Heston Blumenthal is renowned for his creativity and ability to give you a childlike experience with whimsical food that excites and ignites your imagination. A couple of examples of this are the ‘meat fruit’ which appears to be a mandarin but is in fact a savoury entre of pate, and the nitro ice-cream trolley where …
The Australian Open festival is back this year and the festivities at Birrang Marr are upon us. Sitting on a big blue beanbag on a grassy knoll, watching the tennis on the big screen and sipping on a cold beverage in the sunshine with your friends is a great way to be spending the next …
As you walk into the store, you are greeted with mountains of cheese behind a glass panel and all you can do is drool. Once you are seated and have a second to catch your breath you take a look at the menu and ask yourself what the hell do you order in cheese heaven? …
Belleville recently had a revamp and the new menu is seasonal with a focus on local produce. They still have thier rockin’ rotiserrie chicken and killer poutine but they now also have some other stand out dishes like the O’connor porterhouse steak and the Tasmanian salmon. Belleville has always been a bit rustic, arty and …
When you think of amazing pasta in Melbourne, Tipo 00 comes to mind. The pasta is handmade and they use only the finest ingredients. It’s a small place but has been packed all hours of the day for many years, which speaks volumes. It’s likely once you’ve tried it, you will be returning back for …
Nostimo is a little burger bar in Elsternwick with a menu of creative burgers that are weird and wonderful. For example, we had migoreng noodles in one of the burgers, our chicken burger had peanut butter and our last burger had a chocolate donut as the bun. They execute the flavours so well that you …
Thirty eight chairs is a cosy Italian restaurant serving amazing Italian food. They named their restaurant ‘Thirty Eight Chairs’ because when they first opened they literally had thirty eight chairs to seat and feed the people. The pasta is handmade and tastes exceptional. No fancy stuff just really good home-style nonna pasta, taking you to …
Laneway Greens are dishing up healthy and delicious meals so you’re probably going to want to add it to your weekly routine. Laneway Greens have a new summer menu with wholesome bowls and superfood smoothies that will make you salivate. I often have good intentions of making my own nutritious bowls at home but to …
La Baia Bar Cucina is an Italian restaurant facing Port Melbourne beach and every Friday they have a live jazz duo playing – you can imagine how lovely this is on a warm balmy night. The atmosphere is a bit romantic so put it on the date night list. The food, the staff, the venue, …
Bowerbird is a bit of an ode to Victoria and local produce. They house an extensive range of Victorian gins, wines and beers, hell even the furniture is locally sourced from around Victoria. Knowing the names of all the gin on offer is one thing but when your bartender Max knows the history of the …
