You may walk along Swanston St opposite the University of Melbourne campus, see Sinbad’s Lebanese cafe and keep on walking, thinking it is merely another kebab shop. Sinbad’s has a far greater variety of foods than that, including many vegetarian dishes.…
Monthly archives: March 2010
new menu at the Metropole cafe
I have no reason to dislike the Metropole hotel, but when I see its new window sign promoting a new menu and new chef I can only shake my head. Change may be good, but they cannot change some of the fundamental things that makes their cafe a dead zone, such as the location.…
paper skeleton
At an art supplies shop on Smith St Collingwood. Strangely fascinating.
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Leunig on Fitzroy St
A cartoon about the meaningless and futility of graffiti by Leunig has been glued onto a wall on Fitzroy St over the top of some graffiti. Brilliant.
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lunch at Tsubu, University of Melbourne campus
Tsubu Japanese restaurant on the University of Melbourne campus is apparantly newly renovated, but as my first visit was only last week I cannot comment on the before and after transformation. I ordered the kangaroo special and my friend ordered the salmon, which she liked.…
lunch at Konjo Ethiopian restaurant, Smith St Collingwood
Recent Smith St arrival Konjo Ethiopian restaurant and craft shop was my destination for a Saturday lunch recently with a fellow blogger. Unfortunately they don’t have their menu on their site and I cannot remember the names of the dishes we had, but both were delicious!…
supersmooth on Sydney St
Newish work on Sydney St Collingwood.
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dinner at Ping’s dumpling cafe, Clayton
Sometimes it’s necessary to leave the inner city bubble and visit the vastness of suburbia, the land ruled by cars. I recently picked up a friend from Monash University and went for dumplings at Ping’s on Clayton Rd, where we enjoyed eel with rice, amazingly good hot and sour soup with dumplings, tofu and mushrooms, chestnut pancake and egg custard steamed buns.…
laneway hoola hoops
Here’s something fun for your Saturday afternoon – Lisa Lotti performing in a Fitzroy laneway.
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