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quiet roar · Post by **quiet roar** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:57 pm

huge wrote:http://tacotruck.com.au/

I think that'll be Raf (ph?) that has the burger truck.

Both lamb options sound great, huge!

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:19 am

brewing today and putting ribs in the slow cooker, rach is going to preston market and also getting me a massive tub of char sui pork and half a duck!

Sociopathic · Post by **Sociopathic** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:43 pm

witty_pseudonym wrote:Bistro Vue

Really? One of my friends just went there on Friday and from what I gathered from Bookcrack posts it was amazing.

What happened to make it not goods

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 6:12 pm

Sociopathic wrote:Bookcrack

mecka likes this

Post by **huge** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:20 pm

i made yoghurt, then i turned it into labneh. then i made banana bread and put the labneh+honey all over it. i can't explain it without starting to talk dirty.

get down to mule and have some for breakky. that + a coffee is all kinds of dirty talk.

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:26 pm

boo not not working in the city. i want mule lunchies.

Post by **huge** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:39 pm

awesome salad today. roast pumpkin, chickpeas, green beans, bit of onion and tofu seasoned with sesame oil and miso.

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:40 pm

boooooooooo. WANT.

only advantage of uni lunch is it's over half of what you'd pay in the city.

retzie · Post by **retzie** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:06 pm

witty_pseudonym wrote:only advantage of uni lunch is it's over half of what you'd pay in the city.

Where on campus are you? Vic Market/City can be doable for lunch (borek missions ftw!)

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:11 pm

at the Sidney Myer Asia Centre, so yes, market mission definitely doable...city possibly.

Post by **huge** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:00 pm

latest prototype sammich at mule. slow cooked lamb shanks in stock and wine with some lemon zest (& juice), garlic and cherry tomatoes. turkish bread spread with labneh, rocket dressed in all the left over oil from olives and semi dried tomatoes, roast capsicums and houmous.

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:59 pm

whole thing needs to be dipped in the juice from the slow cooker! then a double dip.

Post by **huge** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:53 pm

hah yeah, i actually had a little bowl of the juice for dipping (was more pouring). was out of control.

now the pork is cooking in said lamb juice. no idea what it will taste like. can't be bad tho.

think im going to swap out the labneh for fifya's spicey north african dip huhu.

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:55 pm

Booked in for Matteo's on Brunswick St for birthday dinner sunday night.

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:11 am

huge wrote:hah yeah, i actually had a little bowl of the juice for dipping (was more pouring). was out of control.

now the pork is cooking in said lamb juice. no idea what it will taste like. can't be bad tho.

think im going to swap out the labneh for fifya's spicey north african dip huhu.

still running with this one today?

Post by **huge** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:20 am

got the pulled pork again today. hamish has made it extra tasty.

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:42 pm

Had to rinse it.

Post by **huge** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:47 pm

probs the best one yet. the turkish roll makes it so much better to eat.

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:57 pm

+2 mouthfeel.

Post by **fooishbar** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 2:47 am

the pulled pork i had was pretty awes, but bread was too soft and yielding, reckon something like toasted turkish or foccacia would've smacked it. texture like whut.

edit: obvs this wasn't at the mule as the mule would smash it.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 2:44 pm

lol at 'sammich'

i just gota slow cooker to make pulled pork. oink!

how did you find matteos oli? i have heard it's kinda random- italian name, japanese fusion food..

quiet roar · Post by **quiet roar** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 6:07 pm

huge wrote:latest prototype sammich at mule. slow cooked lamb shanks in stock and wine with some lemon zest (& juice), garlic and cherry tomatoes. turkish bread spread with labneh, rocket dressed in all the left over oil from olives and semi dried tomatoes, roast capsicums and houmous.

I'd even travel out of brunswick for that bad boy. Where you guys at, huge?

ADD_Boy · Post by **ADD_Boy** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:55 am

DAMN. That looks good Hugh!!

been a bit slack/busy lately.. so no new restaurants visited.. a few of the usual suspects have been hit .. Cumulous, Movida, Mamasita.. I can even do lunch there sometimes !! BEST ~!! the fish tacos are so goood!!!!

Post by **huge** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:14 pm

quiet roar wrote:I'd even travel out of brunswick for that bad boy. Where you guys at, huge?

19 somerset place man!

not on the menu yet! even then it wont be the same as that. far too fiddly and pricey to make with shanks. will be lamb shoulder (altough more $$$ it's easier to cook and deal with!)

the banana bread, labneh, bacon, banana and maple syrup thing is most deffo going on the menu as a special tho.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 2:00 pm

need somewhere CBD for casual dins friday

yamato?

find in the city there's top end and then crap, not a lot of mid range other than say cookie..

no waitlist style is shitting me. mamasita can gtfo until they change this

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 1:38 pm

yeah, I've eaten at mamasita 4 times... I've been there about 10,,, it's bullshit

Post by **huge** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:03 pm

ive been ther about 4 or 5 times. was close to getting in once but there were too many of us. (it was about 5:30 too!)

given up. will never go.

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:13 pm

pff sounds like wank imo.
haven't been but a little put off if it's that unpredictable!

Post by **huge** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:16 pm

if there are 2 or 3 of you and you get there at 5:30 you will get a spot i reckon. still never going again tho.

spiral · Post by **spiral** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:16 pm

UGC wholesalers on a' beckett st have $1 small wheels of goats cheese - very very tasty

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:26 pm

What type?

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 3:55 pm

bloody cheap

anyone been to mezzo bar in the shitty yet?

shout outs to markhov place and sakura kaiten- true melbourne gems

spiral · Post by **spiral** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:52 pm

yeah UGC is great for good food bargains - plus you can drive right into their warehouse and load up
was tempted by a 4kg can of roast yellow peppers for $5

Post by **huge** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:56 pm

top 5 cbd restaurants go!

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:58 pm

gingerboy
coda
longrain
yu-u

and a tussle over the fifth..

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 5:49 pm

Nobu (arguably CBD)
Gingerboy
Long Grain
Squires Loft
That stone grill japanese place that I've been to heaps of times but have never known the name.

quick · Post by **quick** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:06 am

Wing Loongs
Nam Loongs
KFC
Nandos
Pie Face

Post by **huge** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:57 am

loooool

Post by **system** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:03 am

some others:

* cumulus
* il solito posto
* mamasita
* ezard
* rockpool

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:19 am

Izakaya Den and Taxi for sure, as well as the standards already mentioned.

Post by **huge** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:31 am

thanks guys!

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:49 pm

taxi is awes. very good experience. would prob sneak into my fifth place

ezard totes high brow but mad for super spesh night out

izakaya den is so full of hipsters, wanted to stab everyone there lol

il solito posto has gone to the pack. had high hopes when we went a few months back. beautiful venue- nice and warm but smartarse service and absolutely WOEFUL food. would never ever go again, not even for free

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 1:54 pm

gnat wrote:izakaya den is so full of hipsters, wanted to stab everyone there lol

totes agree. frustrating experience. food was nice though.

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:31 pm

I loved it, had no problems with crowd at all!

It was a just like any other place?

spiral · Post by **spiral** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:45 pm

JAMESSSS wrote:What type?

cablanca from holland
http://www.gourmet-food.com/gourmet-che ... 02891.aspx

Post by **huge** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:51 am

izakaya den last night. pretty fecking good tbh. was going to be a 45 min wait but got sat at the bar in like 10mins.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:04 pm

tuesday tbh

friday night was total neg. 2 hour wait

could not for no booking policy. i object!

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:24 pm

i hate no booking policy too

in fact i state here and now that i refuse to ever got to another restaurant that has a no booking policy, bloody sitting there waiting for a table like a jerk. i don't care if the food is cooked by jamie oliver , plated by rembrandt, and they let you use jessica albas boobies as cutlery, I'm not going.

Post by **huge** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:28 pm

mrj wrote:they let you use jessica albas boobies as cutlery

awes.

yer i was totally calling around to get into somewhere else. they dudes were mega friendly tho and the couch we sat on was pretty comfy.

but yes. would not bother on a friday. have to get there when the doors open.

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 1:05 pm

We went on A Fri and were seatied in 30mins.

Which is fine, had a couch for that time and got a bottle of shochu.

Sounds like I might not risk that again though!