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Alinea
- Tue 1st Dec 2009 |
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I know it's a Melbourne-based website, but 28 courses and 4.5 hrs at the number 10 restaurant in the world deserved a mention, at least! Forgive the poor photo quality, but I wanted to get these pics up quickly. Since Alinea is in Chicago IL, not Melbourne AUS, I won't write a formal review, but wil... |
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Attica
- Sat 4th Apr 2009 |
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Wow.
For me, the Gourmet Husbands dinner at Attica was an eye opening experience.
As I begin to write this review, I am feeling significantly out of my depth,
I don't even know where to start. Who am I to comment on a restaurant which
attained the title of 2009 Restaurant of th... |
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Bella Vedere
- Sat 6th Mar 2010 |
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It's not often you see a hand-written menu, or chefs in a garden picking what will soon be on your plate, but for me, those two small things told me exactly what I wanted to know: this is why the locals recommend Bella Vedere.
We were celebrating my wife's birthday, but had booked by chan... |
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Bistro Flor
- Wed 8th Oct 2008 |
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Midweek (whoops - and weekend!) gem
Flor is one of those restaurant/bars that got it right - it's hard to strike the right balance between casual bar and restaurant food, but when a place gets it right, it's fantastic. Flor used to be a bit more relaxed, a winebar that also served tap... |
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Bistro Guillaume
- Fri 6th Mar 2009 |
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A birthday indulgence
Step inside Bistro Guillaume and you're immediately hit by what it isn't: a gaudy, loud casino restaurant with ritzy glamour dishes and snooty wait staff.
Guillaume Brahimi's Melbourne venture is a probably a more understated venture than it'... |
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Bistro Guillaume
- Fri 26th Feb 2010 |
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Hard to spell, easy to eat
Once again, we needed an occasion spot. This time the celebration of me
being a Gourmet Husband for two years, previous to that I was merely a
Gourmet Fiance. The short list was whittled down to two: The Deanery,
and Bistro Guillaume. We set... |
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Chin Chins at Koto Moon
- Wed 22nd Oct 2008 |
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A sentimental affinity
I must get my disclaimers out of the way at the start of this
review. I have somewhat of an emotional attachment to Chin Chin's
at Koto Moon. Sarah and I have been coming here for years, for birthdays,
anniversaries, valentines days etc. We took our friends h... |
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Church Street Enoteca
- Sun 3rd May 2009 |
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Another Reason To Ignore Lygon Street
The Italian word Enoteca has the literal translation: wine repository. This is something
that Church St Enoteca in Richmond has taken to heart, with a wine list that would be called
extensive if I were to understate it, but more on t... |
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Coda Bar and Restaurant
- Sat 24th Jul 2010 |
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Another night at the bar
It was another impromptu Friday night dinner for Sarah and I after another kind of average work week. After ring... |
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Comme Kitchen
- Sun 18th Jul 2010 |
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It's been a little while since our actual visit to Comme, but we had a really enjoyable time so I thought it best to put a little something up he... |
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Cookie
- Fri 12th Dec 2008 |
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Lunch on the run
At night, Cookie is one of those young, hip, happening places that makes me feel old. The food's great, but with dance music thumping away in the same room, I have a tenancy to sit grumpily waiting for my ear drums to burst so that I may have a moment's peace.
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Court House Hotel
- Sat 4th Jul 2009 |
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It's been almost three weeks since we visited this North Melbourne local, so the details are starting to fade. Thankfully, Lachie is going to be visiting shortly, so I imagine he can fill in the gaps here and there. Until then, here are a few thoughts that immediately come to mind...
The ... |
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Cumulus Inc.
- Tue 6th Apr 2010 |
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A Monday That Didn't Suck
It had been a pretty average weekend, with work piling up and Sarah having a grand total of about 4.2 minutes free. After three very late nights infront of a computer, then a Monday at work, there was only one reasonable course of action. Out for dinner.
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Embrasse
- Mon 26th Oct 2009 |
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I have one really big gripe that I need to get out of the way, which is almost totally irrelevant: the website. When will restaurateurs learn that flash-only, resolution restricting websites which are unusable on anything other than Mac or Windows running at 1280x1024 are incredibly annoying ... |
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Enoteca Sileno
- Thu 23rd Oct 2008 |
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Oysters and Bubbly
After spending a little time in Italy, it's hard to come home to cheesy Lygon
st restaurants with the same worn out pizza and pasta menues. Enoteca Sileno
couldn't be more different. There is so much more to Italian food when you're
in Italy, and we'... |
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Esposito
- Thu 1st Apr 2010 |
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As the Easter weekend crowds started to spill out the freeways to grasp at a few days off work, we met up with friends for a quiet dinner at what is fast becoming a local favourite: Esposito. Formerly the Carlton stalwart "Toofey's", the seafood specialist has maintained a reputation for quality pro... |
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Ezard at Adelphi
- Sun 26th Oct 2008 |
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The Ezard Experience
Set in a long, narrow dining room beneath the Adelphi hotel in Flinders Lane, Ezard has a reputation
for innovative food. From our dining experience it was easy to see why. If I had to come
up with a single word to describe the dishes it would be creative... |
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Farmers Arms Hotel
- Fri 31st Jul 2009 |
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What All Gastro-Pubs Should Be
Ahh, the Gastro-Pub. I don't much go for that phrase. Too often it seems to
me to be code for a pub with a kitchen, and delusions of gran... |
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Grossi Florentino
- Mon 20th Jul 2009 |
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A grand evening
It's been referred to as "Melbourne 's grandest dining room," and at one time it probably was, but although the food impressed, I couldn't help but think that the rooms reminded me of a once-great-operatic-diva-in-retirement. Perhaps they should have bought a coat of ... |
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Guillaume at Bennelong
- Sun 5th Jul 2009 |
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So it's not really fair, I guess. I mean really, I shouldn't compare restaurants. That's not what we're about. But I just can't help it. Two restaurants. Two cities. One chef: Guillaume.
The entrance to the restaurant is through the generic opera house cafe, bordered on one side by bain-m... |
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