Gosh – I only go back to England and France for a 3 week holiday, and EVERYTHING changes!!! C’est la vie – ’tis all for the better I say, the new look is certainly a big improvement on the old one, thats for sure. And a very warm welcome to all our new writers too! [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Without sounding terribly bourgeois, (and I’m not usually a avid fan of truffle infused food) one of my favourite meals I still remember was with truffles, a truffle and blue cheese pasta I had a few years back in Tuscany. And it wasn’t even mine but my partner’s, but I ended up stealing half of [...]