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HOT Chat: Karishma Kasabia of Miss Kish

March 28, 2010 ⋅ 5 comments

Regular readers may know that I stumbled upon Miss Kish’s blog a couple of months ago and developed a huge blog crush. Then when I met the lovely Karishma of Miss Kish in real life, I developed a bit of a crush on her too. We’re now working on an exciting new project together! Read [...]

NOT: The Soup Place, 14 Centre Place, Melbourne

March 26, 2010 ⋅ 15 comments

Before I have a mob of art school students boycotting the blog in protest at my NOT, let me get a word in edgewise. The Soup Place isn”t bad. It’s just that compared with all of the cafes in Centre Place and the vicinity, I wouldn’t particularly recommend it as a must-visit. From the bustling [...]

HOT: Siglo Bar, Level 2, 161 Spring St, Melbourne

March 23, 2010 ⋅ 9 comments

The summer heat is fading, so now’s your final chance to lounge around in the breeze of Melbourne’s open-air rooftop bars. Melbourne’s CBD offers a rooftop aesthetic for everyone, from kitsch (Madame Brussels), funky (Rooftop Bar) to corporate (Collins Quarter). The classiest of them all is Siglo Bar, which sits atop of the elegant restaurant [...]

I’m getting married tomorrow!

March 19, 2010 ⋅ 23 comments

MEL: HOT OR NOT is the decisive guide to Melbourne, but it’s also a diary for myself, my family and friends, detailing all of my comings and goings in my home town. So it feels a bit strange to post a restaurant critique, a film review or an interview at the moment – as tomorrow [...]

HOT: Metlink Edible Garden, Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, City Square, Swanston St, Melbourne

March 17, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

I wish the Metlink Edible Garden was a permanent fixture in Melbourne’s CBD. Just for the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival (which is being held between 12-23 March), City Square has been transformed into a living, breathing biosystem. Australia’s largest gardening club The Digger’s Club have been responsible for planting 60 heirloom varieties in the [...]

HOT: Mag Nation, 88 Elizabeth St, Melbourne

March 16, 2010 ⋅ 14 comments

I like free stuff. I’m just not sure whether Melbourne is ready to see my bum in order for me to get it. Cool magazine shop Mag Nation (the land of magazines yay!) is currently holding a promotion called Undies Monday. Yes, you heard right – if you strip down to your underwear between 12-5pm [...]

HOT: LTRHDS Letterheads 2010, 1000 £ Bend, 361 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne

March 16, 2010 ⋅ 9 comments

LTRHDS Letterheads is an exhibition of, you guessed it, letters of the alphabet. But this isn’t just a grown-up version of Sesame Street. Each piece of artwork denoting A to Z has been produced by 26 different artists, cartoonists, graffiti artists, graphic designers and illustrators from Australia, UK, US, Japan and Brazil. The free exhibition [...]

HOT: Gingerboy, 29 Crossley St, Melbourne

March 15, 2010 ⋅ 5 comments

For various reasons, I’ve had to cancel three successive meals at Gingerboy – now I’m half-mad at my friends that I’ve been denied for so long. Gingerboy is awesome. The narrow space is darkly sexy and very cool, with plastic piping echoing a tunnel made of bamboo sticks and red silk threads fringing elements of [...]

NOT: Fifteen Melbourne, Basement, 115-117 Collins Street, Melbourne

March 11, 2010 ⋅ 22 comments

To eat and do good? A $15 two course lunch at Fifteen Melbourne was too good to pass up. For those who don’t know, Fifteen is a worldwide social enterprise business started by famous uber-energetic chef Jamie Oliver. Its aim is to provide apprenticeship scheme for young people, between the ages of 18 and 24, [...]

HOT: Marvellous March in Melbourne

March 7, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

I’m all for comfort food, opaque tights and scarves (I think it’s a reaction to growing up in sunny Queensland) – yay for Marvellous March! Marvellous March is also the name of a handy little booklet produced by That’s Melbourne with details of the big events around Melbourne that will make you love autumn. This [...]