2009 July | MEL: HOT OR NOT

Ask the Doctor: Best Peking duck

July 20, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Help me Doctor!: I have a craving for Peking Duck. Which restaurant does the best duck in Melbourne? - Michael S Your prescription: Rumour has it that the best Peking Duck can be found at Old Kingdom, 197 Smith St Fitzroy. Other Peking Duck establishments include: Flower Drum, 17 Market Lane, Melbourne (very nice, very expensive) and the [...]

HOT: UK Overgrown, Panelpop, 117 Brunswick St, Fitzroy

July 17, 2009 ⋅ One comment

I’m a little disappointed that I won’t be in Melbourne this weekend, as otherwise I’d be completely immersed in State of Design, Victoria’s design festival. Fortunately, some of the events are open during the course of ten day festival. So today I decided to visit the venue closest to me, Panelpop, which is displaying a [...]

Ask the Doctor: Great breakfasts close to the city

July 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Help me Doctor!: can you recommend a cafe close to city which does great breakfasts? (i m taking my ex boss and his wife out on sunday! – so funky but not too funky if you know what i mean!) - Andrea F Your prescription: More information needed! Which side of the inner city do you [...]

Ask the Doctor: Milliner for wedding hat

July 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Help me Doctor!: ‘…Let me know if you hear of a good miliner/veil person, I think I’d really like an interesting little hat/veil thing for my wedding.’ - Jenny T Your prescription: Melissa Jackson, 195 Gertrude St, Fitzroy does some fantastic millinery. Not your Toorak ladies-who-lunch styles at all. Otherwise, I suggest vintage clothing stores for little [...]

HOT: Telegramstop

July 16, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

Today I’ve been channelling my inner Swedish housewife by baking some cinnamon buns and walnut and sultana bread. As I haven’t managed to leave the house yet (it’s so warm and smells so good!), I thought I’d write an overdue HOT about Telegramstop. Everyone’s communicating via the electronic world these days. I confess that I [...]

NOT: Degraves Espresso Bar, 23 Degraves St, Melbourne

July 15, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Blind dates are always a risky endeavour. But I’ve always had good luck forming close friendships when my friends set me up with their friends, and even once managed to sustain a two year relationship as a result of a blind friend date. So when Matchmaker friend H suggested that J and I meet A [...]

HOT: Red Cliff, Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton

July 14, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Red Cliff (note official website is in Japanese!) is an epic Chinese drama based on events described in the ancient Chinese historical text “Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms”. The story is very well known in Chinese literature in a romantised version ‘Romance of the Three Kingdoms’, which may partly explain the film adaptation’s phenomenal box office [...]

HOT: Japanese Bath House, 59 Cromwell St, Collingwood

July 14, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Japanese Bath House is located just a short walk from my house, so as part of the extended 30th birthday festivities I thought I’d treat myself to a rejuvenating soak. I’m not old, I’m just dehydrated! The bath house is an unprepossessing white brick building, sitting amongst the grungy warehouses of fashion wholesalers. However, [...]

HOT: Anada, 197 Gertrude St, Fitzroy

July 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

If you have a Monday birthday there aren’t too many options for a birthday meal, so I was delighted when Tranzie suggested that they treat me to dinner at the Spanish restaurant Anada, one of those funky Gertrude Street places that I just never got around to trying before. The chef has previously worked at [...]

HOT: Every Little Step, Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton

July 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

A Chorus Line is every dancer’s story: the childhood dreams, constant work and injury, the ruthless auditions, hope for the ‘big break’ and soul-destroying disappointment. In 2006, the musical was revived for Broadway and open call castings were announced. 3000 dancers lined the streets to audition for nineteen roles, from seasoned Broadway performers to newbies [...]