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Buried deep within the confines of China Town in the CBD, Shoya is a restaurant recommended by many for its modern spin on traditional Japanese Omakase cuisine. Would Japanese master-chef Shigeo Nonaka live up to his reputation for unique and exquisite flavours? Read More
Ever since one of my colleagues at work mentioned that there was a restaurant serving pizza with truffle oil, I just knew I would be drawn to it like a moth to the seductive white light. Casually tossed out as a suggestion for a place to dine after an exhausting day of shopping, I immediately nodded my head in the affirmative, with an almost suspicious eagerness that was not lost with my guest. Sensing that any other proposal would be left out to dry, we abandoned the pretence of dining at any other location and set our sights on this small Italian bar that had perked my attention for some time now.
I don’t go out to eat breakfast a lot these days. In fact, I don’t eat much of a breakfast at all. This of course, is a crime against humanity, and hundreds of small, decadent cafes that thrive off the “most important meal of the day”. So whenever I do make the effort of waking up early enough to warrant a breakfast that isn’t at lunchtime, I try to discover places that will tempt me out of bed again. Do I dare look a gift Snow Pony in the mouth?
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Laksa King situated in the western suburbs of Melbourne, is one of the most talked about places to find the supposed holy grail of authentic Malaysian hawker food. With a plethora of favourable reviews from both friends and online sources, it was high time I had a chance to see what the fuss was all about. A quick preview of arguably one of Melbourne’s most popular Malaysian restaurant follows.
French food has to rank up there as one of my all time favourite cuisines. After my brief holiday in France in 2008, I was hopelessly hooked to the French way of dining. So whenever an opportunity presents itself to try out a new French restaurant that I’ve never been, I jump at the chance. Did Frenchy’s Bistro’s dinner meal delight and enthral me like our previous French restaurant did? Read More
Apparently, I dine out a lot. That’s what I thought as I randomly scrawled through the pages of our entertainment book, frantically searching for a restaurant while cruising around the city end of Melbourne. Finally, we found a place, Gurkhas, that wasn’t booked out or too far from our current destination, and so on a mere whim we decided to dine at a place, in which we didn’t have the foggiest idea where the country of origin even was!
Closeup of a steamed hargow
Every few weeks I make the long trek down to Docklands and graze within the walls of the American food behemoth known as Costco. With a wide breadth of cheap food available, every now and again I’ll pick and choose a product that seems interesting, new or just plain weird and test the waters so you don’t have to!
To start the ball rolling this week, I’ve decided to give Chan’s Prawn Hargow product a go, and hopefully, your Sunday lunch yum cha spectacle won’t be the only place to sample these delicious prawn crowd favourites.
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Early this year, I had the fortunate chance to tour China in the areas in and around Shanghai. For one single exhilarating week, we saw wonderful sites, embarked on breaktaking scenery and of course, ate absolutely mouth watering food. Step inside to check out a gallery of a few shots of food I could capture before my hunger got the better of me.
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Let’s face it. When Dominos is charging five bucks a pizza these days, why would anybody in their right mind spend 20+ dollars on fancy schmancy “gourmet” pizzas?
With new Crust franchises opening almost as fast as Apple stores, obviously a lot of people are willing to spend the dough. Is that dough really justified? We find out inside!
Fine dining and Asian cuisine has never really been a great mix for me. I’ve always seemed to feel that Asian cooking requires almost that rustic, off the side of the street hawker style experience to really enjoy the food.
Having never been to Tao’s restaurant before, I wasn’t sure I was ready to embrace Asian food in the fine dining category for this late dinner meal.
Looking for a decent, traditional and (most importantly) light dinner after a heavy family lunch can be a tough endeavour.
Does the recently opened Japanese sushi train restaurant Edomae, in box hill satisfy the crucial requirements of being light, affordable and delicious? Read on to find out!