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HOT Alert: Week of 5 October

October 5, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

This week’s it’s all about Fringe, Fringe, Fringe: Melbourne Fringe Festival #5 – Opening night of the drama She’s My Baby, billed as “Two Monologues, One Couple, Sixteen Years Apart” and showing at the Trades Hall on Tuesday 6 October; Melbourne Fringe Festival #6 Comedy show 21 – ‘Cause you’ll only turn it once (probably a [...]

HOT: Crust, 350 Smith St, Fitzroy

September 23, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Is it possible for a pizza to be healthy and tasty? Gourmet pizza makers Crust have started selling a range of pizzas called ‘Healthier choice‘. It’s not just a meaningless euphemism for ‘vegetarian’ or ‘fewer toppings’ – the freshly made pizzas have literally been given the National Heart Foundation tick of approval, which means that [...]

HOT: Spring Fair, Collingwood College, Cnr Cromwell St and McCutcheon Way, Collingwood

September 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I haven’t been to a school fete in years, so I don’t know how the Spring Fair at Collingwood College stacks up compared to other school fetes these days. Let’s just say back in my day (old age, coming right up) we weren’t selling sushi and chickpea curry. But then Collingwood College is an amazingly [...]

HOT: Monsieur Truffe, 90 Smith St, Collingwood

August 16, 2009 ⋅ 10 comments

Today it felt like a big bad wolf was trying to blow my house down. I literally felt myself being lifted off my feet as I struggled my way up gusty Smith Street, so it was a relief to duck mid-trip into the haven of Monsieur Truffe. As soon as I stepped inside this chocolate [...]

NOT: Provenance Restaurant & Bar, 288 Smith St, Collingwood

August 16, 2009 ⋅ 9 comments

I’ll admit that it may not be fair to judge a restaurant on its breakfasts alone, but we should have an inkling of the quality of the fare presented at Provenance when we spotted the ‘Chef wanted’ sign in the window. It wasn’t that the food was desperately terrible, more that it was not done [...]

HOT: Gluttony It’s a Sin, 278 Smith St, Collingwood

August 1, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

If gluttony is a sin then you definitely won’t find redemption at the cafe Gluttony It’s a Sin. As you expect with a name like that, all the food was giant-sized. We’re talking a hunk of toast topped with a cushion of rubbery scrambled eggs, wheels of grilled tomato, onion and potato and a toppling [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]