Recipes by Chef Chris Watson
As a chef, the beginning of spring is probably the most exciting time of the year. After months of earthy root vegetables and hearty brassicas, the freshness and variety of produce that heralds...
View ArticleFarmers’ Markets – September
VegOut Farmers Market When: 1st Saturday of every month Next market: Saturday 5th September 2015 Peanut Farm Reserve, Chaucer Street St Kilda Elwood Farmers Market When: 2nd Saturday of every month...
View ArticleLook to Belgian for your next drink
By Andrew Chow Who doesn’t like a frothy after work or over the weekend, sitting in your favourite beer garden? With the rise of craft beers and more refined palates for beer, why not ditch the VB and...
View ArticleEarth, wind & flour
By Mantis Kane Once upon a time the pizza was considered the culinary runt of the food industry – unceremonious food delivered by the waiter on a moped. Wheaty dustbin lids smeared with leftovers have...
View ArticleSteak au Poivre by Chef Chris Watson
This French bistro staple is a perfect mid-week dinner. While I rarely choose to cook eye fillet of beef, its melting tenderness is a great counterpoint to the pungent fragrance of a roasted crust of...
View ArticleEat, play, love… St Kilda
“Man About St Kilda” Henry Shires on what’s happening this month Araliya is here: Sri Lankan Celebrity Super Chef Sam was a legend in his own lunchtime at his acclaimed restaurant...
View ArticleNougatine
By Louise Avery There is a moment when you see a bright cheekily coloured macaron and wonder what the colours taste like; then you your mouth will start to anticipate the possibility of crunch...
View ArticleEat, play, love…St Kilda
… what’s happening this month By Henry Shires Ah so many good things to enjoy, just in the if-not-global-then-at-least-globalized, wonderful village that is St K. But so few lives to enjoy them in....
View ArticleCaffeine hunters – the best coffee stories in and around St Kilda
While we take our coffee seriously in Melbourne hunting down a café that offers the type of coffee you desire is getting harder with so many choices. Some like their coffee weak fluffy and as mild...
View ArticleWood Frog Bakery
The Wood Frog is a rare species native to the French region of Bordeaux. It secretes a sweet serum from its facial gland that’s harvested by elite pastry chefs for high-end patisserie products. You’re...
View ArticleCrittenden Estate on the Mornington Peninsula
By Sergio Amadillo. Having heard the jungle drums beating, or in more topical parlance the twitterverse tweeting, I thought it was high time I got down to see what all the fuss was about at the...
View ArticleVegetarians who know good coffee
By Louise Avery World Vegetarian Café. 452 Glenhuntly Road Elsternwick; VIC 3185 1. Rate for Kick! 4 outa 5 for strength. It’s earnestly strong without making me feel overwhelmed.. much like a...
View ArticleHank Marvin Market Stall coffee
By Louise Avery Hank Marvin Market Alma Park East, St Kilda East VIC 3183 Rate for Kick! 3.5 stars… thank goodness! There are a lot of stalls to cover and no other coffee outpost for miles. Rate...
View ArticleFitzrovia Coffee Review
By Mark Lee Fitzrovia 2/155 Fitzroy St, St Kilda VIC 3182 1. Rate for Kick! 4 outa 5 for strength. It’s mostly going to be at least a 4 when you order a double shot. If I wanted a coffee as weak...
View Article7 Apples Gelato vies for Australia’s premier award
The votes are in – St Kilda is home to one of Australia’s finest dairy products. The prestigious 2016 Australian Grand Dairy Awards has announced finalists across 20 categories with St Kilda’s own 7...
View ArticleLittle Sunflower Cafe
By Mantis Kane My wife is a health food nut, sold on the miracles of bone broth and kale. I, on the other hand, am deeply sceptical about the health food industry and its bombastic marketing campaigns....
View ArticleGami makes the best fried chicken ever!
By Daniel Wilson There is nothing grander than Gami’s freshly fried Korean style chicken in its light crisp batter. And there is nothing more glorious than washing it down with their locally brewed...
View ArticleLentil As Anything – The Radiohead of Restaurants
By Mantis Kane The systems of trade are in constant flux. Once the bartering of pig’s trotters for a basket of turnips was part of the banking practice. Then came coins – then notes – then coins again...
View ArticleCafé i25 – Blessington Street St Kilda
Café i25 – Blessington Street St Kilda Rate for Kick! A reassuring 3.. not too bitter a rather friendly warm coffee. Rate for Flavour A flavour that doesn’t overwhelm. Rate for Barista enthusiasm Our...
View ArticleROLLO’S KIOSK
COFFEE – ROLLO’S KIOSK 1. Rate for Kick! Milky soft to Kapow Strong. 3 outa 5 for strength. The strength average. Once again I purchased a double shot (strong) latte. Thats the way I like it. 2. Rate...
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