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KoKo Black – A Nuffnang Chocolate Meetup

by jeroxie August 24, 2010

I love meetups and meeting new people. So when it came for volunteers to help organise a Nuffnang meetup, I was probably the first to raise my hand. And it was lovely to be able to co-host this chocolate event with lovely, super adorable and talented, Violet of Violet Le Beaux.

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Jeremy Shipley – Bacardi Sensology ‘Art of Cocktail Making’ at Taste of Melbourne 2010

by jeroxie August 5, 2010

Cocktails. I love cocktails. There is a cocktail for every occasion and mood. I love a nice dirty and smokey martini in winter and a cool cucumber and mint mojito in summer. Simple and delicious cocktails can be made at home and they are usually great crowd pleasers.

I was pretty excited when I found out Bacardi’s Sensology ‘Art of cocktail making” is making a debut at Taste of Melbourne this year and jumped onto the chance to have a one on one interview with Jeremy Shipley. He is originally from New Zealand that has been in Australia’s bartending and cocktail scene for the past 12 years. He was awarded Australia Gourmet Traveller Magazine’s ‘Best of the Best Bars’ in 2006 and co-authored a top-selling cocktail book entitled ‘Shaken’, released internationally by Murdoch Books.

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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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Le Traiteur, Melbourne CBD

by jeroxie July 12, 2010

Le Traiteur 552 Lonsdale St Melbourne 3000 (03) 9670 0039 Website Google map I am not a morning person and so I amazed myself by making a call out on twitter for a 7.45am breakfast tweetup at le traiteur. And I guess not as many tweeps are as insane as I am or as we [...]

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STREAT needs You

by jeroxie July 1, 2010

Winter is definitely in town. The last few days have been really cold from the rain and the strong gusty winds.

I love snuggling under the donna with the heater on. I feel very fortunate. These are simple pleasures in life but not everyone in Melbourne is as fortunate. To have a proper donna and heater is luxury to many of the homeless people. Have you wondered where do they sleep on cold winter nights that we are currently experiencing? Do they have hot soups to warm their bellies? Who do they turn to when they need to hug to make these cold nights a little more bearable?

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Bokchoy Tang, Federation Square

by jeroxie June 27, 2010

I never thought highly of any restaurants in Federation Square except for Taxi dining. They are all a little more pricey, catered for the tourists and food is usually underwhelming. That is my personal opinion of course. But since Mister wanted to try the yumcha at Bokchoy Tang, I did not resist. It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon and we deserve to relax and have lunch in a nice place.

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Chocolate indulgence at The Langham, Melbourne

by jeroxie June 9, 2010

I jumped onto the chance for a Nuffnang fashion and food bloggers meet up at the Langham for a chocolate breakfast! It was quite early on a Saturday morning but I jumped out of bed even before my alarm went off. Now that is commitment to chocolate.

Langham is located in Southbank and just a hop and skip across the Yarra River from Flinders Street station. It was a rather cold and foggy winter morning and I am thankful that there is a hint of blue skies when I took this photo.

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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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Melbourne CBD quick yummy lunch – N Lee & Cinnamon’s

by jeroxie May 7, 2010

The thing that I miss about working in Melbourne CBD is the variety and quality of good lunch food. Now that I am in South Melbourne, I hardly venture around the area. It is like what @jettingjoyce said, a black hole of good food and I totally agree. Don’t get me wrong. There are nice places for food in South Melbourne but few are affordable to lunch everyday.

After the trip from Hobart and not much food in the refrigerator, it was an excuse to travel to the CBD for some good and affordable lunch. First stop was N Lee Bakery. This is one of the only places in the city that serves Banh Mi or Vietnamese roll. It is definitely a meal in a bun. Carbohydrates, protein and fresh salad! Banh Mi starts with a short Vietnamese style baguette or roll. It has a thin layer of butter and pate. And then followed by the cold meats. You can choose to have cold cuts pork (original) or chicken breasts slices. It is then topped with shredded carrots, thinly sliced onions, fresh coriander, freshly sliced red chillies (optional) and then drizzled lightly with light soy sauce. $5 for a roll in the city is very affordable. But you will be able to get it at $3.80 in the suburbs.

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Where is the best ramen in Melbourne CBD

by jeroxie April 28, 2010

Menya was our first stop. It is a very small ramen shop located on the busy footpath corridor area of Melbourne Central. As the place was really tiny, the group was spilt into 2 tables. I didn’t mind too much with the ramen here. @cloudcontrol was not impressed and I believed he gave this place a low score. I had the Menya ramen. I gave it top marks for toppings. I thought it was good value for money at $10.90 and we were given a prawn, a scallop, crab sticks, cuttlefish, an egg and a couple of pieces of chasu.

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Coconut House after its renovation

by jeroxie April 27, 2010

We have not visited Coconut House after its recent renovation. We walked past it several times as we head to Rose Garden at times for lunch. Coconut House is hardly empty. It is always buzzing and I think even more so after its renovation. What caught my eye that fateful Saturday was the poster of a bowl of wonton noodles. I must have it. A little queue won’t kill right?

Both of us have a soft spot for cendol and was please to find it on the new menu. The Coconut House Cendol Special was served with soya bean and gula malacca (palm sugar). It was not as we expected. The cendol was not well made and just did not work with the soya bean. It is probably more healthy than having coconut milk instead but soya bean lacked the flavour.

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The boys at Mezzo Bar & Grill

by jeroxie April 20, 2010

The Oyster Bar that my friends and I used to head to when we crave for oysters (they are half price before 6.30pm) have been taken over by Mezzo Bar & Grill. The duo, Luke Stringer and Joseph Vargetto have transformed the place into a much more casual Southern Italian fare.

A few food bloggers that I know have sung high praises about Mezzo but it has received mixed reviews from the food critics. It is on my list of places to go top this year and so when there was an invite to Mezzo for their Pasta al Giro night, I jumped at it.

We were introduced to both Joseph and Mauro (the head chef) before the dinner started. It is always fun chatting with chefs and I am always so star struck with them. Here are a few questions that I had for the boys and so everyone can get to know them a little better

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To all my friends – Thank you for the wonderful time

by jeroxie April 19, 2010

Birthdays have never meant very much to me. It is just another day, another year. And the thing is that I hang out with my close friends all the time. We have fun. We talk. We laugh. So celebration of birthdays is just like a Friday night out. We eat, drink and laugh through the night. But since I have a blog now, I am going to make use of it to thank my friends for being my rock. You know who you are.

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Wooga, North Melbourne

by jeroxie April 12, 2010

One of Mister’s close friend was in town just this Easter passing. He has been away for a year travelling around the world and currently settled in London and working. It has been tough for him and I can imagine the change in lifestyle has also changed him. I was always this weird anticipation before catching up with friends that I have not met for awhile. Will we still be able to just pick up from where we left off? Do you ever have this feeling?

Anyway, the day we caught up was the day that Mister and I spent the day with #ramenhunters. After a day of eating, it was unthinkable that we could consume anymore food. We settled for Korean BBQ. I could at least choose to nibble on pieces of meat and not feel self conscious.

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