Brunch at Friends of Mine, 506 Swan St Richmond

1) S had the "pick me up" bricho roll. 

2) Toast with smashed avocado, thyme buttered mushrooms, poached eggs and feta cheese. Love it! 9/10.

3) Can't remember what tart this was. S ordered that as well.

Overall, happy with friends of mine. However, service-wise, could definitely see an improvement. Didn't like how the waitress just cleared our plates without even asking if we were done. 

Lunch at Hooked, 384 Brunswick St, Fitzroy

1) Battered Blue Grenadier with hand-cut chips and tartar sauce. Love
their hand-cut chips! 8/10.

2) Grilled blue grenadier with salad and basil salsa verde. Everything
was fresh! Love it. 8/10.

Voted healthiest fish and chips by The Age? Indeed!

Brunch at Corner Cafe, 62-64 Woodland St, Strathmore

1) Field mushrooms.

2) Chicken schnitzel open sandwich. Love it except that the toast was
really hard. Couldn't cut with my knife and couldn't quite bite off
with my teeth either! Would be perfect if the toast was not overly
hard. Still very tasty though! 7.5/10.

Lunch at Liar Liar, 90 Kinkora Rd Hawthorn

1) Potato rosti with smoked salmon, eggs and avocado. 9/10!

2) Brownie cheesecake. Moist and yums! 8.5/10.

Dinner at North Britain Hotel, 502 Doveton St North Ballaret

1) Deep fried Crumbed Camembert with Cranberry Jam - yums!! 9/10.

2) Seafood Platter - love it! Very fresh! 8.5/10.

Lunch at Mad Mex, 131 Chapel St, Windsor

1) Naked Nachos - love it. The ingredients were fresh and tasty! 7.5/10!

2) Burrito (chicken) - 7/10. :)

Lunch at Cafe Vue, Melbourne Airport

Had the wagyu burger. Love it! A must-try! 9/10!

Breakfast at Chez Dré, 285/287 Coventry St, South Melbourne

1) S ordered the stuffed mushroom. I didn't try it but it looked very tasty!

2) I ordered the croque madame. It's smoked ham grilled cheese
sandwich with an egg on top. Love it! 8/10! :)

Lunch at Groove Train, Westfield - Geelong Shop MM1 Yarra Street, Geelong

It's probably not fair to rate what we ate at Groove Train as we just lost out beloved golden, and everything tasted awful in our mouths. But I will say the service was prompt and the food was quick. Nice ambience as well.

Chicken parmigiana.

Fried calamaris

Dinner at Stokehouse (Upstairs), 30 Jacka Blvd St Kilda VIC 3182

These pics were taken in April, but I've totally forgotten to post them. Can't remember the individual dishes but there's nothing not to like about Stokehouse! I had the veal which I thought was pretty good. Overall, 8.5/10!

(Pictures by our friend C). 

Breakfast at Palate, Greville St, Prahran

1) Veggie Patch. The porch eggs were very mediocre. Nothing to shout
about. 5.5/10.

2) Big breakfast. Very average. 6/10.

Parisian Patisserie at 19 Keilor Rd Essendon

9/10! Highly recommend this place! Love the almond croissant.

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2nd visit:

Choc eclair. 8/10.

Macarons. 8/10. (Quite similar to Chimmy's, slightly chewy).

Breakfast at Brunetti, 198-204 Faraday Street, Carlton

Lunch at Flying Tarts Bakery Cafe, Kinglake

1) Sausage roll. Too salty. 5/10.

2) Spinach quiche. 6/10.

3) Beef pie. 6.5/10

4) Chicken, onion and mushroom tart with salad. 6/10. (dressing too sour).

5) Arancini. 6/10.

Breakfast at Jellystone Cafe, 179 Albion St, Brunswick

1) Flat White. Was lukewarm. 6.5/10.

2) Mushrooms on toast. 7.5/10.

3) Florentine. 6/10.

4) Poached eggs on toast with sausage. 6/10.

Lunch at Grill'd, Watergardens Town Centre 399 Melton Highway Taylors Lakes 3038

Mustard and Pickled beef burger. 7.5/10.

Tuscan Delight chicken burger. 7/10. A bit too dry.