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Shades of brown at The Spaghetti Tree

by Ed

Fresh fish doesn’t smell. The seafood crepe ($17) at The Spaghetti Tree smelt acrid, of ammonia. I didn’t even want to taste it and one mouthful was enough to put me off the food for the evening. It was awful in smell, taste, texture and presentation and left barely touched by the three of us. [...]

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My favourite deli by any other name

by Ed

Try anything. It’s all good at the “deli” If it is a recommendation, according to Foursquare, I’ve checked in to Brunswick Street Alimentari 62 times in its recent memory. Located on the corner of Brunswick and Greeves Streets in Fitzroy and labelled simply the Deli or delicatessen, it first became my local simply because A’s [...]

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I forgot I was meant to die. But at least I unwittingly ate my last meal at The Grand Hotel

by Ed

Vincisgrassi makes every other lasagne seems brutal. The Grand Hotel, 333 Burnley Street, Richmond +61 3 9429 2530 Hopeless. There I was talking about how this Vincisgrassi could be my last meal in September but I got the date wrong. I should have died at the same age as my father on the 5th August [...]

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Journal Canteen: eating and drinking out of our discontent

by Ed

It’s a little know fact that Journal Canteen – or Rosa’s Kitchen as the hidden neon sign on the first floor of the Centre for Adult Education (CAE) Building on Flinders Lane says – is now open on Friday nights. Up until I discovered that, I had only ever eaten lunch – for which bookings [...]

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Blog amnesty fortnight: South Yarra’s Bond St Cafe and its great value Italian food

by Ed

Now I know how ignorant I was thanks to the apertivo that Mauro Marcucci sent us out at Bond Street Cafe and Wine Bar. Served in a champagne flute Aperol, prosecco, a slice of orange and a skewered olive, it was the delicacy and balance of the drink that impressed me. I know better how [...]

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Down in one

by Ed

Tumblers of red wine at The Italian Waiters’ Club  You couldn’t spot the Italian Waiters’ Club ( 20 Meyers Place, Melbourne +61 3 9650 1508). Luckily Meyers Place is quite small and the club is the only doorway opening onto narrow stairs. Climb the stairs and seat yourself at a wood effect formica tabletop and [...]

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