Café Polo

Café Polo (82 – 84 Rotherham Terrace, Miramar) All I knew of Café Polo was that it was supposed to have great bacon and eggs. A visit to Weta Workshop (which is incredible by the way) provided the perfect excuse to eat out this way, and I am so glad we did. I had to…

Recipe: Refried Bean and Chorizo Quesadillas with Salsa

My flatmate and I have just started cooking for each other once a week, just so that we aren’t required to cook every single night. Inclusive of our partners, last night was the inaugural feast. Sticking with my goal of one new recipe a week, I thought I’d give quesadillas a crack. They were an…

Tokyo Tina

Tokyo Tina (66a Chapel Street, Windsor) Wow. This was a dining experience like nothing else I had in Melbourne; it was hands and shoulders above the rest. Hats off the chef, George Proudfoot, who absolutely blew my family away with some of the intricacies that he served us. From the moment we arrived we were…

Machete Coffee

Machete Coffee (9 Boulcott Street) I love it when new places open, especially when they are so close to work! Now we have not just Dumpling’d making the Willis CBD vicinity shine, but we also have Machete Coffee, which has opened up RIGHT NEXT DOOR! How wonderfully convenient. Machete Coffee has some delicious coffee options,…

Bebemos

Bebemos (88 Riddiford Street, Newtown) With its distinctive logo, beaut location, and expansive menu, this South American tapas bar is also a constant on the craft beer scene. With so many beers both on tap and bottled, it can be a tough time choosing. I feel a bit sorry for the staff there actually, because…

Portofino

Portofino (26 Victoria Road, Devonport) The restaurant is a million times better than its website, I promise! Up a cute little alley way and then up some stairs, Portofino is on the second storey of a building that overlooks the main street of Devonport. Serving upper-class Italian food, the menu is extensive – and while not…

Review: Amano

Amano (66-68 Tyler Street) I had been recommended Amano by a friend at work who had dined there with clients, and I was not to be disappointed. I was instantly impressed by the large open space, openly divided into a number of different areas (it had a similar feel to Prefab in Wellington) which I…

Craft Chocolate and Soda Night

A WOAP event that was such a hit, there just had to be another one, and thankfully for all, there was. I had unsuccessfully tried to get tickets for the original event, so I was overjoyed to see round two advertised. Hosted by Luke of The Chocolate Bar at Leeds Street’s Six Barrel Soda, it…

Five Boroughs

Five Boroughs (corner of Roxburgh and Marjoribanks Streets) Highly recommended to me by one of my vegetarian friends due to the possibility of vegetarians’ being able to order any burger and having the meat substituted out in exchange for the vegetarian patty (which suddenly opens the burger world up if you are vegetarian) I was…