190 Marine Parade, San Remo
Phone 03 5678 5206
Sunny Winters’ day. Rooftop at San Remo Fishermans Cooperative overlooking the channel and Westernport Bay. Soft flakes of Gummy shark fried in a perfectly crisp beer batter. Crappy squeeze variety tartare sauce. Chips and potato cakes somewhat on the ordinary side. But the seagulls were [...]
361 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Haha. Ha ha ha, ha. This is very amusing.
So to start from the start, most of you (those in Melbourne anyway) have probably heard about the zeitgeist that is Jerome Borazio, a man known for turning dingy laneway establishments into hip and happening venues; Sister Bella, Pushka, [...]
32 Hardware Lane, Melbourne
In celebration of the day the people of Paris stormed the Bastille in 1789, I share with you the mouth-watering Croque Monsieur from Creperie Le Triskel.
This grilled sandwich was first recorded on the menu of a Parisian cafe on the Boulevard des Capucinesas as far back as 1910, although [...]
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 tow, we decided to [...]
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.
At lunch they have a [...]