Ice Teh Tarik: ‘pulled’ tea sweetened with condensed milk – a bit frothless and diluted even before the ice started to melt Ask any Melbourne resident about where to find good Hainanese Chicken Rice in Melbourne and chances are, most of them will chime The Old Raffles Place in Collingwood…or simply “Raffles”. You’d probably wouldn’t [...]
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Clockwise from top-left: one red wine out of an exhaustive wine list, metal art on a backing wall, scoffing down one of my favourites, Hosier Lane My last night in Melbourne and I had my beady eyes set on Barcelona-born Chef Frank Camorra whom I had the pleasure of meeting at Taste of Melbourne. After [...]
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The gorgeous painted ceilings of the Royal Exhibition Building and two chocolate works of art from Sisko Chocolate Oh what a gorgeous building! That was the first thing I uttered after stepping off the tram in Carlton. Well, that and let’s get the hell on in, it’s bloody cold! After battling torrential rain, crowds, a [...]
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Finally my posts from a recent trip to Melbourne are getting off the ground after being taunted relentlessly by a pile of unedited photos and questions from various people of what I ate when I was south of the border. Before I left Sydney, I was hit hard by a craving for roti canai and [...]
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A thousand apologies dear friends. I post and post and then suddenly I seem to disappear off the face of the earth! In this case, it was Melbourne I retreated to for 6 days of R & R. The weather was miserable and cold but the food fabulous. Of course there was a certain event [...]
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