south yarra
HOT: Lucky Country, Palace Como, 299 Toorak Rd, South Yarra
The theatrical distribution company Footprint Films is only releasing four Australian films this year: Samson and Delilah; My Year Without Sex; Lucky Country and Balibo. The first three films couldn’t be any different in location, tone and characterisation – yet a consistent theme is that they all speak to what it means to be Australian. [...]
HOT: Ganache Chocolate Lounge, 250 Toorak Rd, South Yarra
The master chocolatier from Koko Black has defected to South Yarra to open his own chocolate store and cafe, Ganache Chocolate Lounge. The cafe tables and leather sofa make a cosy retreat from the South Yarra shopping strips and the selection of handmade chocolates and gelatos are a nice alternative to a restaurant dessert. For [...]
HOT: Cosi Bar Ristorante, 68 Toorak Rd, South Yarra
Cosi‘s gone upmarket since I was last there, regularly devouring their fabulous pancakes for breakfast. The light-filled restaurant still has the lovely courtyard area, but the tables are now covered by white linen tableclothes and the food is much more formal. That’s not necessarily a criticism, it’s just not what we were expecting for a [...]
HOT: Tulpan, Cinema Como, 299 Toorak Rd, South Yarra
I made a pretty easy bet with RM that a film set in Kazakhstan would involve two things – steppes and camels. In the first second of Tulpan, both of these appeared to set the scene for the domestic drama of the young man Asa, his sister, her stern husband and brood of adorable children, [...]
HOT: Aesop Facial Treatment , 153 Toorak Rd, South Yarra
During my teen years, I was lucky enough to display smug, blemish-free skin while everyone else at school was bulk-buying Clearasil. My luck changed though when I hit my last stressful year of school and for years later I was stuck in a quagmire of testing, searching and discarding skincare products – until I was [...]
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