It's always exciting to try something different in a food-filled city like Melbourne. Named after a scenic island in the Caribbean, Saint Lucia's menu draws its inspiration from Caribbean, Cuban and South American cuisines. Having good drinks as their other focus means there's also a large selection of cocktails, tequila, rum and wine....
One of my favourite new discoveries of the year, Pablo Honey is now just into its fourth menu change, keeping to its promise of seasonality. The atmosphere is as warm as ever, and I settle into dinner with a Pablo Orgasm, a cocktail made up of Baileys, Kahlua, Amaretto, cream and a Tim Tam for a bit of fun. This is not as sweet as it may appear to be, despite all the cream, hundreds and thousands and chocolate biscuit on top. Sometimes I feel like more of...
It's a quiet street, mostly occupied by apartment blocks and Melbourne High a bit further north, but a stone's throw away from South yarra station is Sth Central, an 8-month old eatery, and the first restaurant from the Tommy Collins group. Sth Central has separate breakfast, lunch and dinner menus, which includes dishes from their Inka charcoal oven from lunchtime. For dinner, there's a large selection of starters, mains and sides to mix and match, though there's a particular focus on proteins....
Brighton local Bossy Boots is not just known for its cosy eat-in vibes, but also its gourmet take home food offerings. Chefs Ben Forehan and Rachael Browne, who have backgrounds covering Stokehouse, Circa and Dench Bakers, have been producing healthy, but hearty and boldly flavoured takeaway meals through Bossy Boots for the last seven years. The kitchen produces curries, savoury pastries, salads, pastas, sweets and the like for people who are time poor but still want delicious food to have at home, and all from scratch. The cafe...
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