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Bento No.8

Top tier: Umeboshi plum (mmm, I so love these at the moment), and Japanese short grain rice mixed with a few multigrains.

Bottom tier: Pan fried chicken, steamed broccoli stems (don’t let them go to waste!), cherry tomatoes, sauted red peppers with daikon and sesame.

The pan fried chicken was [...]

Written by mellie on September 19th, 2008 | Tags: | 3 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Nihonshu Shochu and Sake Bar

Oooh…I can’t wait for this one to open! Nearing completion, Nihonshu Shochu and Sake Bar is the new sister to Izakaya Chuji (165 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne).  I’ve been peeking through the window when I stroll past, spying a wonderful handcrafted timber counter being built before my eyes.  Mmm…I can imagine sitting [...]

Written by mellie on September 17th, 2008 | 8 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Bento No.7

Top tier: Japanese short grain rice cooked with a tablespoon of multigrain mix garnished with three shelled edamame, umeboshi plum.

Bottom tier: teriyaki marinated beef rolls wrapped around sauted garlic chives, carrot and sesame kinpira, steamed broccoli, shelled edamame, simmered kabocha (pumpkin).

The teriyaki beef rolls were the star of [...]

Written by mellie on September 17th, 2008 | Tags: | Leave a comment | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Bistro Guillaume

Crown Entertainment Complex 8 Whiteman Street, Southbank Phone 03 9693 3888

There is something about the French that just does it for me. I don’t know if it’s the accent, the joie de vive, or the gratuitous use of butter and cream in their cooking. But my heart just skips a beat [...]

Written by mellie on September 15th, 2008 | Tags: , , | 8 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Bento No.6

This is one for the ovo-vegetarians out there.

Top tier:  tamago (rolled Japanese egg omelette), Japanese rice sprinkled with roasted black sesame seeds.

Bottom tier: sauteed garlic chives and fresh shitake mushrooms, carrot and burdock kinpira, steamed broccoli, simmered kabocha (pumpkin).

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Written by mellie on September 14th, 2008 | Tags: | Leave a comment | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post
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