I am still catching up on blogging on the places that I have been and eaten. Not every place that I have been will end up here. I am still constantly searching for nice places to have my weekly Friday lunches around South Melbourne. I would never had known about this place if not for Half-eaten’s blog post about it.
Garamerica is an Indonesian restaurant tucked away on Dorcas Street, South Melbourne. The furnishings are simple and the service, quick and no bullshit. You walk in, get seated and order your meal. The lunch deal menu is $11 and it includes a drink. Not too shabby!
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.
The usual sushi takeaway places in Melbourne displays neat rows after rows of sushi rolls. The popular ones are teriyaki chicken rolls, california rolls, avocado rolls, beef teriyaki rolls and the list goes on. And the usual little Japanese restaurants that we know and love usually serve pretty bento boxes. Origami is one of the Japanese cheap eats in this area but is not your typical Japanese restaurant or take away that we are accustomed to. The menu here is simple and they are only opened Mon – Fri from 11.30 – 2.30pm.
Actually there is no menu, food is served from the counter. The food is all cooked and prepped in a little back kitchen and this place is run by 2 old Japanese couple. The sushi and sashimi resides on one end and on the other, the cooked food like chicken teriyaki, beef curry, tempura and deep fried chicken and potato balls.
It was still the first week into the new year and many cafes were still closed for holidays. It was the first time that Mister had walked from his office to meet me for lunch. We thought it would be nice to have a pub meal. That was our first impression of Golden Gate but instead they only served Australian tapas styled foods. We weren’t too bothered and got ourselves a table.
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