19
Sep
Jolly J’s Restaurant, Port Phillip Arcade, CBD { Melbourne Food Review }
To continue the Port Phillip Arcade theme, I bring you Jolly J’s. As mentioned in the previous post, Port Phillip Arcade is a Mecca of cheap eats in Melbourne CBD. Some good. Some terrible. But noone seems to agree on what is what. So I can only do my bit and let you know what...
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12
Sep
Ratee Thai, Port Phillip Arcade, CBD { Melbourne Food Review }
(Stir-fried vegetables of choice with chilli and basil sauce – pad gaprow – and fried egg – $11?) Believe me when I say this: you don’t truly appreciate the cliche ‘time flies’ until you become a full time carer of a newbornbaby almost-toddler. So when I had every intention to blog about a few places...
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07
Sep
Sri Lankan Cauliflower, Cashew and Pea Curry
Sri Lankan rice & curry has to be one of my all time favourite dishes. If you haven’t had it, get yourself to your nearest Sri Lankan grocer or curry shop immediately. It’s exactly what it sounds like – a plate of rice and different types of curries. Normally you’d have a spicy meat curry...
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03
Sep
Yamagoya Ramen, Thong Lor, Bangkok { Bangkok Food Review }
Do you know how many Japanese there are in Melbourne? About 5,000. Do you know how many Japanese there are in Bangkok? About 50,000. Does this mean that, in probablity terms, there are ten times the likelihood of finding better ramen in Bangkok? Probably. I don’t know. What I do know though, and there I...
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16
Aug
Nahm at The Metropolitan, Bangkok {Bangkok Food Review}
I once met David Thompson at his Thai Street Food book launch in Melbourne a year or so ago. He spoke to me in heavily accented Thai upon finding out that I’m Thai and autographed my copy in heavily misspelled Thai. David Thompson is a very sweet man. And I absolutely adore his books. Our...
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