16 Jul

Generally when I visit Italian restaurants for dinner my choices are limited to either salad or a large piece of meat. Today I opted for the light option of a chicken salad (Grilled Chicken, Lettuce, Tomato, Olives, Cucumber, Red Onions, Balsamic Vinegar and Extra Virgin Olive Oil, $19.90). The salad tasted OK but the chicken breast was overdone. It was expensive for what it was, but I've come to expect that from salads. [caption id="attachment_5532" align="aligncenter" width="1300"] Chicken Salad - Grilled Chicken, Lettuce, Tomato, Olives, Cucumber, Red Onions, Balsamic...

20:22 / Cafe Cavallino / Carlton / Food / Italian / Restaurants
12 Jul

This is the second restaurant added to my list of to-try's from The Age's "Don't stop at the dumplings" article and being only 2 minutes walk away from uni, I don't really have any excuse not to go. [gallery type="rectangular" ids="5520,5521,3460,3461"] Today I had the Cross-Bridge Noodles ($12), which was a large bowl of very hot soup, served with raw quail egg, fish, chicken, two types of ham,   chicken, assorted veggies and warm, pre-cooked noodles. The idea is to add all these ingredients into the soup (in that order)...

14:35 / Carlton / Chinese / Colourful Yunnan / Food / Restaurants
09 Jul

It wasn't until I returned home that I realised we were ordering off the brunch rather than the lunch menu. No matter; I'm always up for salmon. The whiskey flavour was very subtle and went well with the cream, which had a hint of horseradish. The parsnip crisps created some texture variety and a lighter mouthfeel with each bite. The snow pea tendrils looked pretty but were a bit difficult to arrange into a mouthful, even after cutting. Obviously crostini are meant to be crunchy, but I did...

16:10 / Cafe / Carlton / Food / Seven Seeds
09 Mar

This was probably my first experience of a vegetarian restaurant for dinner. There were many enticing items on their menu but unfortunately I could only eat one of them because of my dietary requirements in the evenings. It worked out alright, since the hot weather made me lose my appetite. My meal was an entree called Parcel Xiao Xiao "A pan-fried parcel wrapped in a beancurd sheet of kohlrabi, oyster mushrooms, water chestnuts, mixed vegetables and chia seeds. This dish comes with seaweed and pea-sprout salad and a ponzu...

22:45 / Carlton / Food / Restaurants / Shakahari / Vegetarian
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