Feb 21 2010
Category: Bayside, Dinner, French, Lunch, Tapas, breakfast
Chocolate tart: one of the sweet delights on offer at Moulin Noir
Moulin Noir, a little French café/restaurant tucked off Bay St, is a great casual dining experience. It’s perfect for lunch, with sandwiches large enough to silence even the most talkative of ladies. As I found out recently, dinner was pretty good too.
Moulin NoirFeb 13 2010
Category: CBD, Dinner, French, Lunch, Tapas, Vietnamese
Don't want to book? The bar is your friend.
Craving Vietnamese food? Or maybe something a little more ooh la la? Whether it’s Vietnamese or French cuisine you’re after, you’ll find something to please your tastebuds at Coda—another Hot New Thing Down a Laneway Serving Dishes Designed to be Shared.
CodaFeb 8 2010
Category: Chapel St, Dinner, Lunch, breakfast
Gluten-free muesli with yanilla yoghurt and apple
Globe and I met one summer’s morning last year, when a lazy breakfast was on the agenda in Prahran. The soft, warm breeze caressed my legs as I strolled with Tubbymaster into the café, past the cattle that loitered outside the various nightspots dotted along Chapel St.
GlobeJan 12 2010
Category: CBD, Dinner, Lunch, breakfast
It’s a sad moment in time when a dish you love is removed from a restaurant’s menu. Take the European’s duck pie, for example: a plump, golden sphere of love that looked and tasted like perfection. The memory of my last mouthful would linger irresistibly every now and then, bouncing around at the back of my brain, whispering softly that it was always available, whenever I felt like stopping by …
The EuropeanJan 11 2010
Category: Bayside, Dinner, Lunch, Mediterranean, Tapas, breakfast
Seasonal fresh fruit plate with passionfruit hung yoghurt
This is the question I chose to answer, after perusing Nacional’s breakfast menu on a sunny Melbourne morning. You might remember that Mr Tubbymaster and I were impressed with the tapas we sampled at this contemporary café on the border of Albert Park and Middle Park.
NacionalDec 15 2009
Category: Chapel St, Dinner, Italian, Lunch
The calamari: simply delicious
Turn down the lights and turn up the romance, for this little restaurant on Chapel St is the perfect restaurant for two. The atmosphere is spot-on at this little Italian haunt: it’s busy and bustling, and the tables could be an inch too close, but there’s something about Caffé e Cucina that really oozes charm.
Dec 7 2009
Category: CBD, Dinner, French, Lunch
The fish and chips: whole, fried whiting atop a latticed mat of obese chips
When Mr Tubbymaster chose Bistro Guillaume for our first date, little did he know that this elegant French brasserie was my favourite restaurant at the time. Whether it was fabulous taste or sheer luck, he remains my partner-in-eating to this day.
Dec 4 2009
Category: Bayside, Dinner, Lunch, Mediterranean, Tapas, breakfast
One problem with the city on a rainy Saturday night is the traffic. If you don’t want to contend with Melbourne’s public transport system, you’ll likely have to circumnavigate the CBD along with everyone else who’s searching for that elusive off-street car park.
Thankfully, there’s no such worry when heading to Nacional, a Mediterranean-inspired eatery, provedore and bottle shop from the same stable as city restaurant Syracuse. It’s out of the way—walking the tightrope between Albert Park and Middle Park—meaning you can dash out of the car and be settled in this slick, contemporary establishment without an entrée of silk dress à la raindrop.
NacionalNov 27 2009
Category: Bayside, Dinner, Japanese, Lunch
What is ‘moshi moshi’?
1) Commonly used to answer the telephone in Japanese, similar to ‘hello’.
2) A cosy Japanese restaurant in Port Melbourne.
Moshi MoshiNov 24 2009
Category: CBD, Dinner, Lunch, Spanish, Tapas, Wine bar
Churros con chocolate
AROUND 3 PM ON A WARM MELBOURNE DAY
Tubbymistress is getting hungry. She gazes longingly at her computer screen, then outside at a slender tree swaying softly in the breeze.
TUBBYMISTRESS: Oh, I’d love to go to MoVida Next Door tonight.
MoVida Next Door