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HOT: Masak Masak, 230 Smith St, Collingwood

May 20, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

Masak Masak has carved out a niche on restaurant-heavy Smith Street with its take on Malaysian hawker food. As soon as you walk into the bright and funky restaurant you’ll notice the charcoal barbeque front and centre. My (Asian) parents were very impressed with this piece of equipment as it’s rare for them to see [...]

HOT: Hammer and Tong 412, rear 412 Brunswick St (enter from Westgarth St), Fitzroy

March 22, 2013 ⋅ 3 comments

Fitzroy, I can’t keep up with you! I was walking along Brunswick Street a few weeks ago when I noticed that the ill-fated Brix restaurant had been resurrected into a cafe called Hammer & Tong 412 with a vaguely Communist looking logo on its doorstep. I made a mental note to visit and have only had [...]

HOT: Cantina della Casa, 13 Gertrude St, Fitzroy

March 20, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

The domination of Gertrude Street by the McConnell brothers (Andrew and Matt) continues with another establishment opening, this time a cafe/deli/providore/bottle shop called Cantina della Casa. The small shop next door to Casa Ciuccio has been given a bright white makeover with unobstrusive smatterings of Latino flavour. One wall is dominated by a wine fridge [...]

HOT: Industry Beans, Warehouse 3, Cnr Rose St & Fitzroy St (enter from Fitzroy St), Fitzroy

March 17, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

How do you convince a non-coffee drinker to drink coffee? Wrap it up in some fancy science and serve it with a smile. Regular readers of this blog will know that I don’t drink coffee. It’s one of my few weirdly inconsistent food habits – I will happily eat coffee cake and coffee ice cream, but [...]

HOT: Roda en camino, Melbourne Food and Wine Festival 2013, The Commoner, 122 Johnston St, Fitzroy

March 10, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

The Commoner is one of my favourite restaurants in Melbourne. It is unpretentious, friendly, cosy and the thoughtful food has a strong focus on local and seasonal produce. Everything they do demonstrates care and a passion in the hard work of their producers and chefs. It’s a restaurant with heart. For the Melbourne Food and Wine [...]

HOT: Shawcross Pizza Joint, 324 Brunswick St, Fitzroy

January 27, 2013 ⋅ 2 comments

From the ashes of a divey kebab joint on Brunswick Street has risen a new pizza restaurant, Shawcross Pizza Joint. The owners of Phat Brats next door have taken over the adjoining site and transformed the space into a New York-style pizza joint. So what does New York-style pizza even mean? “The most notable difference [...]

HOT: Hello Aubergine vegetarian lunch delivery

January 21, 2013 ⋅ 4 comments

I am currently in love with the lunches made by Hello Aubergine, a vegetarian bicycle delivery service run by Pippa Macdonald that delivers once a week in the Fitzroy and Collingwood area. Pippa designs the menu weekly, prepares the food and delivers the orders on her vintage bike, her wicker baskets laden with containers offering a [...]

HOT: Moon Under Water, Builders Arms Hotel, 211 Gertrude St, Fitzroy

January 14, 2013 ⋅ One comment

For the first time in my memory food critic John Lethlean from The Weekend Australian magazine awards a restaurant 5/5 stars. And given it’s only a hop, skip and jump from my home it would be remiss of me not to visit Moon Under Water, the fine dining side of the revamped boozer Builders Arms [...]

HOT: Sonido, 69 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy

December 19, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Sonido is one of the friendliest, happiest cafes I’ve encountered in Fitzroy. Nestled in the less fashionable end of Gertrude Street (though increasingly hip thanks to various McConnell establishments and some cool independent designer stores), this little jumble of a cafe serves Colombian style arepas and other tasty South American style treats with a smile [...]

HOT: Goldilocks Lunch box delivery

September 25, 2012 ⋅ 4 comments

Who would have thought that eating lunch at your desk could actually be a pleasurable experience? Thanks to Goldilocks Lunch Box every Wednesday (between 10am – 12pm) a beautifully packaged and freshly made lunch is delivered straight to your door, courtesy of Goldilocks aka Chrissy. There’s something so thrilling about having your lunch come gift-wrapped. [...]

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