mid-range

HOT: Wabi Sabi Salon, 94 Smith St, Collingwood

November 12, 2009 ⋅ 9 comments

What happens when you gather two bloggers together on a blind friend date? You get three cameras, two iphones and lots of chat about writing, coding and stats. But this post isn’t about the first meeting of Miss Kish and Jetsetting Joyce – it’s about the fantastical world of Wabi Sabi Salon. ‘Wabi Sabi‘ is [...]

HOT: Peko Peko, 199 Smith St, Fitzroy

October 30, 2009 ⋅ 10 comments

The strip between Johnston and Gertrude Streets on Smith Street is takeaway heaven. Slowly RM and I are taste-testing our way down the street as our workloads increase and cooking-energy levels decrease. Peko Peko is billed as a Japanese cafe and it seems to be a popular local haunt. The small, relaxed place is decorated with [...]

HOT: Grossi Florentino Cellar Bar, 80 Bourke Street, Melbourne

October 28, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

And it’s a…..GOAL! After the disappointing misstep of Grossi Florentino Grill, Guy Grossi’s empire has redeemed itself on this blog by delivering the goods at Grossi Florentino Cellar Bar. The waxed wood interior of the Cellar Bar is a beautiful narrow space straight out of la dolce vita Italy but note that it is really [...]

HOT: Mr Price’s Foodstore, 502 Queensberry St, North Melbourne

October 27, 2009 ⋅ 6 comments

The first time someone wrote to me ‘looking forward to meeting you IRL’ I had to look up what IRL meant. Ah – In Real Life! Since joining the Twitterverse a few months ago, I’ve been collecting followers and following others. Most of the people I’ve never met IRL, despite knowing all about their likes, [...]

Ask the Doctor: Eating itinerary for HOT new restaurants

October 24, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Help me Doctor!: I’m going to be in town for a week – could you recommend five restaurants for me to visit, one for each day, Monday to Friday? I haven’t been back to Melbourne in a while so would like to try some new places. – Miranda Your prescription: So Miranda, you want to [...]

HOT: Pick and Eat Winter BBQ, Heide Museum of Modern Art, 7 Templestowe Rd, Bulleen

August 14, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

One of the joys of not working is that on a balmy winter’s day, I can go for a bike ride through bucolic scenery and bask in the sun after a picnic lunch, while everyone else is cooped up, grey-faced in a temperature-controlled office cubicle. So I was most excited when I woke up this [...]

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: Strangers Corridor, Parliament House, Spring St, Melbourne

June 16, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Continued unemployment means that every day is a potential duvet day. I have ample opportunity slump around the house in tracksuit pants and a food-splattered fleece, so any excuse to dress up and get out of the house is always welcome. On Tuesday I decided to take my ladylike self to high tea at the [...]

HOT: Mess Hall, 51 Bourke St, Melbourne

March 26, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Ever since my last visit to MEL, I’d been looking forward to a repeat tasting of the homemade muesli at The Mess Hall. Well, the clean-cut walls, dark wood tables and friendly service were the same, but god knows what they’ve done to their muesli recipe! Not only was it not the same as last [...]