There is a terrible man of my acquaintance called Bob the Food Snob. A few years back, I told you about the friendly food rivalry Bob and I enjoyed. The bad news is, it continues. Our competition still revolves around a teenage drive to be hipper-than-thou. We maintain a schoolyard race to be first at [...]
Archive for March, 2010
River Kwai
Posted in Burmese, Restaurants, Thai, tagged Burmese, clayton, river kwai, Thai on March 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Bitter End
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged angostura, Bitters, drinks on March 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
If there’s a bottle of Angostura Bitters gathering dust in your larder, take it out and cradle it. Then, immediately hide it again. There has been a rash of worldwide burglaries perpetrated by desperate bartenders as supplies of the concoction dry up. OK, that’s not entirely accurate. But if the stuff doesn’t start shipping again [...]
MoVida Aqui
Posted in Restaurants, Spanish, tagged melbourne, movida, Spanish on March 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I do get a little bit twitchy when a great restaurant expands. As a business spills into an adjacent shop front, I bite my nails as an appetizer. Sometimes, I can move happily on to the next course. St Kilda mainstay Ciccolina extended some years ago with great success. We habitués now ride out the [...]
