Young talent time: Electrolux Appetite for Excellence Awards
When you’re in a room with Australia’s hottest young restaurant talent, you know the canapes are going to be good. And the Electrolux Appetite…
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Some like it hotter: Belles Hot Chicken
Since stepping away from fine-diner Loam, on the Bellarine Peninsula, Aaron Turner has been on a something of a pilgrimage. He’s just returned from…
Sizzler: this is what nostalgia tastes like
When I was growing up in country NSW, the Sizzler at Greenhills was a dining highlight (followed closely by the all-you-can-eat Pizza Hut nearby). So…
Melbourne’s best burgers: a new contender
My love of burgers will come as no surprise to regular readers of Eat My Words. I’ve gone so far as to name my…
Spiced apple & rhubarb crumble
Poached rhubarb is one of winter’s great pleasures. Sticky, almost earthy in flavour, it’s divine with bircher muesli, buttery cakes and old-fashioned crumbles – and it lends…
A fine balance: Chinese food and wine matching
While it’s easy enough to pair a cabernet sauvignon with a chargrilled steak or a luscious late-harvest riesling with your favourite lemon tart, matching wines to Chinese food…
Happiness is a four-step process
Along with cosy coats, ankle boots and leopard-print scarves, ice cream is one of those things that belongs in my winter life (in summer,…
Kong brings mod Korean to Richmond
Chris Lucas has a knack for nailing the Melbourne dining zeitgeist, and he’s done it again with Kong, a mod-Korean diner on Church Street, Richmond. While…
Slow-cooker pulled pork
I’m not going to lie to you – the recipe for this spice rub changes every time I make it, depending on what’s in…
Leader of the pack: Brae restaurant review
I have been waiting a while to dine at Brae, ever since we heard that Dan Hunter had upped stumps from the Royal Mail and…