Sweets
Hammer and Tong
To be honest, I would suggest that before reading any further you just glance at Hammer and Tong’s menu here. Now come back and email me here if the menu alone did not excite you or inspire you to visit. To date, Hammer and Tong remains one of the most impressive Melbourne brunch spots (and if...
Tiramisù Recipe (without cream & alcohol)
Tiramisù Recipe (without cream and alcohol) By Jen Curcio This tiramisù recipe is a very special dish in my family which Mum only whips up for special celebrations or requests. After a fair bit of begging Mum finally agreed to share her tiramisù recipe. I’ve adapted it ever so slightly over time to suit my...
Foodie Profile #8 – Miss Biscuit
(Image of Julia Day taken by Haven Lifestyle Photography) When Julia Day starting making biscuits she found couldn’t stop. Her biscuit range started growing and so did her orders, and the rest as they say is history. We chat to Julia of Miss Biscuit about how she started, her most popular biscuit requests and...
Guest Recipe: Raw Chocolate, Tahini and Coconut Slice
Raw Chocolate, Tahini and Coconut Slice – guest recipe by Coconut Health and Healing Serves 4 2 cups of shredded coconut 2 tablespoons of coconut oil 1 teaspoon of coconut sugar ½ cup of unhulled tahini or any nut butter of your choice 2 tbsp of raw cacao powder 1 teaspoon of maca...
Combi Coffee
(The Combi Coffee Laneway) The grand people from Combi Coffee have relocated…just down the road (in case you hadn’t seen the herds of people oozing out of the place). I was a big fan of their coffee and there was definitely a period there where I would make any excuse to ‘have’ to swing...
Burch and Purchese
(Image Credit: Burch and Purchese) Burch and Purchese is a sweet shop reminiscent of the Willy Wonka Factory but smaller and no Oompa Loompa’s. Picture sweet treats of intensive imaginary proportions, like choc pops filled with caramel, Popcorn Honeycomb Rubble, jars of salted caramel, afternoon tea treats and cakes like smoked white chocolate, coffee, cardamom...
Jinda Thai
(Top right: Spring Rolls, Bottom right: Beef boat Noodle soup) Jinda was recommended to me late last October at a Food Blogger event. We were talking about new restaurants we were loving, then Jinda Thai was mentioned and it was the subject of conversation for the next 5 minutes. Two months later I finally...
Gelato Messina
(Gelato Messina’s new Fitzroy store in Melbourne) Established in Sydney in 2002, Gelato Messina is an institution Australia wide. 11 years later they decided to call Melbourne their second home – all we ask is what took them so long? Is it worth a trip to Messina? For sweet tooths and gelato lovers it is...
Sauced Pasta Bar
The Chapel Street landscape has changed dramatically in the last five or so years, with furniture shops reopening as cafés, op shops relaunching as Mexican restaurants, and the most recent addition a hair salon turning into a pasta bar. We can all agree that in Melbourne food reigns, much more than blow waves, couches or...
Review: I Carusi Pizza
(Simplicity and flavour in its most elegant form, the Carusi II Margherita pizza) I Carusi II in St Kilda, happens to be in our top 10 favourite pizza restaurants in Melbourne. Given that most of their staff are native Italians, you can be sure you are getting an authentic pizza. However, the most important way...
Review: The Abyssinian
The Chef’s Combination at The Abyssinian Travel to Kensington, and you’ve saved yourself the trouble of going to the horn of Africa. At The Abyssinian, discover the flavoursome delights of Eritrean and Ethiopian food just a few suburbs away from the CBD. All main dishes are served on the traditional Injera bread, an airy...
Cookie
(Stir fried pork belly with red curry, green peppercorns, kaffir lime and green beans) We all know it and we all love it, but sometimes we forget about it: Cookie, is a real treat in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD. Situated in Curtin House, it is also the same building that houses Melbourne’s open air Rooftop...
