Fried food is totally welcome in our home, as long as it is made at home and not bought at a fast food chain. It seems contradictory to eat a meal , like the picture above, fried fish and potato vinaigrette when clearly the fish could be made in a much more healthy way as [...]

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! (*) [...]

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 [...]

Tuesday lunchtime saw me catch up with an old friend for lunch.  As he now lives out of the Melbourne CBD he wanted to go to one of his favourite old city centre spots that he used to haunt - Florentinos Cellar Bar.  Who am I to refuse a chance to catch up and to review [...]

The Mess Hall has been thriving up at the Paris of the CBD for four years now. It has had to compete with some venerable icons such as the Cellar Bar, Pellegrinos, The European to name but a few, all within a block radius. In that time it carved out a great reputation as a [...]

The Degraves St strip (including the arcade through to Collins St) is home to one of the most vibrant and bohemian cafe scenes in Melbourne. Small cafes jostle with each other for your attention, and traditional simple, non-corporate cooking is the order of the day. There is little better than sitting by the side of [...]