2012 February | MEL: HOT OR NOT

Giveaway Winners!

February 27, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Thanks to everyone who entered the two giveaways last week! Random.org says that: the two winners of the Melbourne Museum SmartBar double pass giveaway are comments #34 Jennifer and #66 Katrina in chronological order; and the winner of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival IGA World’s Longest Lunch double pass is comment #37 Helen in [...]

Melbourne Food and Wine Festival – IGA World’s Longest Lunch giveaway!

February 24, 2012 ⋅ 64 comments

Oh my! It’s giveaway frenzy this week and today’s giveaway is an experience that maybe money can’t buy…because tickets to the IGA World’s Longest Lunch are almost sold out! The Melbourne Food and Wine Festival is opening at midday Friday 2 March with its showcase event, a three-course lunch designed by hatted regional chefs George [...]

HOT: Brunswick Flour Mill, 337-341 Sydney Rd, Brunswick

February 24, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Brunswick Flour Mill is a casual, pretension-free cafe in the heart of Sydney Road. As their name suggests they are an artisan bakery as well as dining out venue, with loaves, cakes, pastries and ready-made sandwiches all on offer. The all day breakfast/lunch sit down menu is not particularly fancy and frankly a bit dated [...]

NOT: Afternoon Tea, Sofi’s, The Sofitel Melbourne, 25 Collins St, Melbourne

February 21, 2012 ⋅ 4 comments

It’s my not-so-secret mission to taste test every high tea available in metropolitan Melbourne within the time of this blog. I think that’s an entirely doable goal – so far I’ve hit Stranger’s Corridor, The Langham Melbourne, The Westin and now The Sofitel. Sadly, the weekday high tea at Sofi’s, the lobby lounge of The [...]

Melbourne Museum SmartBar giveaway

February 20, 2012 ⋅ 73 comments

If you think Melbourne Museum is a destination only for the pram-pushing set, think again. For one night only on Thursday 1 March, Melbourne Museum is hosting SmartBar a summer pop-up bar that presents drinks and DJ tunes along with a dose of science and history, taxidermy and a dissection. Dazzle your friends with your wealth of knowledge, [...]

HOT: Friday BBQ, Section 8, 27-29 Tattersalls Lane, Melbourne

February 17, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

To celebrate summer (or whenever the warm weather decides to end for good) popular container bar Section 8 are hosting a Friday barbecue of footlong hotdogs. Section 8 is one of my go-to venues for out of town visitors – it’s pretty hidden away in a Chinatown vacant lot, grungy cool in the way Melbourne [...]

HOT: Hako, 310 Flinders Ln, Melbourne

February 15, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Hako is a refined yet relaxed Japanese restaurant located in the office precinct of Flinders Lane. In the narrow half-block between Elizabeth and Queen Streets there are a lot of lunch options and my stomach firmly supports a trip to Hako. The interior design is Zen spare – nothing adorns the expanse of off-white walls [...]

HOT: Mottainai Cycles, 41 Kerr St, Fitzroy

February 13, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Does Fitzroy/Collingwood has the greatest density of bike shops per square kilometre in Melbourne? Being a cycling fan and a local I had thought I was familiar with all the bike shops in the area – but just recently I stumbled across Mottainai Cycles. As in literally stumbled – I tripped over their board sign [...]

HOT: CERES Organic Cafe, CERES Community Environment Park Cnr Roberts and Stewart Streets, Brunswick East

February 10, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments

CERES Community Environmental Park is arguably Melbourne’s hippie hub. CERES stands for Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies and it’s a not-for-profit, sustainable urban farm located on the banks of Merri Creek in East Brunswick. But whether you wear hemp fisherman’s pants or carry a designer label handbag, I think everyone would enjoy [...]

HOT: Poultrygeist, The Commoner, 122 Johnston St, Fitzroy

February 8, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

As a regular reader of this blog you’ll know that (a) I love movies and (b) I love food. So when one of my local favourites The Commoner invited me to the launch night of their first movie-inspired multi-course menu I could hardly say no. And the theme was chooks! Roast chooks! In the form [...]