Josie-Bones
We went to Josie Bones last night. I didn’t go with the intention of reviewing it, but rather to enjoy beer and food with Lady Ale and my brother (who was visiting). However, we had such a good...
View ArticleThoughts on beer in Melbourne restaurants
Excuse this little bit of a (Melbourne specific but could apply to almost any city) rant, but as a beer drinker and someone who likes good food, I am often dismayed at how little effort restaurants...
View ArticleBeer Basics: Beer and Food
Like I did with glassware and cellaring, I’m not going to give you a list of what I think you should eat and drink with what. There are numerous lists out there, all basically saying the same thing....
View ArticleMelbourne’s Good Beer Week 2014 – Foodie Picks
In the first of a Good Beer Week Series, I’ve gone through this year’s Good Beer Week guide and picked out some events that I think you need to be paying attention to. My criteria for these are “It’s...
View ArticleBeer in Restaurants – a few years on, is it any better?
Well, yes and no (to answer my own question which references this post) Beer still doesn’t have the same footing that other drinks do in most non-beer focussed places in Melbourne (and it’s probably...
View ArticleBeer in Restaurants – part 2: NZ, Beervana and Wellington
This is the second post in a series about restaurants and beer. Being about NZ beer it has a bit of a preamble about our recent time in New Zealand for the Beervana festival. You can read the first...
View ArticleBeer in restaurants – Part 5: Rest of the world and a bit of a wrap up
I had planned to do this series in a week. I guess that was slightly ambitious and it’s taken me… a little longer. I’ve given my initial thoughts on beer in restaurants, looked at what is happening in...
View ArticleRestaurant Review: Hawker Hall, Melbourne
Hawker Hall is the new restaurant from Melbourne restaurant powerhouse Chris Lucas. With flagship restaurant Chin Chin still commanding queues on a daily basis, and sister restaurants Kong and Baby...
View ArticleRecipe: Thai Red Kangaroo Curry
This is a hybrid of a few recipes that I’ve adapted into my own Thai red kangaroo Curry recipe. Fortunately I live near Little Saigon market here in Footscray (Melbourne) so the ingredients are all...
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