29 Mar

Chris and Sally Caldwell started up Love Pollo from a love of chicken. There are plenty of charcoal chicken shops around, but not many places that make a mean and juicy roasted chicken cooked on a rotisserie. Local, free range chicken is expertly cooked by staff after extensive training and is all gluten free, hormone free and chemical free, and interestingly their gravy is gluten free too. The cooking is timed so that they're as fresh as possible when served. As well as their Traditional flavour, which has been...

11:59 / Fast Food / Food / Healthy / Love Pollo / Richmond
26 Mar

In a street full of mostly Vietnamese restaurants (it is Victoria Street after all) and a scattering of Thai, a few Korean restaurants have started to appear in the mix. Seoul Soul, Chimac and Arisoo provide a bit of variety in the cuisine available here. In preparation for our holiday to Korea, I wanted to bring my parents to a Korean restaurant to whet their palates. Arisoo is a small, simple restaurant halfway between Collingwood Station and The Hive. Apparently serving authentic home-style dishes, I thought it was the...

19:24 / Abbotsford / Arisoo / Food / Korean / Restaurants
25 Mar

Right on the edges of South Yarra, Ichi Ichi Ku has been an often-talked about Japanese restaurant that seems to be a favourite amongst many. They serve a Japanese-influenced breakfast menu in the mornings, but we visit for lunch. The interior is small, very cosy, and has an authentic izakaya type vibe. [caption id="attachment_11945" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Matcha Latte ($4.50)[/caption] Though not quite matching with the rest of our lunch, I want to try their matcha latte. It’s not quite as sweet as others I’ve tried, and there is a nice...

11:27 / Food / Ichi Ichi Ku / Japanese / Restaurants / South Yarra
20 Mar

Café de la Ville portrays a certain elegance through its marble-patterned tables, decorative blue and white wallpaper and a contrasting dark and light theme with accents of gold, and a position near the intersection between Chapel St and Toorak Road seems like the perfect place for a French café. [caption id="attachment_11791" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Mini sausage rolls, spinach and ricotta rolls, mini baguettes with poached chicken, slow roasted tomatoes, shredded carrot, fresh herbs, citrus mayo[/caption] Here you can indulge yourself with brunch, desserts and pastries, or maybe some bready things like...

14:37 / Cafe / Cafe de la Ville / Food / South Yarra
18 Mar

Rock Paper Scissors opened in October last year, and no, please don't confuse it with Rice Paper Scissors. Owner Zach's background is in carpentry and after spending 15 years building restaurants, bars and cafes for other people, he decided to open something of his own. Zach is no stranger to commercial kitchens either. Both his father and brother are chefs, and he dabbled in the trade himself for a time. They've had a hand in ownership too and this is their fourth venture, previously running Waldorf Diner and...

14:15 / Cafe / Food / Port Melbourne / Rock Paper Scissors
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