filed in Carlton, European food, Food, Melbourne, Tram Route 96 on Jan.30, 2011
Zum Zum is the middle of the cafes in the interesting North Carlton shopping area. This means that on a nice day you can sit outside and be part of the atmosphere. I find this atmosphere unique to Carlton North. It is one of Melbourne’s places that I never tire of visiting. The food at [...]
filed in Cafes, Carlton, Food, Melbourne, Tram 16, Tram Route 1, Tram Route 6, Tram Route 67, Tram Route 72, Tram Route 8 on Dec.30, 2010
My first visit to Shakarhari, the vegetarian restaurant at 201/203 Faraday Street in Carlton, was a few years ago.
I was with a vegetarian friend who was visiting from overseas and I wanted to give her a experience of fine dining –something more than the average vegetarian fare which often seems to include beans or Dahl. [...]
filed in Cafes, Carlton, European food, Food, Melbourne, Tram Route 96 on Mar.28, 2010
The news report that Rocco “Rocky” Pantaleo died in a road crash at St Kilda Junction gave me new insight into my favourite La Porchetta restaurant in North Carlton. I have written about it on this blog – see the link to that post at the bottom of this page or here.
I knew nothing of [...]
filed in Cafes, Carlton, European food, Food, Melbourne on Mar.22, 2010
I have been overseas for a couple of weeks and while I was away I remembered how I fell in love with Melbourne.
My first love was “Little Italy”on Lygon Street – that small strip of Lygon Street between Gratton Street and Argyle Place North that runs alongside Argyle Square .
Italian restaurant Lygon Street lunch time [...]