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Miss Marple’s Tearoom
Miss Marple’s Tearoom382 Mt Dandenong-Tourist Road Sassafras, VIC 3787 www.missmarples.com.au When you have visitors here, you play the good host and take them on a day trip to somewhere nice. You...
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Brunetti (Carlton)
Brunetti (Carlton)194-204 Faraday St Carlton, VIC 3053 03 9347 2801 www.brunetti.com.au Danni and Sylwyn’s week long stay here has ended too quickly. On their last evening in Melbourne, Vicky and I...
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Malaccan Desserts (Part 1)
Malaccan Desserts (Part 1)Okay, I admit the title is misleading. I don’t think there are any signature desserts specific to the city of Melaka. But the fact that the best grades of gula melaka (palm...
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Malaccan Desserts (Part 2)
Malaccan Desserts (Part 2)This is my final post documenting our family’s Meleka Food Trail. I hope you enjoyed discovering all the food that we’ve grown to enjoy over the generations. But the fun won’t...
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Jock’s Ice Cream and Sorbets
Jock’s Ice Cream and Sorbets83 Victoria Avenue Albert Park, VIC 3206 What completes a Summer’s day better than a mountainous scoop of ice cream from your favourite ice cream store? It just brings out...
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Kueh Tutu
Kueh Tutu I just had this a couple of days ago, kueh tutu. A lovely, nostalgic sweet kueh that is probably only found in Singapore. It’s a light, rice flour cake with a grated coconut filling. I...
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Passionflower Report
Passionflower Report 2/168-174 Bourke Street Melbourne, VIC 3000 03 9663 0033 www.passionflower.com.au Sun-Thu: 10am-Midnight Fri-Sat: 10am-1am Late last year, a friend of mine told me about...
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Monga Dessert Lounge
Monga Dessert LoungeMonga Dessert Lounge 1/F 600 Station Street Box Hill, VIC 3128 03 9890 0925 / Monga Sweet CafeLevel 1, 217 Russell St Melbourne, VIC 3000 03 9654 4885 www.mongadessertlounge.com.au...
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Helados Jauja
Helados Jauja254 Lygon Street Carlton, VIC 3053 03 9041 2927 heladosjauja.com.au GoogleMap Let’s start on a random tangent. For those of you following my chuckles on twitter, here’s the houseguest I’m...
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Hutong Dumpling Bar | Dessert Story
Hutong Dumpling Bar | Dessert Story14-16 Market Ln Melbourne, VIC 3000 03 9650 8128 hutong.com.au GoogleMap I’m visiting Hong Kong with Fakegf and Damo later this year. It will predominantly be a...
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Sweet Potato & Ginger Dessert Soup
Sweet Potato & Ginger Dessert SoupThis is one of those traditional Chinese desserts where you either know about it or you don’t. You will often find it featured in the menu at Hong Kong dessert...
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Beancurd Sheet Sweet Soup (腐竹糖水)
Beancurd Sheet Sweet Soup (腐竹糖水)Here’s another home recipe for you. This is such a simple Chinese sweet dessert soup to make, I wonder why I don’t cook it more often at home. In Cantonese, its called...
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The Kicciboo Tales, Chapter 1
The Kicciboo Tales, Chapter 1A Week In Melbourne I recently had a foodie friend visit from Singapore. Let’s call him kicci. Together, we covered heaps of Melbourne eateries within a week. I’ve decided...
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Mister Brightside Cafe | Sourdough Kitchen
Mister Brightside Cafe | Sourdough KitchenIn this post, I’ll cover bits n bobs and swift visits that aren’t exactly full brunches but still deserve mention. Mister Brightside 189a Booran Rd Caulfield...
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Manchester Press | Spring St Grocery
Manchester Press | Spring St GroceryManchester Press Cafe 8 Rankins Lane Melbourne, VIC 3000 03 9600 4054 Facebook Page GoogleMap Let me tell you a bit about last weekend. On Saturday, I attended a...
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Red Spice Road | La Belle Miette
Red Spice Road | La Belle MietteNow that Fakegf’s no longer to free on Tuesdays to brunch with me, I’m finding alternative ways to spend my rostered day off. And worry not, I won’t be relegating her...
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A Weekend in Sydney
A Weekend in SydneyA few months ago, Fakegf just upped and asked me “shall we go to Sydney… to eat?”. I blinked a few times before saying “yes”. That’s how we ended up spending a weekend in our sister...
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A Date with Helados Jauja
A Date with Helados JaujaHelados Jauja 254 Lygon Street Carlton, VIC 3053 3 9041 2927 Website Disclosure: I attended this masterclass courtesy of Helados Jauja I was extended a warm invitation to...
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Luxbite
Luxbite38 Toorak Road South Yarra, VIC 3141 03 9867 5888 Website This little bloggers’ get-together happened the very first Friday after I’d returned from France, thanks to I-Hua who organised it. We’d...
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Lemon Middle & Orange | Gelato Messina
Lemon Middle & Orange | Gelato MessinaLemon Middle & Orange 25 Rokeby St Collingwood, VIC 3066 03 9415 1593 Website So… when I’d suggested we brunch at Lemon Middle And Orange, I sort of...
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