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Il Fornaio, St. Kilda

by jeroxie July 19, 2010

I had a short stint at Lau’s kitchen when I just got out of uni and needed extra cash and saving up for a house. II Fornio is just located next to Lau’s but I’ve never had any interest in trying it out. And of course it didn’t help that I worked in the evenings and it’s closed by the time I got in. But even with the lunch shift that I had, it didn’t seem appealing at that time. Or maybe I was just a poor graduate that was trying to save up money for a house so anything that looks fanciful would have been to expensive for me

Move forward to 2010, hangover and dehydrated from a night’s out of fun, Billy, Mister and I made the effort to finally pay this a visit. Our visit was definitely motivated by the fact that this place has been recently acquired by St. Ali and Philippa Sibley is rocking their ovens.

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Cookbook Challenge W28 (Breakfast) – Roast bone marrow

by jeroxie June 2, 2010

Breakfast is my favourite meal of the day and definitely something that I look forward every weekend. Having a nice breakfast or brunch is such a luxury these days. Going to work every morning is a rush. There is hardly any proper sit down time and usually breakfast consists of a bowl of cereal or a peanut butter and honey sandwich. I don’t mind it but who doesn’t love a good sit down breakfast?

I was very excited about this week’s challenge and wanted to make something very simple but an uncommon dish for breakfast. It has to be an indulgence. Pure indulgence that screams food orgasm. Most likely not to everyone. But this is about us!

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Earl Canteen is about Real food

by jeroxie May 31, 2010

EARL Canteen 500 Bourke Street (enter via Lt Bourke) Melbourne, 3000 (03) 9600 1995 Website Google map There has been a lot of buzz on tweetverse lately about Earl Canteen, the baby of both Jackie and Simon. I was also very fortunate to be invited to the launch of Earl where I met Duncan (Syrup [...]

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Panette, South Melbourne

by jeroxie May 16, 2010

I walk past Panette many times during South Melbourne market weekdays. It always seem packed with breakfast and lunch crowd. So I took the opportunity to visit this place when Mr. S said to catch up for lunch.

I ordered the meatball linguine. It was a mixture of slow cooked veal and pork meatballs with linguine in tomato sugo and topped with thin slices of Parmesan cheese. The meatballs were very juicy and flavourful. It was a very decent plate of pasta. I will give it a benefit of a doubt that the pasta is freshly made or else it means that it is very over cooked!By the way, I like how the sugo coats the pasta. Great consistency.

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ICI Cafe

by jeroxie December 11, 2009

Renovation is almost done. It is just the bathroom rails and replacing the window in the dining area. We have moved back and is living quite shabbily but at least all 3 of us are home. Nothing beats home! Home Sweet Home.
This little bohemian style cafe is tucked away on Napier Street. They serve organic rainforest alliance coffee and support local produce. This explains why the prices here are a little pricey for the food that they serve. I have to say the coffee here is pretty good. Perfect temperature and a lovely deep aroma and flavour. I will be glad to come back just to have a nice latte, sit in one of the little tables and read the papers. It is such a ‘lazy’ place to hang out.

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Outpost in South Yarra

by jeroxie November 26, 2009

Living across the river has its perks and one of which is that there are heaps of lovely cafes around. When I tweeted that I needed suggestions of good places around the South Yarra station, a few tweeps suggested the obvious – Outpost.

The Outpost was one of the extended arms of St. Ali so we expected not good but great coffee. We love the open space, the coffee machine, the kitchen stations and the menu written on big butcher paper and stuck on walls. No partitions or barriers.

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Auction Rooms

by jeroxie November 1, 2009

Auction rooms has been around since last year but a little embarassed to say that this is our first visit. This place used to be an auction room and hence its name but now it is a cafe and a coffee roastery that is open 7 days a week.

We made an early start and went window shopping for bathroom and kitchen ideas at Ikea first. There was so much to do but we still need to eat a proper big breakfast. We were heading to Victoria market next and I remembered @mutemonkey speaking highly of the coffee at Auction rooms. We made our way to Errol street. This area is lined with cafes and little restaurants. I took note of a Malaysian restaurant called Baba house. It has been added to my list of places to eat before 2010 ;)

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Cheesy Frittata with smoked bacon & asparagus

by jeroxie October 15, 2009

I have not been feeling too well lately. As much as I love Spring, I hate it as well. It brings pollens of all sorts. My head weighs a ton and I feel like a bloated goldfish. Despite the pain and blurry vision, a sick girl needs to eat. The last time I used my cute little cast iron pan was to create Baked eggs with black pudding. I had leftover double smoked bacon, Parmesan cheese and asparagus from the weekend. Plus, plenty of eggs. So in my fluffy state of mind, I decided to make a frittata.

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Dead Man Espresso

by jeroxie October 12, 2009

Dead Man Espresso has been opened a little over 3 weeks. When I visited it the first time, I believe they were still installing the dish washer at the back. When the weather gets warmer, tables were be placed along the sidewalk and I believe that the rooftop will be opened to the public.

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What does bacon & maple syrup have in common?

by jeroxie September 21, 2009

It is a love & hate relationship with Sundays. I love it because it is usually a day of cooking and eating and cooking and eating. And I hate it because it includes house cleaning and back to work the next day :( My small kitchen is the favourite place in the house. I love it. I can stand all day, cook, wash up and go on to the next thing.

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A real gem in Kensington – Elevenses cafe

by jeroxie September 8, 2009

Elevenses is located on the side of the Kensington train station that is leading towards the city. It is opened by this sweet couple called Shanny & Tom (Obscura). They have been operating on this current location for the last 5 months and before that, they were located on the other side of the train tracks, operating out from a coffee cart with just a canopy to shelter them from rain & shine!

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Fruits of Passion

by jeroxie August 31, 2009

Fruits of Passion is our usual takeaway coffee place almost every weekend before we head off to the markets. It is always packed over the weekend serving its local with breakfast & coffee.

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Discount voucher giveaway

by jeroxie August 30, 2009

Recently, I recieved an email from Menulog and they are offering the readers a discount voucher. It is easy, just order online and put in your voucher code at the checkout.

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Baked eggs with black pudding & spiced mango chutney

by jeroxie August 18, 2009

I love eggs. Scrambled, sunnyside up, poached, boiled, steamed, baked. I love them all. It is a definite must have on my breakfast menu on the weekends.

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Breakfast at Cumulus Inc.

by jeroxie August 14, 2009

Woke up to an early wet Melbourne morning. And since I will be back in full swing to the Advertising world next week, why not spoil myself to a lovely breakfast at one of my favourite restaurants in Melbourne – Cumulus Inc. (45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne).

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