Malaysian Oriental Wok (hmmm, surely the inclusion of the word Oriental is somewhat superfluous?) is tucked into The Causeway, a narrow alleyway off Bourke Street Mall. A few mo... Visit blog

My brunch, the Flavours of Lakhoum Breakfast ($13), consisted of eggs on Turkish bread, tomato, olives, sliced cucumber, fresh baby spinach leaves and a wedge of sharp-flavoured... Visit blog

B-f-K and I invariably end up cranky if we spend too much time up the South Yarra end of Chapel Street, because we both dislike just about everything about it: the "classy" fash... Visit blog

On Saturday morning I was meeting Mum and Dad for breakfast, so I took them out to a place they hadn't been but I was pretty sure they'd like: Mart 130, a cute little cafe built... Visit blog

Journal is a smallish cafe located next door to the CAE and City Library on Flinders Lane, down near uber-laneways Degraves and Centre Way. In keeping with the name of the place... Visit blog

The interior is slightly bizarre - one wall is exposed red brick, the other bluestone, and both are adorned with huge photographs of Deng Xiaoping with captions such as "Deng in... Visit blog

The wagyu beef in question was Sher Wagyu and was rated 9+. The restaurant is a sashimi bar, and I was perched on a stool watching Charles prepare the entire meal directly in fr... Visit blog

The minute steak at the Cherry Tree is perfectly respectable pub grub, and the other fare I've tried there has always been reliably good. DJ and I tend to eat from the front bar... Visit blog

We shared the famous yellow tail kingfish pancetta and lemon oil. It was $15 and tasted freaking lovely - the generous drizzle of lemon oil over the fresh fish, lemon thyme and ... Visit blog

We'd started the meal off with lofty ambitions of ordering a calzoncino or other sweet for dessert, but our eyes were bigger than our stomachs and there was no way we could fit ... Visit blog