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understanding it s like that on most weekends no idea why but they must have ordered different food to me or maybe it s the atmosphere that reminds them of home if home has vomit on the stairs leading to the toilet view larger map posted by adski at 7 27 am 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels fitzroy greek restaurant review monday november 15 2010 coin laundry 61 a armadale streetarmadale 3143 do you have a dollar do you have a dollar for me sung lisa mitchell in her song coin laundry well lisa i m sorry but if you need to scab a dollar from one of the punters at the fairly new coin laundry cafe in armadale then you re probably eating out in the wrong area the customers at coin laundry don t appear to be hard up for a dollar that s probably because their modelling careers have taken off the same could be said for the staff that work here too the 2 male baristas look like something off the cover of men s health magazine while one of the female waitresses could easily be australia s next it girl you would think that it would be hard to relax in a place like this without worrying if you had a hair out of place or left some latte froth on your top lip however that s not the case coin laundry is suprisingly relaxed and laid back the staff despite their insane good looks are very friendly and professional too the room is sun filled with massive windows looking out onto the swanky armadale terraces i reckon i can barely afford breakfast here let alone one of those houses but again that s not the case breakfast is reasonably priced which is why i guess the well to do penny pinching locals love this place so much the menu doesn t go out of it s way to be different though with everything on there sounding tasty but very middle of the road considering the amount of amazing cafes in melbourne at the moment i was suprised to see a cafe of this calibre serving your standard poached eggs with bacon and rocket on top i ordered the grilled champagne ham with fontina cheese on thick cut noisette sourdough with roasted roma tomato and torn basil 11 50 plus i ordered a poached egg on top 3 the noisette bread was excellent as is everything i ve tried of their s especially their olive bread the fontina cheese looked a bit odd kind of spread on the bread looking a little like cream cheese the poached egg was perfectly poached and the tomato was nicely roasted however the skin was left on no big deal but it would be nicer if they went to the effort of removing the skin it was pretty tasty but it s one of those things that you sit there and look at and go i could have just made this at home and not driven all the way to armadale which is exactly what i said em ordered the scrambled eggs with bacon smashed acovado and rocket unk again your standard cafe fare em noted that it was decent but the scrambled eggs didn t have much flavour to them however i must point out that since i introduced em to bill s scrambled eggs in sydney nothing has quite met their standard the smashed avocado has some lemon through it and maybe a bit of olive oil which gave it s slightly runnier consistancy em has a theory that the better looking the barista the better the coffee coin laundry was apparently keeping up with this theory coin laundry s coffee according to em was pretty darn good their tea menu was fairly disappointing however with only your stock standard earl grey english breakfast chai and green i wish cafes would show as much interest in the teas that they sell as the coffee that they sell overall i reckon coin laundry would be a top local choice if you lived nearby the staff are friendly and efficient the food is decent but it s not somewhere that i personally would be racing across town to re visit i think there are much more interesting options that i will be visiting before heading back there view larger map posted by adski at 2 53 pm 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels armadale breakfast cafes restaurant review monday september 27 2010 diy proud mary s potato hash egg bacon spinach and bagna cauda i found this recipe in jamie oliver s most recent issue of his magazine he paid a visit to proud mary and proclaimed that it served the best coffee he had ever tried period i ve eaten this breakfast many many times at the very popular proud mary cafe in collingwood i particularly love their bagna cauda sauce which they serve with the perfectly cooked eggs and crunchy yet soft potato hash the sauce isn t as salty as you might think the anchovies just provide the perfect seasoning with a bit of that lovely anchovy fishyness boiling the 8 garlic cloves in milk also somewhat tones down the garlic flavour the trick to this breakky is all about timing you ll need to have about 4 or 5 pans on the go at the same time so if you enjoy a bit of pressure before breakfast on a weekend this is a fun one to have a go at pity i can t make coffee at home as good as the one jamie had at proud mary serves 4 4 desiree potatoes peeled and halves 1 4 bunch chives finely chopped plus extra to serve about 50g of butter melted plus 30g extra for the spinach 12 rashers of streaky bacon 4 handfuls of baby spinach 4 eggs bagna cauda 8 garlic cloves 150ml milk 25g anchovies in a little oil 50ml single cream 1 small sprig of rosemary 1 boil the potatoes in salted water until almost cooked then drain steam dry and set aside to cool do not overcook you ll be grating the potatoes and want to grate into strands not collapse when the potatoes are cold frate on the thick side of a box grater place in a mixing bowl and combine with the chives then season well shape the mixture into 4 patties 2 get a pan of water on the boil ready to poach your eggs place the potato cakes into a hot frying pan or grill plate flatted them down spoon over a little melted butter and cook for 3 5 minutes until crisp and golden underneath flip and shape into flat squares 3 for the bagna cauda simmer the garlic in 100ml of milk for about 5 minutes until soft then remove with a slotted spoon discarding the milk blend the anchovies garlic cream and 50ml of milk with a hand blender until smooth transfer to a pan then simmer the sauce with the rosemary until it thickens very slightly keep warm 4 cook the bacon to your liking in another pan wilt the spinach with the 30g butter and some black pepper poach your eggs 5 to serve place a potato hash on each plate top with a poached egg then bacon and spinach drizzle generously with the hot bagna cauda posted by adski at 9 29 pm 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels breakfast wednesday september 22 2010 written on tea sandy bay tasmania nearly every friday night here in melbourne em and i head off to our favourite asian restaurant in victoria st richmond since we were on holidays in hobart we obviously weren t going to be able to pop down to victoria st so our little gourmet traveller 2011 australian restaurant guide came in handy once again we headed back to sandy bay about 20 meters from another restaurant we visited earlier in the trip shoga the place was called written on tea it was a strange little place half of it in one room seemed like a really nice swanky bar or restaurant and the other room seemed like one of the cheaper unrenovated take away places on victoria st richmond despite us making a booking we were still seated in the dodgier looking colder room at the front on the positive side at least we were getting a real victoria st experience in tasmania we started with the pan fried pork dumplings they were sticky little gyoza type parcels however somewhere along the line somebody forgot to pan fry our pan fried dumplings they were as good as any i d had in melbourne minus the lack of pan frying these little dumplings that we had next were very similar to the shao long bao that you get at hu tong in melbourne in fact they could have been shao long bao because they had that little bit of broth in the bottom that burns your whole face when you bite into them and they explode they weren t quite up to the standard of hu tong but they were definately up there after eating all the gyoza type dumplings it was a bit of a struggle getting through these finally we ordered some duck with basil and steamed rice this was probably some of the best duck i ve ever eaten it was really delicious the duck was lovely and tender however the basil wasn t what i was expecting it was italian style basil rather than thai style basil which i found to be a bit odd but seemed to work ok maybe they just read the recipe wrong a tasty dish all the same the service left a lot to be desired whilst most of the staff were friendly enough they definitely weren t attentive and i had to get up to go to the counter to ask if i could order our food the room we were seated in was pretty cold because the front door kept being opened for people coming in to get take away we would have preferred to have been seated in the nicer room especially since we d make a booking at one stage one of the waitresses came to us and said ok your table is ready now so we thought we were getting moved to the good room but the boss lady told the waitress off and we were told that the waitress made a mistake the food overall was above average and would fit in very nicely in melbourne s china town the prices were very reasonable and if you re after a cheap night out and aren t concerned about sitting in a not so sexy restaurant then written on tea is a top spot view larger map posted by adski at 10 45 pm 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels restaurant review tasmania choga sandy bay tasmania 1 4 russell crs sandy bay tasmania 03 6224 4570 this was my first introduction to korean food and i d have to say that i was a fan we d heard that choga do the best bibimbap in tasmania by just looking at the tiny restaurant from the inside or outside you probably wouldn t believe that but then again how much competition around hobart can they really have it was a freezing cold day outside so a bibimbap was definitely called for if you ve never had bibimbap before i found it to be i guess like a korean special fried rice it s sizzling rice in a piping hot bowl common toppings according to wikipedia are cucumber zucchini daikon mushrooms spinach soybean sprouts or tofu there will usually be some kind of meat on there too like beef chicken or seafood the other usual topping is either a fried egg or a raw egg yolk when the dish is served to you it literally comes out sizzling i mixed up my rice and toppings which basically left it looking just like the special fried rice that most australians would be used to it was the perfect lunch to have while it was freezing cold outside it wasn t too much warmer inside so it was great to have a warming meal when you get to the bottom of the bowl the rice that has been sizzling on the bottom of the bowl is golden and crispy and adds to the many textures already in the dish since i d never had bibimbap before i don t really have anything to compare it to but it was very very tasty and i d definitely head back to choga if i was in town again and in the mood for some bibimbap view larger map posted by adski at 9 53 pm 1 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels korean restaurant review tasmania monday august 23 2010 maedaya 400 bridge road richmond vic phone 03 9428 3918 after a recent trip to japan i couldn t get enough japanese food when we got back i was making it at home every single night i was making it at home rather than going out to a restaurant because i knew that whatever i made would be more authentic than most of the japanese you could get in a lot of the restaurants around town i also didn t want bad japanese food to taint my amazing memories of the beautiful food we ate in japan so before venturing out to any japanese restaurants i did a lot of asking around to find out where i could find the most authentic best quality japanese fare in town there were lots of suggestions but one name kept popping up maedaya like japan the staff are extremely polite and friendly always serving us with a smile the best bit is that just like japan all the staff start yelling out welcomes in japanese as soon as you walk in the front door the mixed grill we ordered firstly consisted of 5 different skewers each with different sauces and toppings some really excellent tastes here however the main thing i noticed was that the grill didnt seem to be as hot as the yakitori bars would use in japan so the skewers didn t really have that smokey charcoal flavour that gives it that extra depth delicious all the same next up was chicken meatballs on skewers again with different flavoured toppings i didn t loves these meatballs the toppings were all very interesting but the meatballs themselves had an odd powdery texture which i wasn t a fan of they weren t horrible by any means but i probably wouldn t order them again unagi that s japanese for eel of course one of my favourites from japan coated in that kind of sweet teriyaki style sauce excellent next we ordered the gyoza everyone loves a good gyoza these little dumplings which have been steamed and then pan fried so that they have a crispy and also chewy texture the gyoza were excellent however could have done with some more seasoning in the filling itself i think most places seem to rely on the soy sauce that you will add yourself as a seasoning one of my best eating experiences in japan was eating authentic okonomiyaki in hiroshima whilst this okonomiyaki was cooked in a different style i was still pretty impressed it looked more like the ones you see in the crappy bain maries in shopping centre food courts however the taste and texture wouldn t compare it was fantastic that japanese mayonnaise always makes anything taste better anyway even though we were stuffed beyond belief by this point we ordered a dessert each here is the mochi ice cream basically a ball of ice cream which has been wrapped in mochi dough and frozen with a strawberry sauce drizzled over the top so good so japan i d never seen mochi until i went to japan and this is the first time i d seen it in australia admittedly i hadn t been looking lastly was our green tea pudding with black sesame ice cream despite the unattractive colours of both the pudding and ice cream this dessert was my favourite dish of the night the pudding had that slight green tea taste and wasn t too heavy or sickly sweet even though it looked like it might be the black sesame ice cream was the perfect accompaniment while not many places outside of japan would ever compare to the experiences you have when you are actually over there i d say that maedaya is the closest i ve had to an authentic japanese restaurant experience here in melbourne i m sure there are plenty more what are your favour...