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Golden Fields lobster rolls for ever

by Ed

I‘m obsessed. All I can think of is the lobster roll, or to be precise the “New England lobster roll, hot buttered bun, cold poached crayfish, watercress & Kewpie”. The bread roll, which comes from a Chinese bakery and is friend in butter is soft and sweet. The lobster is doused in japanese mayonnaise (which [...]

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Book now: Food bloggers to prove they can cook

by Ed

The time has come for Melbourne food bloggers to prove they can cook in a special once-only dinner that is not for the food intolerant at Miss Jackson in St Kilda. Anchovies, tongue, pork, gin and strawberries are all on the menu. Some come and join me Penny (whose idea this was), Billy, Jess and [...]

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Miss Jackson, I think I like you

by Ed

Miss Jackson, 2/19 Grey St, St Kilda 3182 (+61 39534 8415) Afficionadas of St Kilda cafes and coffee know there are few decent ones to be found nowadays on the main drags. But there is still quality to be found dotted around the edges with the likes of Inker7 on Inkerman St, relative newcomer Nineteen [...]

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Sunday lunch stuns at the Melbourne Wine Room no thanks to liquor licensing bully boys

by Ed

So the other Saturday the Melbourne Wine Room at The George had the boot boys in. Liquor Licensing Victoria sent in its storm troopers to shut the place down mid-service on a Saturday night. The only way they could have been anymore heavy handed would have been to raid the kitchen and Tazer Karen Martini [...]

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The Espy’s Ichi Ni rocks St Kilda

by Ed

I instantly like it: Ichi Ni (03 9534 1212), the Izakaya, a Japanese style tavern/pub with food, which opened last night  next to The Espy by the owners of The Espy Vince Sofo and Paul Adamo. It rocks. Yes, there were some blips in service on the first night. But we weren’t even aware that our [...]

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Bluecorn needs help and decent menus

by Ed

The advert says it all really. The meet and greet was good. But then the laminated (always a worry) menus and drinks lists were placed upright on the table, the sort of thing you may see at one of those themed family restaurants. It’s shame because the food is a cut above the run-of-the-mill Mexican [...]

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Nineteen Squares, great coffee, wireless and the morning sun

by Ed

There are a few new decent coffee places in St Kilda but right now there is a bit of a buzz about Nineteen Squares on the Peanut Farm side of Blessington St. I first heard about it from a neighbour, then down at the dog park. And it looks like becoming a popular spot for [...]

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Pay the price at the Flower Drum (or eat cheaper down the road)

by Ed

Nice Sydney friends who speak Mandarin and have fairly decent cleavage. I’ve always like dictatorships. Communism and fascism both share an idealism that when I was younger could have switched me either way. Of course, now grown-up physically at least I abhor the human rights abuses in China although I wouldn’t be able to ejaculate [...]

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Donlevy Fitzpatrick RIP

by Ed

I never met Donlevy Fitzpatrick. But I certainly have spent more than enough time in The Dogs Bar at the end of my street and The Melbourne Wine Room in the George in the other direction. These were his creation. George Biron notes his peaceful death at 11pm on Thursday 21 February. Brian Kearney, the [...]

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Glass breaks blog holiday

by Ed

My usual cafe is closed so it’s to a new place around the corner on Carlisle St. It takes courage to try a new unknown cafe. It takes even more courage to walk out after asking to read the menu. I wish I had more courage. I could tell from the menu that it wasn’t [...]

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Pizza e Birra bumps off an old friend

by Ed

Who knows the fate of Tony Soprano? I know the fate of my old friend, Termini an Italian restaurant at the old St Kilda train station on Fitzroy St. Bumped off, dead, caput.I – my family – was there at the beginning when it was part of the Fitzroy Street tram terminal building site. Then [...]

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Lazy supper

by Ed

We can’t all fresh healthy food all the time and when you’ve had a busy week and missed the market sometimes you just want a takeaway. For me, aside from a curry, there is nothing better than spurting Heinz Tomato Ketchup over a plate of Flake (probably very un-eco) and chips from Clamm’s Fast Fish [...]

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Finally Mirka at Tolarno

by Ed

Chef and owner Guy Grossi personally supervises the plating at Mirka at Tolarno Hotel (42 Fitzroy St, St Kilda 3182+ 61 3 9525 3088). We are there on its second night opne. the place is going crazy and there are, as anybody would expect, a few lumps in the service but they are handled well. [...]

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Restaurant karma

by Ed

This time last year after a trawl through some old receipts I discovered how much I wasn’t being charged. Drinks, bottles of wine – all sorts of stuff – were being left off restaurant bills. The result? I started reading receipts and volunteering the mistakes. Some joints would charge me for it but most would [...]

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