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HOT: Opening Weekend, Melbourne Food and Wine Festival 2013

March 4, 2013 ⋅ One comment

The weather gods looked benevolently on Melbourne on the weekend as people celebrated food and wine as part of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. Rather than bombarding you with a load of posts at once, here’s a potted summary of my HOTs and NOTs over a packed weekend of wining and dining. Some of [...]

HOT: ShanDong MaMa, Shop 7, Mid City Arcade, 200 Bourke St, Melbourne

January 23, 2013 ⋅ 3 comments

Dumplings, dumplings, dumplings – Melburnians just can’t get enough of them. So I predict that new dumpling joint ShanDong MaMa will do well, as they have the distinction of (a) making all their products fresh on premises every day; and (b) receiving the approval of my (Chinese) parents who declared their dumplings some of the [...]

David’s Restaurant Christmas Giveaway!

December 12, 2012 ⋅ 60 comments

It’s only 2 weeks till Christmas, how did the year go so fast??? To help you celebrate the Christmas season one of my favourite Chinese restaurants David’s (see several of my previous posts here) have created some special dishes such as Drunken Whole King Prawns, Shanghai steamed ginger Tsingtao whole crab and their unique take on the [...]

HOT: David’s Restaurant Weekend Yum Cha, 4 Cecil Place, Prahran

October 3, 2012 ⋅ One comment

David’s Restaurant has previously been voted one of Melbourne’s favourite yum cha destinations. They’ve recently revamped their interior design and menu to incorporate a more homely, country Shanghai style. That translates to a beautiful space awash with white and light (a modern interpretation of a Shanghaiese river cottage) accompanied by a menu of family favourites. The relaxed [...]

HOT: Simon’s Peiking Duck, 197b Middleborough Rd, Box Hill South

April 13, 2012 ⋅ One comment

Simon’s Peiking Duck is one of those suburban food destinations that draws inner-city types out of their cobblestone alleyways and power-steering down the freeway. Many of them have followed Simon Lay from his kitchen at Old Kingdom in Collingwood out to the lower reaches of Box Hill, all in the hope of finding the most perfect [...]

HOT: Shanghai Street Dumpling, 342 Little Bourke St, Melbourne

January 18, 2012 ⋅ One comment

A couple of years ago RM and I had a week’s holiday in Shanghai. We ate ourselves silly in all manner of restaurants, with a particularly memorable dumpling gorge at Crystal Jade which is still my gold standard for dumplings worldwide (well, limited to the dumpling places that I’ve tried around the world). Shanghai Street [...]

HOT: Rose Garden BBQ Shop, 435 Elizabeth St, Melbourne

November 23, 2011 ⋅ 6 comments

Rose Garden may sound romantic but it’s not the sort of restaurant where you’d take a first date. But go with your friends, your colleagues, your relatives, on your own – it’s that good! The small no-frills restaurant specialises in cheap, quick Cantonese fare. It’s a favourite amongst international students and office workers during the [...]

HOT: Dumpling Masterclass, Oriental Teahouse, GD 068/69 Melbourne Central

August 27, 2011 ⋅ 3 comments

Restauranter and tea merchant David Zhou has expanded his Oriental Teahouse empire to Melbourne Central. The entrance is not immediately obvious from Elizabeth Steet which is a shame as the fitout is gorgeous – warm and earthy tones beckon you inside while punches of firecracker red accentuate the concept’s Chinese origins. I have blogged about [...]

HOT: Golden Dragon Palace, 363 Manningham Rd, Lower Templestowe

August 16, 2011 ⋅ 8 comments

I don’t shy away from being decisive on this blog so I’m going to make bold claim. Golden Dragon Palace has the best yum cha in Melbourne. So. I’ve put it out there now. Of course, I haven’t eaten at every single yum cha restaurant in Melbourne. It’s possible that there are places that do [...]

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