When it comes to eating out in Melbourne ‘ethnic’ cuisine is probably what first comes to mind. Judging by our last story on Contemporary Asian Cuisine in the Victorian capital, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Melbourne was an Asian city with Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, and Malaysian restaurants all flourishing. Melbourne’s ethnic food scene is a little … Read more
Whatever you eat, eating out in Melbourne is a delight, but there is a food movement there at the moment that doesn’t involve food trucks or Mexican food (don’t ask) and that’s the food of Melbourne’s contemporary Asian restaurants. Sure, modern Asian has been around a while, but new restaurants keep opening in Melbourne that are pushing … Read more
When chatting with chefs around Australia for the feature stories we’ve been working on, one man’s name comes up repeatedly when talk turns to cheese, especially Australian cheese, which it inevitably does, as the cheese is just so good in Australia right now – Will Studd. Or, Will Studd, “the cheese guy”, as chefs call … Read more
Melbourne shopping is some of the best shopping there is in Australia, especially for idiosyncratic fashion, jewellery and accessories. Designers are hand-making beautiful pieces while boutique owners are carefully curating eclectic collections. While most visitors make a beeline for Bourke Street Mall and the posh GPO – the old General Post Office remodelled into an elegant … Read more
Melbourne wine guy Matt Skinner may be a comparatively young bloke as far as Australian wine icons go, but with a handful of wine books, an annual wine guide and a television series under his belt, he’s fast become something of an Aussie wine legend and an inspiration to young Australians developing an interest in wine and … Read more