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Reuben Hills, Surry Hills

by jeroxie February 1, 2012

Another week and another cafe in Surry Hills. This time it’s Reuben Hills on Albion Street. The way this cafe is fitted out is so Melbourne-like. It has a long and narrow industrial looking space that opens up at the back. A big share table sits in the middle of the back bit and low [...]

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The Book Kitchen, Gnome and Bruschetteria 102, Surry Hills

by jeroxie January 25, 2012

Mister and I visited Book Kitchen on Bourke Street late last year. It is just located opposite Bourke Street Bakery and usually just as packed with the locals during the weekend. There are cookbooks filled in big book shelves and even if you are a lone, you will be entertained by the surrounding books. The coffee is decent and not something that I will come back purposely for.

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Four Ate Five, Surry Hills

by jeroxie January 13, 2012

There is an abundance of cafes in Surry Hills. The queues will usually form outside the popular or good ones. Four Ate Five is one of those that cafes in Surry Hills that an early queue will form not only on weekends but on week days as well.

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Cafe Mint, Surry Hills

by jeroxie November 21, 2011

Great. Really great. Cafes, restaurants, shopping, grocers, hairdressers and even dog salons are all within walking distance. Many may say that Surry Hills is pretentious but we are “fresh from the boat” from Melbourne and so this suburb is perfect for us. I mean how can I say no to Bourke Street Bakery as my local bakery? Seriously.

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Nabiha Cafe, Moonee Ponds

by jeroxie September 22, 2011

How well do you know your local and its surrounding cafes or restaurants?

For me, it is a big fat failure. I only learnt about Nabiha Cafe on twitter as I was whinging about the awful coffee that I had at 20 Young Street Cafe. The coffee had a rancid taste and it was burnt! Life is too short for bad coffee. Anyway, @NatStockley mentioned that their coffee is indeed sub standard but serve pretty good sandwiches. I was in no mood for sandwiches after that sip of coffee. But he did offer a tip to check out Nabiha for their coffee.

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Duchess of Spotswood, Spotswood

by jeroxie August 16, 2011

The Duchess of Spotswood. With a name like this, it is clear that this cafe is steered towards something a little more English. And with a name like this, you will think it will sit in a rather posh area and not a quiet and plain looking street like Hudsons. The name does not matter to me. It is the food that counts. This place has been receiving raving reviews from many food bloggers. The curiosity finally overcome my laziness and we decided that it might just be worth the effort.

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Collingwood – Proud Mary

by jeroxie July 7, 2011

A twitter acquaintance, @wiredjazz, from Sydney was in town. We planned a breakfast/brunch Saturday and then a photo walk around Fitzroy and Collingwood area. It was a perfect plan. Wake up early, catch up at Proud Mary at 10am. Have great coffee, nice big breakfast and then take photos and talk crap the whole afternoon. As many plans, it did not go as plan. There were tiny and very acceptable hiccups.

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The Premises, Kensington

by jeroxie November 9, 2010

It seems that Kensington and Flemington is booming with new eateries and the latest addition to the Bellair cafe strip is The Premises. I welcome this cafe with open arms. Ever since Elevenses has moved on from this area due to the hailstorm and reopened in the city, there is not much good coffee places around our area. This cafe is opened by both Alex Anderson and Kate Holloway. They are both veterans in the coffee industry and and the beans used for the coffee are from Seven Seeds.

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Elevenses now reopened, Melbourne CBD

by jeroxie October 22, 2010

I like both Shanny & Tom. I think they are super awesome. Remember this post that I wrote last year? After a big hail and storm that happened earlier this year, their lovely heart and soul cafe was literally, destroyed. They were heart broken and so was I. I missed heading down on a Saturday morning to pick up a coffee before heading to the farmers market. I missed the little short chats with Shanny about beef rendang and kaya toast. But now I am happy again. They have finally reopened a very quaint looking Elevenses in Melbourne CBD. A sigh of relieve and now they can live their dream again

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Pope Joan, East Brunswick

by jeroxie October 11, 2010

My poor form in keeping up with my posts is terrifying. I have such a back log of stuff that needs posting. The day job that supports my food and blogging addiction has gone into overdrive. My social calender is hitting the roof. There is so much to do and I just can’t find enough time to do it all. There are so many friends that I want to catch up with. Little food gems that I want to visit and try. New people that I want to meet. And also spend more time at home with Mister and Tekkie. And also travel! I want to travel and get excited by new things. Maybe one day when I wake up, I will have a solution. Or maybe I will dream of one!

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Vitasoy vs St. Ali

by jeroxie July 23, 2010

I could not refuse an invite where food and cocktail will be provided by Der Raum, St. Ali & Philippa Sibley. This event was held in the lane where St. Ali East calls home. Guests weregreeted by fire twirlers outside the warehouse. The walls of the front entrance were made up with Vitasoy boxes and a graffiti artist was intensively focused on getting his art onto the piece of Vitasoy wall.

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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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Qeleven, South Melbourne

by jeroxie July 7, 2010

Qeleven was not too crowded on a Thurday afternoon when I visited for a nice lunch by myself. You may ask why I eat alone during lunch breaks. I don’t do this all the time but I do like the quiet time. I could read a book, look at tweets and have lunch. Do not judge me! And no people do not stare at me funny.

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Why St. Ali

by jeroxie March 10, 2010

I was going through the photos the other day and realised that I have taken many food and coffee shots of St. Ali but never blogged since the one I did in August last year – name of post. It deserves a part 2 and even 3. I tend to visit it when I have a long morning at work or when I just feel like chilling out by myself and away from work. It isn’t exactly the quietest cafe in South Melbourne. It is always buzzing with people, the slayer hard at work, beans roasting in the far end and sipping of coffee and kling klang of cutlery.

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Proud Mary

by jeroxie December 17, 2009

Collingwood must be very pleased to have the inclusion of Proud Mary to the growing list good cafes and restaurants. It seems to be an explosion of new coffee places opening every week. Cafes with roasters, cafes with expensive Synesso coffee machines, once a day cupping sessions and the list goes on. Coffee drinking has always been popular but now it is trendy. But how much do we know about it? Is it a novelty and I guess only the strongest will survive.

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