31 Jul

Hoho's Canteen is a new-ish store located within the Melbourne University Parkville campus, next to Pronto's Pizza in the Union House building. [caption id="attachment_5581" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Quinoa and purple cabbage; chickpeas, broccolli, spinach; mixed grain, sunflower seed and almond salad[/caption] Its offerings include a daily soup, two types of pasta, coffee as well as a vegan lunchbox ($9). Today's salads were quinoa and purple cabbage, potatoes, chickpeas broccolli and spinach and a mixed grain, sunflower seed and almond salad. The grains I was able to identify were lentils and possibly...

13:42 / Food / Hoho's Canteen / Parkville / Restaurants / Vegetarian
26 Jul

I returned to try out another of their noodle dishes: Rice Noodles w. Tofu Pudding, Peanut Pieces, Beef Mince, Pickled Chinese Cabbage and Special Chili Sauce ($10). Again, there was a huge serve of the smooth noodles but this time I couldn't finish it. The tofu pudding is apparently similar to that found in tofu fa. It was smooth and softer than regular tofu, but firm enough to pick up with chopsticks relatively easily. There was barely any beef mince. The first thing I tasted was the chilli sauce....

12:47 / Carlton / Chinese / Colourful Yunnan / Food / Restaurants
18 Jul

This morning I had one lecture before a 5 hour break, so I decided to drive in for the morning lecture. Since I had the car I thought it'd be a good opportunity to try Twenty & Six Espresso, which is a bit out of the way to walk or get there via public transport. Today I had The Russian: "Vodka & lemon house cured salmon tartare, free range poached egg, dill & lemon creme fraiche, seed & sprout sourdough" ($17.90). [caption id="attachment_5539" align="aligncenter" width="1170"] The Russian / Vodka &...

09:40 / Cafe / Food / North Melbourne / Twenty & Six Espresso
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
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