by Ms I-Hua | Sep 11, 2010 | Interviews, Lifestyle
During the Taste of Melbourne 2010 event, I braced myself for a rejection, approached Nicolas Poelaert and requested meekly, for a quick Q&A session with him. I mean, I’m only a tiny unimportant blog out of the many better food bloggers out there… The...
by Ms I-Hua | Sep 3, 2010 | Breakfast, Brunswick, By Cuisine, By Location, North Melbourne, Restaurant Reviews
When we first heard that Chef Matt Wilkinson had left Circa, the Boy and I were devastated… here we were, planning to go to Circa, because of him and he goes and leaves it! But then, it was announced that he would be opening up his own restaurant… Pope...
by Ms I-Hua | Sep 1, 2010 | Food Events, Lifestyle
The last and final part to my epic food weekend at Taste of Melbourne… By Sunday evening (which dinner I skipped), I was on the verge of food overload (if ever there was such a thing, Sunday night it was) The lovely Smeg fridges which I always want but can never...
by Ms I-Hua | Aug 31, 2010 | Food Events, Lifestyle
Third post of my Taste of Melbourne 2010 fun is mostly about sitting in for Nicolas Poelaert’s Taste Kitchen and trying his menu at the pop-up restaurant of the day, Embrasse! The crowd was starting to build up 30 minutes before the scheduled cooking class was...
by Ms I-Hua | Aug 30, 2010 | Food Events, Lifestyle
Part II of my Taste of Melbourne Post concentrates on the majority of the dishes we had whilst working our way through the throng and bustle of the crowd… this is not counting all the other freebies of alcohol, cheese, lamb, chocolate etc… maze Restaurant...
by Ms I-Hua | Aug 29, 2010 | Food Events, Lifestyle
When the Boy and I heard that the Taste of Melbourne would be making it’s rounds again this year, we got super excited and bought tickets really early on… and receiving 30 crowns (the denominations used for food in the event/festival) for 5 dollars...
by Ms I-Hua | Aug 26, 2010 | Breakfast, By Cuisine, By Location, Inner South-Eastern Suburbs, Restaurant Reviews, Richmond
“I’m free on Saturday if you want to meet up for brunch?”, announced Ms. Tinymouse on Thursday… “Want to try, Richmond Hill Cafe & Larder?”, it’ll be good!… And I agreed with the plus point of it having a discount...
by Ms I-Hua | Aug 24, 2010 | By Cuisine, By Location, Melbourne CBD, Modern Australian Cuisine, Restaurant Reviews
**WARNING** PORKAGRAPHY EXPLOSION **WARNING** I must admit, that I’m probably the last foodie/blogger in Melbourne that has yet to blog/taste the astounding sandwiches at EARL Canteen… So, last Friday… I was determined that I’d jump on the...
by Ms I-Hua | Aug 23, 2010 | By Cuisine, By Location, Chadstone, Eastern and South East Suburbs, Italian Cuisine, Mediterranean Cuisine, Restaurant Reviews
One weekend, I was being an incredible spoiled-brat (it happens quite frequently now… I throw a mean-ass tantrum if I don’t get what I want… and what I want usually involves bacon and eggs) The Boy suggested that we walk around Chaddy to find a new...
