Dinner at Don Tojo, 164 Cardigan St Carlton

The Soba Salad with buckwheat noodles were a bit sour. 7/10.

The Chicken Curry Rice was pretty good. 8/10.

Value for money and fast service! :)

Dessert at Shocolate, 3//296 Brunswick St, Fitzroy VIC 3065

Death by chocolate! 9/10! :)

Dinner at Ume Hana Korean Restaurant, 398 Elizabeth St Melbourne

Korean BBQ spicy chicken with rice. Nice enough but has "chicken
smell" which I didn't like.

6.5/10.

Dinner at The Purple Orchid, Springvale

Cambodian and Thai cuisine.
Prawn spring rolls, tom yum seafood noodles and phnom penh noodles.
Total $23.50 (cheap)! The phnom penh noodles were surprisingly good.
8/10.

Grilled Chicken Wings in Satay Marinate by Joe.

Yums! My husband makes the best chicken wings in the world! :)~

Black Sesame Soup by Joe.

Not bad considering it's is first attempt. Using the soya bean milk
maker given to us by my mom-in-law. :)

Lunch at Hunky Dory again!

Love the grilled fish here. Very fresh! Came with garden salad and
brown rice. Healthy! :)

9/10.

Address: Clarendon St, South Melbourne.

Dinner at Pho Bo Ga, 447 High St Preston

The beef ball noodles is nice enough but didn't care for the veg
spring rolls. A little too bland for me.

Lunch at Hunky Dory (South Melbourne branch).

Probably one of the best fish and chips in town! 9/10! Love the grilled fish.

Dinner at Samanee.

557 Mt Alexander Rd

Moonee Ponds VIC 3039

(03) 9372 7761

Chicken Satay - nice but a tad salty. 7.5/10 $8

Keow Waan Talay $25
Delicate Thai green curry with prawns, Rockling, mussels, scallops, coconut meat and Thai basil

Love it! 8.5/10

Larb Gai $18
Prime chicken mince tossed in fresh herbs, lime juice, fish sauce, chilli and toasted rice powder

7/10.

Cakes from Le Petit Gateau.

Coffee cream tart and blackforest cake. 9.5/10!

458 Little Collins St
Melbourne
Tel: 03 9944 8893
Opening Hours
Monday to Friday, 7am-5pm

Joe's Birthday Dinner at Fifteen (Jamie Oliver's Restaurant in Melbourne).

115 - 117 Collins Street

Melbourne VIC 3500

1300 799 415

6-course degustation menu at $95pp.

Arancini balls with sour cream. 8/10.

 

 Giorgio’s burrata with zucchini flower fritti and olive oil poached vine tomatoes. 8/10.

Crumbled sardines with pine nuts, currants and sherry vinegar dressed baby leaves. 7.5/10.

Vialone Nano risotto with steamed Spring Bay mussels, chilli, garlic, cherry tomatoes and parsley. 8/10.

 Rotolo of baked ricotta, button mushrooms, baby spinach and marjoram with crispy sage, brown butter and parmesan. A little too salty. Still very good. 8/10.

Pan-seared yellow fin tuna with green beans, baby vine tomatoes, rosemary, sardines and crispy battered zucchini flowers. 7.5/10. Didn't like the long beans.

 Black Angus beef tender loin with a tasting plate of mustards and condiments. 9/10. I think this is the best dish for me.

 Palate cleanser.

 Chocolate ice-cream and grappa cherries in a cone. Nice but felt like they came from one of those supermarket ice cream tubs. 7/10.

 Mixed berry crostata with clotted cream. 7.5/10.

Goats' cheese with grissini, Carta di Musica and Fifteen’s fig salami. This was probably my least favourite. Not a fan of goats' cheese and the fig salami was too strong tasting. 6/10.

Lunch at Dessert House

Deep Fried Spicy Chicken on Rice 8/10

Bee Hoon Goreng by Joe.

8/10.

Lunch at Samurai.

804 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn - (03) 9819 4858

Miso soup. 6/10.

Agadeshi Tofu. Bad. 4/10.

Omurice. Not spectacular. 5/10.

Chicken Katsu Curry with Rice (aka their "lunch box of the day"). 6/10.

Lunch at Bundo Raya.

9/176 Commercial Road Prahran (03) 9078 8972

Fish, Chicken and Veg on Rice.
Word of caution - the lady behind the counter used the same hand to handle money and touch the food!

Sate Padang. Didn't like it at all. Lamb smelled suspect.

Nasi Goreng was pretty ok although the chicken looked suspect. Again, didn't dare to touch the meat.

$30 for the whole meal. Will not revisit due to lack of hygiene.
Also, waited like 45 mins for the nasi goreng!

Dinner at Khao San Rd.

696 Mt Alexander Rd Moonee Ponds VIC 3039 - (03) 9372 9113

Keropok as appetizer.

Prawn Pad Thai - 8.5/10.

Basil Chicken - pretty average. 7/10.

Papaya Salad. Very fresh. 8/10. 

$43 for everything. Super noisy place!!

Lunch at Aerolink Cafe.

Lot 29, 85-91 Keilor Park Drv TullamarineVIC3043

Satay Chicken on Fried Rice - gave DH severe diarrhea immediately after. 6/10.

Hokkien Noodles with Salt and Pepper Calamari. Calamari was ultra blend and too oily. 5/10.

Lunch at Es Telar!

164 Cardigan Street Carlton VIC 3053

(03) 9347 7483

Vegetarian Mee Goreng (+egg). 8.5/10.

Pece Lele - Deep fried catfish with rice. Chili is fantastic! 9/10