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HOT: Cutler & Co, 55-57 Gertrude St, Fitzroy

December 2, 2009 ⋅ 6 comments

Cutler & Co is the most hyped restaurant in Melbourne. I take great pleasure in pricking the hype-bubble in HOT OR NOT, so while I was excited to finally score a booking on a Saturday night, my guard was up. Did it really deserve the superlatives thrown at it by Melbourne’s restaurant reviewers and food [...]

HOT: Goshen, 189 Smith St, Fitzroy

November 30, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

I heart heart heart heart Goshen. Authentic hot and spicy Korean food, lovely presentation, a calming interior of dark wood and delicate stencils on green-tea walls and super-friendly smiley staff. It’s easily my favourite cheap eat in Melbourne and the sole (Seoul – guffaw) reason I want to visit Korea. I could just leave the [...]

HOT Alert: Week of 16 November 2009

November 15, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

HOT being the operative word. Lordy me, I’m definitely not a hot-weather person, hopefully this week gives us all some respite. Anyway, a bit of sweatiness isn’t going to stop this week’s social calendar: Free reader event to launch MoVida Rustica at Books for Cooks, 233 Gertrude St Fitzroy. We’ll be meeting author Richard Cornish [...]

HOT Chat: Jessica Rae of Melbourne Op Shop Tours

November 2, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

This week’s HOT Chat is with Jessica Rae from Melbourne Op Shop Tours. I seem to be on a ‘green’ bent lately (check out previous HOT Chats with Eco Fashionista and 321 Water) and Melbourne Op Shop Tours is another Melbourne-based business which takes the approach that being green doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice style [...]

HOT: Shocolate, 3/296 Brunswick St, Fitzroy

October 31, 2009 ⋅ 12 comments

It appears that Melbourne’s appetite for artisan chocolate just keeps expanding – Shocolate is a shiny new chocolatier that has just opened in my hood, near the corner of Brunswick and Johnston Streets. On a steaming hot Saturday the outdoor tables in the teeny front area where all occupied, but anyway we wanted to escape [...]

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: T2 Tea Too, 340 Brunswick St, Fitzroy

October 28, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

As my regular readers will know, I’m getting married soon – and as a Chinese bride it is traditional to have a Chinese tea ceremony. So, another thing to tick off the wedding to-do list was to find a tea set. I wanted something that was vaguely Oriental, without any gaudy gold leaf or dragon/phoenix [...]

HOT: Robotica by Kyle Weyburne, Rose Street Artists Market, 60 Rose St, Fitzroy

October 25, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

Most of the time I’m a sweet, unassuming, ladylike girl who is never critical, sarcastic or competitive. But get me near a Scrabble board and I transform into a ruthless Gordon Gecko type who crows triumphantly at every 7-letter word placed on a triple-word score. These Scrabble cufflinks are from Rose Street Artists Market regular [...]

Ask the Doctor: French restaurant for my mum

October 2, 2009 ⋅ 8 comments

Help me Doctor!: Where can I take my mother for her birthday? She likes French and I took her to France Soir last time. – Huy L Your prescription: Huy, evidently your mum and I are kindred spirits, as my favourite cuisine is French! As soon as I received your question my mind pinged with [...]

NOT: Patee Thai, 371-373 Brunswick St, Fitzroy

September 29, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

I’ll be blunt. Other than the novelty of eating your meal while simultaneously stretching your hip flexors on floor cushions, I can’t think of much else to commend about Patee Thai. The restaurant was decked out in every Thai cliché I could think of (lots of temple references) and the food was bland, anglo-fied Thai [...]