Sweetwater Inn: Yum
I have no real fancy title for this. It's 30 degrees and I'm slightly tired and grumpy because heat really sucks, but I wanted to write this out because I finally checked out Sweetwater Inn today and...
View ArticleRoald Dahl Knows His Stuff: Arnhem Girls Cookies
So, Arnhem Girls cookies. This recipe has been haunting me for about two years now - I first saw it on Anger Burger, then traced it back to Savour Fare, whose excitement about it is totally infectious....
View ArticleSweetwater Inn: Still Excellent
My birthday falls in summer, which is usually a royal pain in the butt. This year I knew exactly where I wanted to lunch, though: Sweetwater Inn. After my last visit I've been dying to go back and...
View ArticleCatch-up
HEY. HI. STILL ALIVE. REALLY.The last month has been stupid. I've been under the weather more often than not and crazy busy on top of it, but here's some things I've been eating.Raw passionfruit...
View ArticleTomato Not-Eggs
Does anyone else occasionally have strong food memories? Like you're just minding your own business, you see something you ate once upon a time (and which you promptly forgot about) and suddenly it's...
View ArticleLOTF Chapel Street + Schnitz
Found myself in Prahran yesterday with a little time to kill. The Lord's seemed like a good way to escape from the rain and get a feed at the same time - especially with their Facebook spamming about...
View ArticleWaffle Taco?
I'm still getting used to using my waffle maker - I forget I own it so it hasn't gotten much use lately. But I came across this recipe from The Sugar Hit and was intrigued - buttery corn, spring onions...
View ArticleCornish Arms (finally)
The Cornish is, hands down, my favourite junkfood spot in Melbourne - how have I not blogged about it?! We finally went back yesterday after a quick dash to ALV's vegan bake sale at the St. Kilda...
View ArticleHow To Eat Vegan In Dandenong In One Handy Picture
Masala dosa (sambhar not pictured) and onion bhaji from Lakshmi Vilas, fried rice and hakka noodles from Dosa Plaza. Yum.Â
View ArticleAdelaide Eats 2
Found myself back in Adelaide this week and seized the opportunity to grab as many vegan eats as I could - Adelaide is a surprisingly veg-friendly town! There's so much more I would have liked to eat...
View ArticleVegetarian Delight, Adelaide
I had one place on my absolutely must have gotta visit list for Adelaide: Vegetarian Delight. They're scheduled to close at the end of July so I figured it was a now-or-never chance to see how Adelaide...
View ArticleBBQ Night at the Cornish Arms
So. This is a horrible photo because The Cornish's lighting is horrible at night but who even cares. BBQ NIGHT.This is the vegan big plate, $20: you're looking at a veggie frank with a gorgeous...
View ArticleCajun Kitchen, CBD
My SO and I have recently developed a fondness for Young and Jacksons' bar - especially the rooftop cider bar, where they're currently serving the Hills Cider Co's limited pomegranate cider (has anyone...
View ArticleFukuryu Ramen, CBD
One day a while ago I googled 'vegan ramen melbourne' out of vague curiosity. Turns out there's at least three vegetarian options in the CBD - Menya, Little Ramen Bar and Fukuryu. We set out for Little...
View ArticleSimplicity
For some reason our local fruit and veg shop has been carrying amazing tomatoes: deep red, juicy and flavoursome - and three bucks a kilo! I've been going nuts for tomato recipes. Stumbling upon The...
View ArticleOverdosa (HORRIBLE PICTURE ALERT)
Overdosa, back from six months in India (did anyone else keep up with their FB? I sure did.), are very much back in the swing of things and spinning dosas at The Emerald Peacock for the month of...
View ArticleTakeout Chow Mein
When I was an omni (shit, that was a good nine years ago now - where does time go?!), I used to love going for Chinese food. Simple picky-eater fare like chicken with cashews, BBQ pork and - my...
View ArticleOVERDOSA 2: The Burger-ning
Recently I've had the privilege of showing the awesome Lish around Melbourne. She's not veg but an equal opportunity eater: if it's delicious, it's all good, which is the best kind of person to hang...
View ArticleTofu Misozuke
This post has been two months in the making! I've been fascinated by the idea of tofu misozuke (miso cured tofu) for a while: miso is one of my favourite flavours in just about anything, so I sat down...
View ArticleShandong MaMa 2
I've been back to Shandong Mama many times over the past year since I blogged it, but I finally remembered to document a visit! They've expanded the menu and now opened up a second location (with...
View ArticleNight Noodle Markets 2014
When I first heard about the night markets, I was pretty excited (largely because Overdosa was vending) but didn't expect to have many other options. I'm so glad I went: amongst all the meat on sticks...
View ArticleFo Guang Yuan Gallery/Tea House, CBD
I can't believe I had never been to FGY before today! I'd set out to once or twice, but never made it in time and hadn't worried about it too much - online reviews say the food is delicious but takes...
View ArticleGrill'd: Chips Ahoy
Last week, a work lunch took me to Grill'd for the first time in a long, long time. Their menu is getting ever better for veg*ns - there are still the three veggie burgers (the garden patty is...
View ArticleSmith and Deli
Smith and Deli is possibly the most exciting thing to happen to the Melb vegan scene in, well, ever. This visit actually happened over a week ago, but I've been in Adelaide (plenty of eats, will blog)...
View ArticleHave Batter, Will Travel
I've recently come back from Adelaide, land of a surprising variety of vegan goods. One of the places I discovered is Sushi Train - what it sounds like; a sushi train. But they have vegan options! And...
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