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Posted in Cafes, Lunch, Macarons, Melbourne CBD, Review: cafes on Mar 12th, 2010
Breadwell is one of a multitude of coffee shops situated right near my workplace. A differentiator is its great selection of teas (including a pretty great chai if you are that way inclined). I recently noticed a new inclusion in the cakes cabinet – teeny tiny little macarons. Obviously they were calling for me to try them. The other [...]
Posted in Melbourne CBD, Restaurants, Review: restaurants, Reviews, Something to share on Feb 24th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Breakfast, Cafes, Macarons, Review: cafes, Reviews on Feb 5th, 2010
I caught up with my friends Z & B for another mid-week, city breakfast. Z has become quite the fan of Melbourne Gastronome (aren’t we all?) so after reading the review of Hardware Societe, we decided we had to try it for ourselves. Hardware Societe is situated on Hardware Street (not Lane!) in the city [...]
Posted in Eating out gluten free, Melbourne CBD, Review: restaurants, Something to share on Jan 29th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Breakfast, Melbourne CBD, Review: cafes on Jan 8th, 2010
I recently caught up with friends B & Z for a pre-work breakfast at the brand new MoVida Terraza. After reading Melbourne Gastronome’s gushing review, I was very keen to try it for myself. As per its name, the restaurant is on a terrace, situated at the back of an office block: Looking through the menu, there [...]
Posted in Macarons, Melbourne CBD, Reviews on Dec 24th, 2009
I recently read about Baker D Chirico’s pop up store and very excitedly headed there for a macaron hit. The macarons at Baker D Chirico had been recommended to me, but unfortunately, being the insular Northsider that I am, I rarely make it over to St Kilda. Baker D Chirico’s pop up store is right near my [...]
Posted in Casual & great, Melbourne CBD, Review: restaurants on Nov 20th, 2009
Planning a dinner with friends, my mate M suggested we try “her” dumpling place (she immediately sent me the address and phone number – which she has on speed dial). With a recommendation like that, we promptly headed to North East China Family in Flinders Lane. Looking through the menu I was surprised to see [...]
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 Macarons, Melbourne CBD on Nov 9th, 2009
Lindt’s champagne macaron and strawberry macaron So on the macaron trail I found myself at Lindt’s (relatively) new chocolate cafe in Collins Street. I side-stepped the display case filled with chocolatey goodness, headed up a couple of stairs and found myself in front of the macaron (or as they call them “delice”) counter. Lindt had [...]
Posted in A drink or three?, Bars, Melbourne CBD, Restaurants, Review: bars, Reviews on Nov 6th, 2009
Looking for a post-work tipple and eat, we settled upon the recently opened Izakaya Den, a new outpost from Simon Denton & Co. from Spring St’s Verge. Izakaya Den is modelled on a traditional Izakaya, being a casual pub-type eatery found in Japan. Izakaya Den lurks beneath the Postal Hall at the corner of Russell St and [...]
