to come two months ago, but last-minute maintenance works meant they...

18:45 / Bar/Pub / Food / Melbourne CBD / Modern Australian / Restaurants / SGC Lounge
27 Sep

I was catching up with a friend during a long lunch break and since she works right across the road, we decided to meet at Paco's Tacos. The tacos are all $6 each; today I went with chicken and prawn. If you're looking for something filling, the chicken would be better than the prawn, which only came with two pieces of prawn.  My chicken taco had a bit too much sauce; by the time I got around to eating it the soggy tortilla had split down the centre,...

14:15 / Food / Latin American / Melbourne CBD / Mexican / Paco's Tacos / Restaurants
21 Sep

Han Guuk Guan is hidden away in the shadow of two taller buildings, near the corner of Mackenzie and Victoria St. We came here for a birthday lunch and because the servings were large we ordered in groups. My group got haemul pajeon (seafood pancake), japchae, gamjatang (pork bone soup) and crispy chicken. I don't have time to write in detail or edit my photos at the moment, but I thought the food was quite good. Altogether we paid about $15 each, including rice. Banchan for today was taugeh,...

14:30 / Food / Han Guuk Guan / Korean / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants
24 Aug

Came here on Saturday night so I was able to try the dinner menu (which they've actually started serving all day on weekends). I was still sort of full from dinner last night so I went with something light. As can be seen in the photos, there was a nice charcoal-y taste on the top and bottom of the tofu but the inside remained moist and soft, and whilst I don't usually eat teriyaki unless it's with unagi, this one wasn't too sweet and was very good with...

18:54 / Darac / Food / Korean / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants
24 Aug

I had a church event starting at 9am, so it was the perfect opportunity to come for the weekend menu at Hardware Societe. The last time I came the waitress suggested coming at 8:30am because it would get very busy. I got to the cafe just after 8:30am and it was already packed! Fortunately, being alone, I got a seat straight away at the communal table. The savoury special of the day sounded quite interesting but I came here with the intention of having the croque madame. I died...

09:20 / Cafe / Food / Melbourne CBD / The Hardware Société
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