quality food...

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:51 pm

going to cocoro tomorrow finally on PC's rec

next week bday dins at coda huhuh gimme

same o · Post by **same o** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:28 am

cookie.... soooooooooooooo much food.

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:29 am

same o wrote:cookie.... soooooooooooooo much food.

and they stock the kooi!

same o · Post by **same o** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:52 am

Fents wrote:
same o wrote:cookie.... soooooooooooooo much food.
and they stock the kooi!

had i known i would have tried.

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:13 pm

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:49 am

cocoro was lovely. intimate and gorgeous, great service and lovely foodz

sake tasting plates!

highly recommend

Post by **Friday** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 1:56 pm

damn i'm spoiled.
cookie, toff and colonel tan's overload this week

fikuss · Post by **fikuss** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 3:09 pm

hey all you Kiwi's... where's all the good grub in New Zealand?

We are in Christchurch for a few days... went to C1 espresso for breakfast this morning which was awesome. Great coffee and really good food. Where else is tasty to eat in this town?

Probably going to head north and check out Nelson (wineries surrounding) and Wellie too. Any suggestions or hot food tips Kiwi folk?

Polecat · Post by **Polecat** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 10:46 pm

gnat wrote:cocoro was lovely. intimate and gorgeous, great service and lovely foodz

sake tasting plates!

highly recommend

Ooh! I must go back then for another dinner. I'll put it on my list of date venues

Post by **fooishbar** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 11:44 pm

Friday wrote:damn i'm spoiled.
cookie, toff and colonel tan's overload this week

haven't been to cookie in a year, that was gangsta ... in the end i think we had prawn spring rolls, cabbage rolls w/ shiitake, stir-fried squid, rice noodles w/ duck, yellow curry, snapper, some kind of snapper soup arrangement, pork belly (!!), baked scallops, five-spice chicken, soft-shell crab and some other bits between 5, haha. and a fruit platter.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:28 am

do it PC!

coda this week and turkish delight cocktails at lily black

nom nom nom

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:55 am

had the most epic weekend cookup
*pizzas from scratch - dough was so win
*choc mousse
*ravioli filled with braised beef and napoli - first time making pasta too...no too bad!
*apple and cinnamon cake

blissful with pouring rain outside.
must make the most of the cooler days before summer cbfs hit.

kronz · Post by **kronz** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:45 pm

witty_pseudonym wrote:had the most epic weekend cookup
*pizzas from scratch - dough was so win
*choc mousse
*ravioli filled with braised beef and napoli - first time making pasta too...no too bad!
*apple and cinnamon cake

blissful with pouring rain outside.
must make the most of the cooler days before summer cbfs hit.

Big Ups

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:15 pm

fikuss wrote:hey all you Kiwi's... where's all the good grub in New Zealand?

We are in Christchurch for a few days... went to C1 espresso for breakfast this morning which was awesome. Great coffee and really good food. Where else is tasty to eat in this town?

Probably going to head north and check out Nelson (wineries surrounding) and Wellie too. Any suggestions or hot food tips Kiwi folk?

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:12 am

coda is teh goods. very melbourne- basement styles but non wanky- great service, beautiful asian/ french choices, solid wine list

recommend. if you can get a booking!

hitting movida terazza this weekend..

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 10:27 am

longgrain!

again

same o · Post by **same o** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:08 am

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:22 am

went to min lokal. was good. excellent coffee and some chicken and pancetta sanga thingimy was also total win. teeny tiny in there!

Post by **fooishbar** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:34 am

yeah, that chicken sanga is pretty dope.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:37 am

went to that new movida aqui last night. was pretty pricey imo for what you got- some sort of banquet style of teeny tiny things. tasty but not for people who like a decent sized meal as is often the issue with tapas i suppose

sick wine list though. was right into that. would have happily had only wine for dinner

9 people and bill well over $1200 pretty steep for a monday night considering we smashed the hell out of it and stuffed ourselves at longgrain sat night for $100 a person

i'd got back for brekky at the terrazza but aqui... prob not so much..

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:48 pm

we went to Mitte for breakkie last Monday. Fail and completley overrated.

The service is not good due to hipster staff who think they are too cool for school. This was the first place we went to after coming back from Hawaii where we had a consistently fantastic service experience everywhere from charming, friendly and polite staff. Not so here, the guy who served us was a condescending know it all who seemed to think he was far more important to the whole set up than actual customers and just seemed to think he was a bit special. This effect was compounded by 30 & 40 somethings patronage who also seemed to think they are pretty cool too. Food was fine, didn't blow me away.

In short, never going back.

dengelman · Post by **dengelman** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 10:26 am

mrj wrote:we went to Mitte for breakkie last Monday. Fail and completley overrated.

The service is not good due to hipster staff who think they are too cool for school. This was the first place we went to after coming back from Hawaii where we had a consistently fantastic service experience everywhere from charming, friendly and polite staff. Not so here, the guy who served us was a condescending know it all who seemed to think he was far more important to the whole set up than actual customers and just seemed to think he was a bit special. This effect was compounded by 30 & 40 somethings patronage who also seemed to think they are pretty cool too. Food was fine, didn't blow me away.

In short, never going back.

Got post-travel blues much? Lol - probably the most unhappy I've ever heard you about anything!

To be fair I've been to Mitte a few times and always had very easy going service, good food and relaxed atmosphere.
Maybe give it another try when the hip-gangsta-wannabe is off on his next self-serving Barista snobbery course?!

same o · Post by **same o** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 11:13 am

is mite the one on albion st?????

Post by **fooishbar** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:58 pm

went to i carusi with family the other week, it was faying awesome. so so good. their dessert pizzettas smash it too.

and rumour round the way is that wabi sabi have a new menu!

same o · Post by **same o** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 1:23 pm

it does, well it has added a few things.. pretty much the same tho..

the new tofu is mad!!

Charlie73 · Post by **Charlie73** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 12:55 am

OK so in Brissy and need a good seafood place... real seafood, not seafood inspired where it is drowned in all these other 'modern Australian' crap please...

Matts sis has booked Bretts warf but we have heard bad and i mean some very bad things about it...

Help please....

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 1:10 pm

http://www.google.com.au/#hl=en&source= ... aabfa6a492

Coro Hotel's Lure Restaurant seems to be a winner

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 5:40 pm

i carusi is a solid performer and a regular last minute dinner walk for us foo. absolutely wins. st kilda one has nothing on the original

charlie i have zero idea about bris these days.. everywhere i've been up there in the last couple of trips has been completely rubbish. sorry!

Post by **system** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 6:21 pm

fooishbar wrote:went to i carusi with family the other week, it was faying awesome. so so good. their dessert pizzettas smash it too.

and rumour round the way is that wabi sabi have a new menu!

can confirm both.

for the northern italian food lovers, i highly recommend sosta in north melbs. not cheap, but an awesome menu.

quiet roar · Post by **quiet roar** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 12:18 pm

I Carusi has been a little disappointing the last couple of times we have eaten there - still yum but not as yum as before (franchise approach may be taking it's toll?). Piazza 51 on Sydney Rd. beats it comfortably, nowadays.

J0rdz · Post by **J0rdz** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 2:04 pm

Headed to Bala Da Dhaba (sp?) in Ripponlea for NYE dinner. Best Indian food i have had in Melbourne. Was utterly fantastic!
Group of 10 of us - we all got the set menu. SOO much food. Everything they brought out was phenomenal. Cannot recommend it enough!
Their buttered chicken was the standout by far.
NYD was a bit painful tho! haha

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:47 am

anyone been to mamaganoush in windsor?

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:49 am

Anyone been to Le Cru? I'm pretty keen

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:58 am

nup. menu looks good though

beetroot chips.. mmmm

same o · Post by **same o** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:04 am

deviant wrote:Anyone been to Le Cru? I'm pretty keen

it right near my house, have been thinking about it... tell me what you think..

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:15 am

Could go either way really.

same o · Post by **same o** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:19 am

JAMESSSS wrote:Could go either way really.

thats what I recon, they heat stuff below 45 degrees, the whole way of cooking confuses me.

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:30 am

Everything in my pantry is currently cooked in that style.

same o · Post by **same o** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:52 am

really.......

i dont get it... it makes no sense.. might go to one of their cooking classes to check it out.

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:56 am

Just leave some stuff out overnight bro.

12 hours @ 32 degrees.

same o · Post by **same o** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:03 pm

but that isnt cooking... it just leaving somthing out, isnt it?? i mean how would you do ravioli etc.

guess you could put it in 45 degree water for double the amount of time..

ADD_Boy · Post by **ADD_Boy** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:03 pm

yum cha

http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertain ... 43227.html

YUM !!! (cha)

Post by **fooishbar** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:34 pm

ADD_Boy wrote:yum cha

http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertain ... 43227.html

YUM !!! (cha)

YUM CHA

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:38 pm

ugh. all those filthy weird little red polished buns

:shudder:

anyone been to bottega?

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:44 pm

Been twice, first time was mad, second time I went on Valentines day and set menu wasn't anywhere near as good.

This would have been 3 years ago though.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:47 pm

hmm, i think it might be that set menu for valentines too- $125 a head

i might wait..

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:22 pm

same o wrote:guess you could put it in 45 degree water for double the amount of time..

This seems kind of prophetic on the other side of a salmonella hit yes?

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:34 pm

JAMESSSS wrote:Just leave some stuff out overnight bro.

12 hours @ 32 degrees.

ROTFL!!!!!

I'd like to see a place that only serves food that has been lovingly rolled in Gwyneth Paltrow's yoga mat prior to being sat on by Madonna. Actually, Madonna would crush vital molcules of nutrition out of the food. Perhaps the Dali Lama would be a healthier option.

ADD_Boy · Post by **ADD_Boy** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:52 am

coda rebooked!! Had to cancel at last minute cos of stupid work last time..

Anyone been?

Looking forward to it !!

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:07 am

ooer - really want to try Coda. It's my uncle's fave and he's a mad foodie.

Had an incredible Lebo feast on sunday night.

Oh food, how I love thee.