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High Tea and Pork Dumplings, Oriental TEA HOUSE

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Oriental Tea House is the place to come to relax and unwind, sip on tea and down some dumplings. The have three restaurants in Melbourne, South Yarra, Chadstone and Little Collins Street Melbourne. In the new year they are planning to open a few more tea houses. I dined in the Chadstone restaurant for . . . → Read More: High Tea and Pork Dumplings, Oriental TEA HOUSE

Coconut Palms – Collingwood

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Inside Coconut Palms ‘Quality Vietnamese’

Coconut Palms is situated on busy Smith Street Collingwood, and similar to the street the restaurant is just as busy. We were there on a saturday night, and thankfully had a table booked, otherwise we would have had to find somewhere else to eat.

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5 Restaurants named and fined for food breaches

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I was reading this great article found on the Australian Food News website recently talking about restaurants breaching the food handling rules. It came as a warning to all restaurant owners, and me think about the times I’m ding in restaurants and how you just don’t know what they are doing in the kitchen behind . . . → Read More: 5 Restaurants named and fined for food breaches

Tea Blossoms

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Has anyone discovered the blooming teas from Tea blossoms yet? I first saw there range at the Taste of Melbourne Festival this year and was instantly amazed at what these teas were.  They start off as miniture dried balls smaller than a 50 cent piece, then when added with boiling water, they blossom out into . . . → Read More: Tea Blossoms

Taste 2010 – Part 2

If you’ve previously read my part 1 article for Taste of Melbourne, You’ll know that I had a fantastic time thanks to April from My Food Trails for providing me with tickets to the event. One of the restaurants I particulary wanted to visit was Esposito.

Hot Date Tart – Esposito

Esposito had . . . → Read More: Taste 2010 – Part 2

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