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Breakfast in Melbourne city. I haven’t done that in awhile as I moved out of the city many years ago and driving all the way in for just breakfast really seems like a waste of time. Plus, everybody knows there’s a ton of other Melbourne brunch places that are way more exciting anyways. Right? RIGHT? [...]
Food trucks in Adelaide are becoming less and less uncommon, but are in no way in danger of losing their novelty cred. The minute I heard that a new food truck was on the streets of Adelaide, I made it my first priority to sink my teeth into their latest offerings. In this case, it [...]
What do you do when you are winding down from all the Christmas eating, need a break from the crazy frenzied season, and just need to chill? You head to the hottest popup in town: the Neon Lobster Taquerie by the Happy Motel guys who had set up shop at Alpha Box & Dice. The [...]
Momofuku. Momofuku Seiobo. When I first started planning my trip to Sydney, I decided that I wanted to go to a fancy-pants restaurant. We’ve been food lovers, eaters and enthusiasts for long enough that I like to think that we would actually appreciate the experience, rather than just ‘this is food.’ It was hard to [...]
I’ve long wanted to go to Bourke Street Bakery. For too long, I have drooled over their gorgeous book. I nearly made it there last year, but a mishap with some Zumbo goodies saw me sitting in a corner of a random Maccas, too depressed to go on flying solo in Sydney. This year, I [...]
Bar 9 08 8373 1108 96 Glen Osmond Rd Parkside, SA 5063 Bar 9 Sometimes, relationships grow over time. Sometimes, it’s love at first sight. My relationship with Adelaide is definitely of the former, rather than the latter, and Bar 9 in Glen Osmond was definitely one of the reason for that relationship with Adelaide [...]
Akachochin 03 9245 9900 33 Dukes Walk South Wharf, VIC 3006 Website Moving away from Melbourne has its perks. I get to explore a new city, find new treasures and learn to open my heart to more than just Melbourne. But the downfall to that would be the fact that I can no longer keep [...]
Brown Dog Cafe 08 8172 1752 143 Goodwood Rd Goodwood, SA 05034 I don’t remember who recommended Brown Dog Cafe to me anymore. But in my hunt for more good breakfasts around Adelaide, this suggestion popped up from somewhere and never being one to turn down a recommendation, today found me nursing a chilli hot [...]
After going back to Zedz Cafe for the umpteenth time for the Laksa Sorbet I decided it was high time I actually tried some food there. After all, Zedz does serve more than sorbets and smoothies. The trouble was, where to start? The menu looked absolutely scrumptious. Do I try the breakfasts, or the lunch [...]
LuxBite 03 9867 5888 38 Toorak Road South Yarra, VIC 3141 Luxbite Online Luxbite Facebook I remember my first visit to Luxbite. I was with a friend, I was there for the macarons and I really wasn’t all that taken by them. Instead, I fell in love with the beautiful teaware, the gorgeous mango dessert [...]
HAANSSIE Oriental Cuisine 08 8215 0110 300 Rundle St Adelaide, SA 5000 It’s been very interesting eating out in Adelaide. Learning all the new places and finding absolute gems (and sometimes not-so-gems.) I must admit to having loved every minute of it. It’s always nice to explore a new city and get to know new [...]
Pearl’s Diner 04 1981 5660 38A Briar Road Felixstow, SA 5070 On Facebook Hard to believe that Pearl’s Diner only opened a fortnight ago. Hard to believe that I’m actually writing a review for a place that I went to in the past month. I must be getting better at this blogging business. No? Alright [...]
Devour Dessert Bar 04 1153 6343 96 Prospect Road Prospect, SA 5082 Facebook Twitter I’ve said it once and I will say it again – the dessert bar culture in Adelaide is one of the best things about this place. I won’t go on to wax lyrical about why dessert bars are the bomb, but [...]
The Blue Moose Cafe 03 9804 5605 Ground Floor, 436 St Kilda Rd South Yarra Melbourne, VIC 3004 When you are in a location that is surrounded by high rise buildings filled with office workers, there are just 2 things that I believe you need to fully grasp for your cafe / restaurant to stay [...]
Coin Laundry Cafe 03 9500 1888 61 Armadale St Armadale, VIC 3143 Facebook In my ideal world, I want to live next to Coin Laundry. Good food, good atmosphere, and good eye candy. Ahhhhh…. Coin Laundry is my favourite breakfast haunt, hands down. It’s named after what the original space used to be, with the [...]
Zed’z Cafe 08 8212 2191 Stall 2, Adelaide Central Market Adelaide, SA 5000 I didn’t mean to blog about this so soon. I like to sit on my reviews, I’m not sure why. I think it’s called being lazy. But I loved this so much, I not only went back for more, but I also [...]
Finding it hard to cook after a long day’s work? Eating out while convenient can often be hard on the wallet and ineffective in the long run. Instant noodles will only get you so far, plus you gotta keep healthy! Recently tried this recipe for a quick and easy meal: all in one pot, nutritious [...]
Burger Foundry 08 8431 3231 389 Magill Rd St Morris, SA 5068 I’ll be honest with you. I wasn’t exactly thrilled when I learnt that I’d be moving to Adelaide. I love Melbourne with all my heart and I cannot imagine myself anywhere else. For years, many have told me how much of a ‘hole’ [...]
Sponsored Post Let me ask you a question. Have you ever bought a voucher from one of those group voucher buying sites like Groupon? How often have you purchased a voucher? Do you always use it? Group voucher buying deals are not uncommon these days. In fact, more and more businesses are jumping onto this [...]
Las Chicas 03 9531 3699 203 Carlisle St Balaclava, VIC 3183 I love eating breakfast in Melbourne cafes. That’s something I sorely miss after moving to Adelaide. It’s not that Adelaide doesn’t have them – Adelaide just doesn’t have the extensive variety of cafes we do in Melbourne. And they also don’t offer the same [...]
When I was back in Singapore, I took the chance to meet up with my girlfriends once again. If there’s one thing that sucks about being away from home, it is the fact that I can’t hang out with them. As it is, I try to catch up with them everytime and this time we [...]
Western winters seem to be all about casseroles and stews. While tasty, they never quite hit the spot like a good hot pot does. Upon meeting up with my sister’s friend in Taipei, we decided to visit Shida Nightmarket and the nearby hotpot restaurant: Huo Guo Shi Jia (????). Since that’s a fairly long name [...]
I came to Taiwan with the intention of eating myself silly. I definitely did that and more during my trip as you will have seen and will continue to see for the rest of the week. Evenso, I very nearly skipped past eating at Din Tai Fung as there are Din Tai Fung outlets in [...]
Travelling Taipei Tip #5: Plan to visit Danshui after a visit to the National Palace Museum. They are along the same MRT line and it is possible to finish Danshui within an afternoon. Danshui Old Street is easy to get to via MRT. It’s the last stop on the line and impossible to miss. From [...]
Taiwan is the Mecca of Bubble Tea. Accordingly it is where this amazing drink came from, and with me being a bubble tea fiend, I was practically shaking with excitement at being able to visit the motherland. But even in a land where most bubble tea stands have bubble teas that taste way better than [...]
It’s been forever since I travelled overseas. My last trip was in 2008 in which I visited New Zealand. Since then, I have been keeping to the Aussie soil and travelling around country Victoria as well as to the other major cities in Australia to get to learn my adopted country. So it was with [...]
Pho Ba Ria 2 08 8244 5522 54c Hanson Road Woodville Gardens, SA 5012 Moving up from Melbourne means leaving behind a lot of good food. I am currently trying to compile a list of substituations and replacements for everything that I have loved in Melbourne and Pho is one of them. That means trying [...]
I was craving cakes one day. Though with me, it’s really craving the act of baking, more than the actual cake itself. While I love baking, I’m not that big on eating the sweets I churn out of my kitchen. Not because they don’t taste good (ahem!) but more that I just don’t fancy sweets [...]
Just Tickled Pink 08 8271 6370 Unley Road 274 Unley Rd Hyde Park, SA 5061 Just Tickled Pink Online I first heard of Just Tickled Pink from Faye Lu. She posted about it and I was instantly intrigued. So I decided I just had to go there. My first visit to Just Tickled Pink was [...]
Afghan Pamir Restaurant 03 9792 0197 195 Lonsdale St Dandenong, VIC 3175 Afghan Pamir Online I like learning about new cuisines and new cultures. But I do admit a tendency to lean towards either East Asian or European foods. So when it was brought to my attention that a really good Afghan restaurant was reopening [...]
Dad came home one night with these biscuits after a trip to Ipoh. “They are famous in Ipoh.” He said. I was allowed to eat most of them as they get it fairly often due to Dad’s business travels. Good thing too, as these were yummy beyond belief. They have a lovely crisp pastry on [...]
???????? Restaurant Ah Koong Sdn. Bhd. No. 266, Jalan Sutera,Taman Sentosa, 80150 Johor Bahru. Johor. Malaysia. Tel : +607-331 3621 (6.30am – 11.30pm) Fax : +607-335 1728 Website: Ah Koong Online Whenever I go home to see my parents, I don’t tend to eat out a lot. That sounds like blasphemy as Malaysia and Singapore [...]
Since I’ve moved to Murrayville, I have been incredibly fortunate to have plenty of neighbours who have fruit trees. And even more fortunate that said neighbours are also very generous. It was because of this that I had my first taste of figs. And boy was I smitten. I was in a baking phase then [...]
It’s no secret that I am a big lover of Rieslings. If you were to offer me red or white, I’d go white. If I got to pick which white, I’d tell you Riesling. I do lean towards the sweeter Rieslings but occasionally enjoy the ones with higher acidity in them as well. I was [...]
I will always remember this dish with much fondness. I was suffering from cook’s block, my usual cooking companion far away in Melbourne, and the lack of food blogger’s activities meant a very distinct lack of inspiration. I was getting to the point where I rather not eat as I was just dying from the [...]
What exactly is Lok lok? To me, lok lok is like steamboat – except your ingredients are all on skewers and your soup base is really just boiling water. And that’s exactly what you see in the above picture. (Photo credit to Desmond). A table with a cooker fitted in the middle, a pot of [...]
Penang is known as the food heaven of Malaysia. If you want to eat really good food, most will point you to Penang. I remember when we visited Penang when I was Primary four, our family friend said this: “Eat as much as you can, but don’t forget to bring tummy medicine.” Penang is a [...]
Kitchen Door at Penny’s Hill Winery 08 8556 4000 Main Rd McLaren Vale, SA 5171 Having a relaxing lunch at a winery has to be right near the top of my list of favourite things to do. I love it so. There’s just something so charming, so luxurious and so beautiful about lunch at a [...]
I have long known of the National Geographic Magazine, but I’ll be the first to admit. I didn’t know Australia had a “Australian Geographic Magazine“. Whoops. I know this advertorial doesn’t really relate with what we normally do around here, which is Eat. But it does have to do with what we do occasionally around [...]
You didn’t think I’d be talking about beauty products only, right? Food. Food is for the soul, and if there’s anything that makes me feel prettier than anything else, it is the inhaling of food. But don’t ask me how I feel after the food has been digested and changed into Fat. That’s a totally [...]
Sushi Train 08 8231 3733 36 City Central Market Arcade Adelaide Sa, SA We used to have Kaiten Sushi in Melbourne. Well, we still do, but the one I usually go to is no longer under the same chef and is no longer good. There’s another one on little collins but I’m yet to try [...]
Steer Bar and Grill 03 9040 1188 641 Chapel St South Yarra, VIC 3141 Steer Online For many months after Steer Bar and Grill opened its doors to public, I kept telling myself that I should go check it out. Many food bloggers went and blogged about it but I still couldn’t find the time [...]
Secret Recipe 03 9801 3335 Corner Stud Rd & Burwood Hwy Wantirna South, VIC 3152 Secret Recipe Online I don’t normally like going to restaurants that are ‘asian inspired’. Call me a snob, but I try to avoid them as they generally disappoint. But a dear friend, Siera, insisted on paying Secret Recipe a visit, [...]
Eros Kafe 08 8227 0677 275 Rundle St Adelaide, SA 5000 Eros Online I don’t even remember how long ago this visit to Eros Kafe was. I know it was with one of the #ABBM meetups, and we took over the center of the restaurant and had a jolly good ol’ time there. Ah memories. [...]
Recently spent a weekend in Adelaide with K and thought I’d share some of the pictures I took during that time. Me being me, it really is mostly food. No wait, it’s all about food. But food is beauty too, hey? There is beauty in the presentation of food and beauty in the consuming of [...]
Everytime I have a bit of time or when I am feeling the homesickness most, I nip back to Melbourne even though it means close to 7 hours driving each way. (Can’t fly, expensive plus it’d still be 2.5 hours drive each way + the flying) Recently I had such a bout of homesickness which [...]
Steven ter Horst Chocolatier 08 8373 1330 221d Unley Rd Malvern Malvern, SA 5061 Oh Adelaide. I’m not even that big a sweets lover, but your love for dessert cafe woos my heart so. I was bemoaning the fact that Melbourne really should have little dainty dessert cafes such as this when a friend said [...]
Thanh Thanh 08 8212 8788 18 Field Street Adelaide, SA 5000 So what do you do when you are hungry and have no bookings at Wasai? You go across the street and go to Thanh Thanh. Thanh Thanh is a cheery Vietnamese place that serves Vietnamese food with a side of other asian cuisines. I [...]
Gurney Drive (03) 9329 6649 284 Victoria Street Melbourne, 3000 I have to apologize from the get go. The lighting in Gurney Drive is rather interesting, and because I was more focused on wanting to eat than taking photos, the resulting photos leave much to be desire. I’ve tried fixing them, but they just look [...]
I have an annoying trait. I tend to obsess. That means, I won’t stop talking about something if it is my current obsession. I think my Adelaide peeps are sick of hearing how awesome Melbourne is. I’m sorry, I truly am. I really should curb it, but see, my Melbourne friends have not stop hearing [...]
