Little Malaysia 16 – 20 Liverpool Street Melbourne Victoria Australia – Licenced restaurant (29/07/2008) With the weather dipping into the low Celsius, my mind started to wander to warmer climates, and well if you are like me and have other commitments then you need to scratch that itch without airlines or using holiday time. The [...]

Well Hello Haru! The re-opening of the old Monkey Magic happened this Monday with new management and a moderately new look. After giving them a couple of days to find their feet(*) I dropped by for a spot of lunch today. Can the new management inspire me more than the predecessors? Let’s find out! (*) [...]

Movida Spanish Tapas Bar located at 1 Hosier Lane in Melbourne just off Flinders Street. This is quite a funky place which has all the old world charm of of a Spanish cafe/restaurant, with its paved floor and abundance of timber it feels like you are eating in a family place. The staff are friendly [...]

Yes! Magic Monkey (http://munchbrothers.org/2008/magic-monkey-restaurant-review-melbourne) has expired. I for one will not be mourning. Yes, it was cheap, yes it was cheerful – but it did nothing to stand out other than as a ‘dash-and-grab-something-quick’ joint because I was too stressed for time to get a decent lunch at a similar price. I went I think [...]

Gujju’s Cafe &  Chaat House 1/141 Waverley Road East Malvern Victoria Australia Tried a new place on the weekend called Gujju’s. Gujju’s is a small restaurant (seats about 40) situated in Malvern East and its cuisine is Indian, but only with vegetarian offerings. You can choose from a la carte or go for the ‘all [...]

We have recently been to Piadina in Melbourne and now have news that yes they are under new management and yes the food is not the same. We will be keeping an eye on them to see how they progress.

The Boyz for Breakie 1a Main Street Mornington Victoria Australia – Licenced restaurant (12/07/2008) So you head down to the Mornington Peninsula for a day or a weekend and are looking for a good value and great quality place to eat, breakfast, lunch, dinner or just a coffee and a snack. You wont go too far wrong [...]

Sally’s Kitchen 292 Exhibition Street Melbourne Australia. This is a new restaurant for this end of town, in fact they only opened today and we where lucky to get in during lunch to give them a try. Sally’s is a hip place with very clean lines and decor the staff are very friendly and Sally [...]

  Up at the ‘Paris’ end of town, Bourke Streets vibrant pre-theatre strip used to be bookended at number 1 by The Hard Rock Cafe, replete with (mostly, if not completely) tacky Americana including a sign out front advising all nuclear weapons to be left outside.  Inside it served typical American mass-consumer fare : over-sized, under-seasoned and [...]

As is common knowledge, Gordon Ramsay is looking at opening up a new restaurant in Melbourne – reputedly in Crown.  As cool, hip and trendy as Crown is(!), we though it’d be fun to suggest some other alternative spots for Gordon to base in.  Our criteria was clear – good, attractive and available locations that don’t [...]