Omar and the Marvellous Coffee Bird for brekkie before work.
Omar and the Marvellous Coffee Bird 124 Gardenvale Rd Gardenvale, VIC 3185 (03) 9596 4186 Where do you go to grab a mini-brekkie for a pre-work meeting? To Gardenvale Road is where. Helps that I live semi-close. This was actually J’s suggestion based on his super fine coffee friends. I want friends like that. J can you [...]
Proud Mary for afternoon lattes, Collingwood
Some of my friends are so hipster, that they don’t even know they are. Is this even possible? Proud Mary 172 Oxford St Collingwood, VIC 3066 (03) 9417 5930 Turns out, TinTin lives 1 minute away from Proud Mary. So from here on in, I will meet all clients in Collingwood and catch up with [...]
Sunday brunch, Dench Cafe in North Fitzroy, Melbourne
Dench Cafe 109 Scotchmer St Fitzroy North, VIC 3068 (03) 9403 5333 I said to V, if we ever leave Melbourne, I’ll miss brunch the most. When I first moved to Melbourne, I was based in South Yarra and seeing all the hipsters out to brekkie on Greville Street always felt cool on Sunday mornings. [...]
CoffeeHead, Camberwell.
CoffeeHead 8-10 Railway Parade Camberwell, VIC 3124 (03) 9831 1400 Last week V and I ventured out to Camberwell. We were planning on talking architecture with Nids, but since I forgot to confirm, we discussed our marriage instead. Fun. We wondered in and were about to wonder out because we thought they didn’t do heavy duty [...]
Yep, I managed to get into Chin Chin.
Chin Chin 125 Flinders Lane Melbourne (03) 8663 2000 We changed our 12:30pm lunch schedule to 12 midday and it was a wise move. We just made it – there were only a handful of tables left and I felt like a winner when I sat down. With a reputation preceding it, Chin Chin has [...]
Los Danzantes, Coyoacan, Mexico.
The Floating Gardens Nativitas and Caltongo, the main embarcaderos, are near the center of Xochimilco; embarcadero Cuemanco leads to Parque Ecológico de Xochimilco www.xochimilco.df.gob.mx Los Danzantes Plaza Jardin Centenario 12, Col. Villa Coyoacan, Mexico City Telephone: (55) 5554-1213, (55) 5554-2896 coyoacan@losdanzantes.com So we went on a 2 hour car [...]
Manchester Press – epicness in cafe form in Melbourne
Manchester Press 8 Rankins Lane Melbourne (03) 9600 4054 I can’t even remember when I went to Manchester Press, except that it was a really long time ago. At the time, I didn’t want to share it because I thought it would become one of those overly popular places that you can’t get a foot [...]
Golden Fields in Melbourne.
Golden Fields 157 Fitzroy Street St Kilda, 3182 (03) 9525 4488 This year for my birthday, my dear friends took me to Golden Fields. It is a stunning spot in St. Kilda – and ticked the boxes. The interiors are … well… nothing short of amazing. Let me give you the checklist to explain where I’m [...]
Indian street food. Does not get any better in Melbourne.
Bear with me while I glorify Indian street food. We recently introduced N to “Bhuja”. N is Malaysian-Indian. Needless to say, the packet of Bhuja didn’t leave her hands for a quite a while… That was when it dawned on me. If N is mostly Indian and she doesn’t know about the glory of Indian [...]
Pillar of Salt
Pillar of Salt 541 Church Street, Richmond (03) 9421-1550 A weekend ago, V & I dropped into Pillar of Salt. May have had something to do with a major SPACE & Poliform sale on nearby. But nevertheless. It was a lazy Sunday morning, where there are no plans (this is like any other Sunday for [...]
Padre.
Padre Coffee. 322 Coventry Street Melbourne VIC 3205 (03) 9209 6295 V and I often go to South Melbourne markets (sorry, side note, his preference is Vic Markets because he knows whom to bargain with and where to get the best coriander from as well)… I urge you to go. Try those amazing pistachio thingees pictured above [...]
MissChu
MissChu 2/297 Exhibition Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 (03) 9077 1097 I’ve read so many mixed reviews about MissChu, that I’m wondering if my non-Vietnamese-ness is really hindering my ability to judge food. Or maybe its because I go weak in the knees for a dumpling. Who knows. Interiors are certainly cool, fitting so much, spaciously [...]
Chez Dré = Awesomeness
Chez Dré, South Melbourne. 285-287 Coventry Street South Melbourne, 3205 (03) 9690 2688 I know Chez Dré is already all over the blogosphere – but this lovely lady deserves huge love. Amazing / delicious / awesomeness! I’ve already recommended it to heaps of my friends – but this is for you, pictures galore of delicious food [...]
MoVida Next Door
This is an institution. I have a thing against institutions. Sometimes I feel they are over blogged about and don’t need the fame. But come Sunday night, we needed a place open early arvo for bites which could be a dinner – but didn’t have to be a dinner! MoVida Next Door fit the bill. [...]
Porgie + Mr. Jones
I never used to like them, judged a book by its cover if you know where I’m coming from. But hey, they opened a nearby cafe called Friends of Mine and I was down. Details 291 Auburn Road Hawthorn VIC 3122 (03) 9882 2955 The service is lovely, the food is amazing – they do these [...]
The Library
The Library is a super cool bar in Wellington. We have to thank the gorgeous Tina in Windy Welly for the intro. You can see their afternoon tea menu here. Details Level 1/53 Courtenay Place, Te Aro 6011, New Zealand (google maps link) (04) 382 8593 For an awesome review and more food pictures, click here [...]
Zus & Zo
Zus & Zo is a little bit of foodie heaven in Auckland. Details 228 Jervois Road in Herne Bay 1011, New Zealand (click here to get a google map view) (09) 361 5060 It’s also uber aesthetic, which I’m sure is why Dr. D took me there. They have a range of sandwiches and a few [...]
Spit & Polish web design workshop.
On the weekend, Agnes and I, along with a group of other willing pupils, took ourselves along to an AGDA workshop called Spit & Polish: Web Design / Before you open Photoshop, held at RMIT School of Design TAFE. At first, we didn’t know what to expect - would we be testing out the back-end of [...]
For Sayher’s Mum.
At Miss Kish, we have a birthday roster. Sayher, our manly man, was in charge of Sherika’s birthday. This is what he came up with. Needless to say, all love goes to Sayher’s mum – thank you so much! She’s been feeding us since last year and now that Sayher’s leaving, we are going to miss his [...]
Rowena Parade.
A sweet little birdie said to me “Kish, when you don’t post a blog, I don’t know where to go for a coffee!”. Aah, that’s what you call a mighty fine ego boost. So little birdie – here is the Rowena Parade Corner Store. First introduced to me by Michi (not the Michi, Michi) but Michi Ohira. +++++++++ I [...]
An early morning coffee & Broadsheet.
SJ and I popped into the Broadsheet Café a wee while back. Sorry – tis closed now. (Please don’t hate). It was one of those places, super cool, super sexy – and I felt like we were there to be seen to be there? Nicely done. The coffees were perfect as expected, not a seat to [...]