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Kedai Satay, Melbourne CBD

by jeroxie December 16, 2010

It seems that I am pouncing on almost every new Asian eatery around Melbourne and I have yet to find out that is amazing. And most likely I will never find one in Melbourne. Since a few food bloggers have been to Kedai and rated it, I thought it might be ok to have a little more expectations. Kedai Satay is an Indonesian restaurant on Kings Street. Great for the office people as it served relatively cheap lunch meals with great deals. And apparently it has a functional area upstairs available. And did I mention cheap bottle beers (Corona & Pure Blonde) for $5! And not forgetting that they stock Tiger & Bintang as well. But what about the food? Any good?

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Mamasita, Melbourne CBD

by jeroxie December 7, 2010

The first time I tried Mamasita was when it first opened its doors. I was the few on the table that did not like it. Most of the dishes were lacking in flavour and the lamb that Suzzane has was dry. I even wrote a comment on Urbanspoon about it. It was a very busy night and it was still new. So I gave it a benefit of a doubt and gave it a second chance. I caught up with Kimberley, Jina and Cheryl for a girls night out. It has been awhile since we last got together.

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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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Salford Lads Club, Port Melbourne

by jeroxie November 3, 2010

Salford Lads Club in Port Melbourne is a little out of the way. You can either bike it or drive it. Or unless you are one of those warehouses or factories near by. There are a handful of small offices around as well. From the cafe, we could see the tall buildings in the CBD. It is just to hard to get to without a form of transportation. Having said that I do love the decor of this place. The owner seems to be a bike craze! He has some hung on the wall and others lining outside the cafe. Don’t quote me but it seems that the ex-barister of Noisette is the part owner of this really cool, funky and bike crazy cafe. Also I love the brightness and spacious interior. And surprising, there was a good lunch crowd. I guess there are very limited number of good eateries around here.

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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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Nonya Buffet at Chilli Padi, Melbourne Central

by jeroxie October 20, 2010

What does Nonya mean? Or Peranakan? Not to go into the history of it, Peranakan originated from Chinese that settled in Southeast Asia in the 19th century and married to local Malays. I recall how my grandma will tie her hair up in a certain bun, wear the beautiful kebaya and wear loads of gold during festive season. Even my uncle loves to wear the sarong until now! I

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Spring in Melbourne, Journal Canteen & Tim Burton

by jeroxie October 12, 2010

Spring is almost finally in Melbourne. The air is warmer. I could do without a thick jacket and hands are freed from my jeans pocket. Even though we see similar sights for many years, there is always something that we may have missed or new or been changed. And with busy lifes, we many times fail to stop and look and smell. Spring awakes me my senses. Not only because the sun is out, the air is crisp and the days are longer but new life is formed. Mummy birds with nests in my lemon tree in the backyard, tiny leaves are starting to bloom in my little mint pot.

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China Red, Melbourne CBD

by jeroxie September 14, 2010

I get really excited whenever there is a new Chinese restaurant. I can’t recall why I was in the city but I did happen to walk past China Red on its opening week. So excited that I immediately sms’ed a friend to tell her all about it. The front set up is very similar to Hutong – Cooks pulling noodles or crimping dumplings in a large aquarium like window.

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What is the hatter with me?

by jeroxie September 11, 2010

To fellow Sydney & Melbourne FOOD BLOGGERS! What the HATTER is GOING ON? STAY TUNE to find OUT! If you like this article, please share :) Tweet

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Hardware Societe, Melbourne CBD

by jeroxie September 5, 2010

I miss working in the Melbourne CBD! I am missing out on all these lovely food. I know that many bloggers have been and written about it but I had to do it. It is too good not to diary it. Hardware Societe is a little jewel in the CBD that shines brightly in the midst of other gems. I absolutely love the French style decor and taken a few happy snaps of it.

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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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