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HOT: Put Victoria on Your Table Cellar Door and Artisan Market, Melbourne Food and Wine Festival 2013, Como House & Garden, Corner Williams Rd & Lechlade Ave, South Yarra

March 2, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

Melbourne’s unpredictable weather has turned on the sunshine this weekend – perfect weather for outdoor eating and drinking. And a festive garden party is a picturesque location for wining and dining al fresco as part of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival 2013. Put Victoria On Your Table: Cellar Door and Artisan Market is a [...]

HOT: Paris to Provence Festival, Como House & Garden, Cnr Williams Road & Lechlade Avenue, South Yarra

November 24, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Paris to Provence, Melbourne’s favourite festival celebrating all things French, is back in the bucolic surrounds of National Trust’s Como House this weekend. There’s market stalls, music, food and festivities and the festival gets bigger and better every year (this is its third year). Here are my highlights: Grab some charcuterie, cheese and a baguette [...]

HOT: Thirty Eight Chairs, 4A Bond St, South Yarra

November 2, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Amongst the glitz of Chapel Street you’ll find an unexpected slice of unpretentious Italian charm behind a concrete facade. Turn down unprepossessing Bond Street and draw up a seat at Third Eight Chairs. I promise you won’t regret it. This tiny all-day cafe/restaurant is the work of an ex Caffe e Cucina manager, an ex [...]

HOT: The Hatton Hotel, 65 Park St, South Yarra

October 29, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Sometimes a break from the routine is a good thing for the soul. So even though I live, work and play in Melbourne I relished the opportunity to take a weekend break at The Hatton Hotel thanks to my friend K. The Hatton is a 20-room boutique hotel located near the Botanical Gardens in South Yarra, which [...]

HOT: Rumi’s 40 Days of Lent with Joseph Abboud, The Essential Ingredient, Prahran Market, Elizabeth St, South Yarra

April 8, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments

Happy Easter! If you were observing Lent you are probably celebrating the end of the 40 days with some feasting today. While I’m not religious I am interested in the rituals and traditions of Lent, so I recently attended a demonstration class at The Essential Ingredient with Joseph Abboud, the chef/owner of contemporary Middle Eastern restaurant, Rumi, [...]

HOT: Afternoon tea, Burch and Purchese Sweet Studio, 647 Chapel St, South Yarra

April 5, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments

For a pre-Easter treat Gourmet Chick and I cycled down to South Yarra dressed in ladylike garb to partake in an afternoon tea at Burch and Purchese. Though really we should have worn our Mad Hats as the afternoon was definitely a trip to Wonderland. In the pink and brown confection of a store you will find [...]

HOT: Mama Baba, 21 Daly St, South Yarra

January 22, 2012 ⋅ One comment

Another day, another George Calombaris restaurant opens. That man (along with Andrew McConnell and Chris Lucas) is taking over this town! But that’s ok, when he’s able to bring consistently excellent food and service to the four corners of Melbourne. He’s got it all covered – north, south, east, central…the only place missing is west (and [...]

HOT: Malmaison at Paris to Provence Festival, Como House and Garden, South Yarra

December 6, 2011 ⋅ 3 comments

A few weeks ago I attended the Paris to Provence Festival as the end stop of the Melbourne Tweed Ride. It was a bright sunshiney day and perfect for strolling around the grounds of Como House eating and drinking French delights, doing a spot of shopping and apparently a great opportunity to pull out your [...]

HOT: Melbourne Tweed Ride 2011

November 29, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Tally-ho ladies and gents! Thanks to some Sunday sun, a group of about 50 well-dressed cyclists gathered for the annual Melbourne Tweed Ride. Tweed wearers and vintage-stylers rode out from Federation Square along the tweedy brown Yarra River to Como House, which was hosting the Paris to Provence Festival. We got many amazed glances, friendly waves and [...]

HOT: Cafe Bursaria, Como House, cnr Lechlade Ave and Williams Rd, South Yarra

September 12, 2011 ⋅ 3 comments

The website of Cafe Bursaria has the tagline ‘South Yarra’s best kept secret’. You know what, I think for once that kind of puffery is true. I lived in South Yarra for four years, within cooee of Como House, and I’d never heard of, let alone stepped inside, Cafe Bursaria. Which is a shame because [...]

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