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Fitzroy Curry House: a new era.

Posted in Review: restaurants, tagged , , , , on 10 March, 2010 | 8 Comments »

I have a lot of fond memories of eating at Guru da Dhaba in Johnston St. I met my now sister-in-law there for the first time, had many a boozy boozy dinner there, and the first meal in our new house was take-away from there, eaten in the back garden while slugging champagne. A little while [...]

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Cicciolina: it may require stealth but you must try it!

Posted in Review: restaurants, tagged , , , , on 5 March, 2010 | 4 Comments »

We recently headed across to St Kilda for a meal to celebrate my birthday and Mr M & Saskia’s brother, W’s birthday. W’s birthday fell on a Monday this year, always a tricky night to find a restaurant that is open.
S suggested Cicciolina, the St Kilda institution adored by locals and frequented by regulars. Cicciolina is open [...]

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Coda: seriously good

Posted in Review: restaurants, tagged , , , , on 24 February, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Mr M and I were lucky enough to be taken to Coda by S & C as a belated wedding present (thanks!). Coda is the new(ish) pursuit of Adam D’Sylva (ex Pearl and The Age Young Chef of the Year 2008) together with Mykal Bartholomew (ex MoVida) and Kate Calder (ex Taxi). Coda serves Asian and French [...]

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Ichi Ni: a solid Izakaya experience

Posted in Review: restaurants, tagged , , , on 9 February, 2010 | 4 Comments »

On a cracking mid-week evening I crossed-town for dinner at Ichi Ni with my mother and friends R and A, to celebrate A’s recent engagement. I rarely make it over to St Kilda but it really was a magic night, with that crazily blue sky, the sun setting and people everywhere sitting outdoors enjoying a [...]

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Isthmus of Kra: not your standard Thai

Posted in Review: restaurants, tagged , , , on 1 February, 2010 | 6 Comments »

My friend (and fellow foodie) S remarked to me recently that, in her opinion, Isthmus of Kra offers some of the best Thai food in Melbourne. This is obviously a big call.  A couple of weeks after that comment I headed there with S and some other friends for a girly night out so I [...]

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MoVida Aqui: come here for simple, solid, Spanish food

Posted in Review: restaurants, tagged , , , on 29 January, 2010 | 2 Comments »

The word on the street is that molecular gastronomy is over. That’s right, young-annoying-one-from-Masterchef-whose-name-escapes-me, it’s O.V.E.R.
Apparently the new thing in food is an old thing in food: terroir.** (Not of wine, clearly, but of food.) This means that each dish should be an expression of its spatial and temporal location. It should reflect: the season; [...]

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Loam, Drysdale: fresh, seasonal and produce driven

Posted in Review: restaurants, tagged , , , , on 28 January, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Over the Australia day long weekend we headed down to Lorne for a few days. We decided to go on a little detour on our drive to Lorne and head to Loam, Drysdale which recently had a rave review from Larissa Dubecki in The Age. Now, I will admit that I have been less positive [...]

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Holiday eating: Humid, Noosa, Queensland

Posted in Review: restaurants, tagged , , , , on 21 January, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The background to our meal at Humid was not auspicious. After booking in for a meal on Boxing Day several weeks in advance (which required a number of phone calls before I got on to a person – damn those relaxed Queenslanders), the restaurant phoned us on the day, first asking if we minded coming in [...]

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Holiday eating: Wasabi, Noosa, Queensland

Posted in Review: restaurants, tagged , , , , on 20 January, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

On our trip to Noosa we also enjoyed a lovely meal at Japanese restaurant Wasabi. I was particularly excited as the Gourmet Traveller had rated it as one of the best regional restaurants in Queensland.
We arrived for our 8.30pm booking to a full but relaxed restaurant. The entrance to the restaurant (above) faces the entrance [...]

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Holiday eating: Spirit House, Yandina, Queensland

Posted in Review: restaurants, tagged , , , on 12 January, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Over the Christmas break Mr M and I headed up to Noosa with our lovely friends S & P. A favourite food destination while in Noosa is Spirit House, situated in Yandina (about 40 minutes from Noosa). Mr M had never been to Spirit House but had enjoyed cooking from the Spirit House cookbook, so [...]

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