Australia wouldn’t be Australia if there wasn’t sea food for Christmas, New Year, Australia Day any other occasion where people get together. ‘Chuck a few prawns on the Barbie’ is a sort of a joke but it is also what happens. All summer in Australian households across the country, sea food is being ‘chucked’…
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December arrives and the fabulous and fun St Kilda Twilight Market is up and running again. It’s on again this Thursday, the 8th of December and goes right through summer until March next year. Every year during summer the St Kilda Twilight Market brings the local community and visitors together on Thursday evenings with…
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During my blog holiday the Hank Marvin Market opened in Alma Park St Kilda East. It has become a regular haunt on a Saturday morning. It opened while Alma Parks still had an upgrade under way. The months during winter were muddy but the crowds still came. The up-grade is now finished and…
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Dandelion is a very unobtrusive Vietnamese restaurant in Ormond Road, Elwood. I often work in the Elwood area and I find I hardly notice Dandelion. In fact when I was invited to a birthday lunch there I found it hard to place it. I think this is partly due to the fact they are…
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Fun, food, fashion, music and crafts – it is all at the South Melbourne Night Market. The market is held in the South Melbourne Market building every Thursday night until the 5th of March. It is lively and most of it is under cover so regardless of the weather you can enjoy it. Music…
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We talk a lot about clean and green these days. Clean and green was the first thing I thought when I climbed the stairs to first floor dining area of Uncle on Carlisle Street, St Kilda. I think it is the plain wood tables but also the light that comes from high up…
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There is a lot of pork around in Melbourne cafes and restaurants. There is slow cooked pulled pork, barbecued pork ribs, roast pork belly and at the Authentic Thai Taste Restaurant in Collingwood, Pork Shank. Ham hock appears on menus too but to my knowledge this is the first menu where I have seen…
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In the month of December The Melba room ups the prices and gives you a Christmas buffet experience. And they do it well. It is a stylish and satisfying experience for this time of the year. What do you get for those extra dollars? Christmas fare, more choice and a beautifully decorated hotel. Then…
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Some cafes and restaurants are more their location that their food and service. Pier 35 is one such place. On saying this, Pier 35 Restaurant doesn’t only rely on the location for their customers. The location? Well, there is something fascinating eating opposite a working port. On a fine day, from the outside tables,…
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Get the flavour of East Timor at the Gallery in the St Kilda Town Hall – enter from Carlisle Street. The gallery is opposite the cashier in the foyer. You can check out the gallery when you pay for parking permits, rates or other council fees, or just pop in and take a look….
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