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Yakiniku at Takumi

32 Bourke Street, Melbourne Phone 03 9650 7020

‘Takumi‘ in Japanese literally translates as connoisseur, but to me it now just means a place to find some rather great Japanese food. The restaurant specialises in sumibi yakiniku (smokeless grill), and as mentioned previously, wagyu. So with friend Bria in [...]

Bento at Takumi

32 Bourke Street, Melbourne Phone 03 9650 7020

Takumi is a newish authentic Japanese restaurant located at the top end of Bourke Street.  Specialising in wagyu and yakiniku (Japanese BBQ), our first experience of Takumi was for lunch, although we were so impressed, we soon went back for dinner.

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Popiah

We recently celebrated Kong Kong’s (Dan’s grandfather) birthday with a popiah party. So…what is popiah, and why do you need a party to have it?

Popiah are fresh spring rolls (usually made to order) common to Singapore, Malaysia and China.  It requires a fair bit of preparation (chopping, slicing, dicing, mincing, [...]

Mushroom Hunting Tours at Moorooduc

Spent an awesome morning last Sunday in Moorooduc (Mornington Peninsula) frollicking through the forest forraging for fascinating fungi.

Mushroom Tours is run by Cameron Russell, a veritible fount of mycophagist knowledge.  The tour kicks off from Moorooduc Estate (where it also ends), and is held each Autumn.  Sorry to say, tours [...]

Izakaya Chuji

165 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne Phone 03 9663 8118

Izakaya Chuji is one of those ol’ perennial favourites that I am surprised I have never blogged.  It has been a sporadic lunch spot for many a year, and an occassional dinner spot (when you can get in!).  To be honest, [...]

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