Hailing from Melbourne, I always find myself comparing cafes in other cities to the calibre of what can be found in Melbourne’s unique and industry-leading speciality coffee scene. These can be largely categorised as “normal” cafes (in lieu of a better word) and food cafes. The rhythmically named Brewtown Newtown is the perfect example of a Melbourne food cafe, but … Read More
Galleries
Tetsuyas
World-class and well awarded Tetsuya’s is a benchmark of the Australia fine dining culture. Once reaching number 4 on Restaurant magazine’s list of The World’s 50 Best Restaurant, Tetsuya’s has been on my list for some time and a conveniently timed work trip to Sydney allowed me to finally visit. Known to be difficult to get a reservation at, I … Read More
Code Black Coffee North Melbourne
Popular and ever expanded Brunswick cafe and roastery Code Black has opened a shiny new cafe in North Melbourne, bringing yet even more quality coffee closer to the city.
Code Black North Melbourne is almost a mirror image of their Brunswick cafe, counteracting the jet black fitout with sleek white furnishings but still keeping the base open warehouse style. A … Read More
Hobba
The interior design of Melbourne’s cafes are some of the most unique to be found but there are a few styles that are dominant. Hobba takes on the large open converted warehouse style and makes it fun and inviting for all.
Doubling as a private function space, the front entrance of Hobba opens up into a large open space with … Read More
Coda Restaurant
There is certainly no shortage of Asian fusion restaurants in Melbourne and five year old Coda has been one of the most acclaimed. Hiding on a basement level on the corner of Flinders Lane and Oliver Lane, it offers a modern Vietnamese cuisine, with some French influences.
Coda has an industrial yet minimalist fit out with it’s dimmed lighting, from … Read More
Supernormal
Asian fusion is always an interesting cuisine with chefs combining the best of the behemoth that is Asian cooking. Acclaimed and well awarded chef Andrew McConnell offers his take on Asian fusion in the form of Supernormal. After a brief experiment as a pop up canteen in Fitzroy, Supernormal had found a permanent home on the ever growing Flinders Lane.… Read More
Restaurant Two
Long time resident Restaurant Two can be regarded as a benchmark of sorts of fine dining in Brisbane. Headed by executive chef David Pugh and head chef Mat Fury, Two brings an exciting Modern Australian dining experience with French influences to the bottom end of the city.
Occupying the heritage-listed Old Mineral House building on Edward Street, takes a historic … Read More
Public
It can be easy to not even notice Public unless you’ve heard of it before, tucked away on the first floor of an office building on George Street in a quiet corner of the city. Once inside though, you feel like you’ve discovered a hidden gem for first time.
Public is a cross between a cocktail and wine bar and … Read More