Where's The Best, These Sixteen Months?

It's been to a greater extent than than a twelvemonth since nosotros updated our Cutler & Co dessert menu.

Cooking-wise, it was approximately other twelvemonth of black pepper tofu was in all probability my favourite - together with held an Ottolenghi-themed feast alongside friends. Otherwise we've been heavily motivated past times the contents of our fortnightly veggie box. When nosotros instruct a cabbage we've been turning to okonomiyaki or white beans together with cabbage, together with when a pumpkin arrives nosotros plow to miso curry pumpkin, piquant pumpkin pie or herb-crumbed pumpkin wedges. 

Melbourne bloggers proceed to inspire us likewise - Steph at Nonya chicken, dan dan mian, chocolate cheezecake together with caramel slice (with a picayune aid from cauliflower together with caramelised onion tart, black glutinous rice together with tempeh bacon, piece palm saccharide fried tempeh has us shallow-frying regularly together with the surprise mint choc-chip icecream from coconut bacon past times local veg cafe Johanna GGG for the recipe.

Spicy Peruvian 'cheese' sauce, crepas de huitlacoche con salsa de chiles poblanos together with eggy quesadillas were our contribution to the Hispanic fever that's swept Melbourne's nutrient scene, piece nosotros branched out a picayune farther alongside these Brazilian carrot cakes. Cindy also tweaked a few onetime favourites to brand them vegan friendly, inventing her ain hugger-mugger blend of herbs together with spices for Kentucky fried tofu together with taking the eggs together with dairy out of French toast. The H2O ice cream maker didn't instruct quite equally much of a work-out equally inward years gone past times but this date, rum together with pecan H2O ice cream was a dessert highlight. 

We've continued to explore Melbourne's cafes, adding Cafe Lua, Wide Open Road, New Day Rising, L'atelier Monsieur Truffe, Milkwood, Grace, Elceed, Small Victories together with Brother Alec to our favourites. Two places we've loved for years wowed us alongside expanded options to a greater extent than of late - Mankoushe alongside their fantastic cafe together with Monk Bodhi Dharma alongside their Fri dinner menu. 

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 distich of classic mock-meat places disappeared (the EBC together with the Mercy Seat) but were to a greater extent than than adequately replaced past times South, Ren Dao together with Madame K. For pubby variety of food, we've dived into Brother Burger & the Marvellous Brew together with The Beaufort, piece Shanghai Street Dumpling was in all probability the best value house nosotros discovered this year. Middle Fish, Mad Raven Pizza Deluxe, Market Lane mushroom burgers together with Kaprica all practise okay on a dollar:deliciousness ratio equally well. At the other goal of the scale, nosotros had tremendous fancy meals at Movida Next Door together with Attica together with loved the mid-priced wonders beingness served upwards past times The Moor's Head, Mamasita, Chin Chin together with Easy Tiger.

Along alongside the distich mentioned above, nosotros lost Indya Bistro together with Robbies Stein from our favourites list, piece Circa, the Prince has been transformed completely since nosotros visited.

Somewhat surprisingly 2012 has been our to the lowest degree productive blogging twelvemonth - we'll goal upwards ane curt of 200 posts for the year. Twitter has taken upwards approximately of the slack, together with we're continually amazed past times the wonderful people we've met together with overstep friends alongside via the web. Here's to a big 2013!