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Posted in Macarons on Oct 20th, 2010
I have been searching for the perfect macaron for a long time and have been documenting the search from the beginning of this blog. On the eve of the blog’s first birthday and prior to the (somewhat controversial) Melbourne macaron competition I thought it was time to bring together my macaron posts in a single [...]
Posted in Breakfast, Cafes, Melbourne - East, Review: cafes on Nov 30th, 2009
On Tuesday, it was frequented by the “glitterati” (which I am always dubious about in Melbourne – are we talking a couple of footballers and a weather girl?) by Saturday morning there were more staff than patrons and about half the patrons were under 5. Welcome to Cafe Vue at Heide! I was keen to [...]
Posted in Macarons, Melbourne CBD on Nov 12th, 2009
There has been a lot of macaron testing lately. Tasting Cafe Vue’s macaron was due to my lovely friend (and reader!) CC who noticed the macarons on offer when she bought her morning coffee and picked a couple up for me as a surprise. Purchasing the macarons she was confused when asked “what colour do you want?”, replying err “brown [...]
Posted in A drink or three?, Melbourne CBD, Restaurants, Review: cafes, Reviews on Nov 4th, 2009
Cafe Vue offers Friday night cocktail nights – $75 for 5 cocktails with a matched course, with the menu changing monthly. I have a weakness for cocktails (which was honed on my recent honeymoon) and a love of Shannon Bennett’s food so cocktail night became a must do. The theme for the October night was [...]
