Monthly Archives for June 2011
Nothing says “I love you, #fatty” like a burger cake
It’s @eatnik‘s birthday today. Happy birthday #fatty!! For a few weeks, @jeroxie and I had been scheming and planning a birthday cake for her, as she’d been the kind purveyor of awesome birthday cakes for us both (a crazily rich … Continue reading
Sen
74-76 Nicholson St, Footscray Phone: 9687 4450 There’s been a lot of buzz about new restaurants opening in Melbourne lately. The Age had an article about a slew of new places opening, giving a bit of a guide to the … Continue reading
Sun Kee
352-354 Chapel Street, South Yarra Phone: 9827 7110 My grandfather turned 93 this year. Ever since his 90th birthday, which I missed because I was in Viet Nam, but was apparently quite the to-do, each birthday celebration has become a … Continue reading
Yum Cha at Dai Duong
Shop 5/64 Hopkins St, Footscray Phone: 9689 9899 Regular readers of this blog will know that I, as a child of Chinese migrants, and as a thoroughly modern Melburnian, love yum cha. This Chinese version of brunch/lunch/morning tea is partly … Continue reading
Chin Chin
125 Flinders Lane, Melbourne CBD Phone: 8663 2000 Website: http://www.chinchinrestaurant.com.au/ Full disclosure: @thatjessho works at Chin Chin, and she’s a good friend of mine. It might just be because of the makeup of my tweetstream, but twitter seems to be … Continue reading
Dainty Sichuan
176 Toorak Road, South Yarra Phone: 9078 1686 It’s been a long time between visits. The first – and until recently, the latest – time I visited Dainty Sichuan Food was in its first incarnation on Smith Street, in Collingwood. … Continue reading
The Napier – a Bogan Burger misfire
210 Napier St, Fitzroy Phone: 9419 4240 It was an event which had been months in the making. It started last year, even. There was talk of smashing and burger domination. It was scheduled, then re-scheduled, then re-scheduled again. @thatjessho … Continue reading