November 6, 2010: Slow Tiger

Collingwood is booming - it seems as though every calendar month a novel trendy house opens upwards at the southern halt of Smith. We caught the initial buzz most novel Thai house Easy Tiger together with set it on our 'once the hype fades' list, to banking concern check out when getting a tabular array doesn't withdraw planning ahead or going on a waiting list. Wandering Smith St on a Saturday, nosotros discovered a novel option: lunch-time! Easy Tiger was sitting opened upwards at midday on a Sat without a unmarried patron inwards sight - nosotros strolled in, grabbed our pick of the tables together with were the sole focus of the staff's attention.

As everyone else has commented, it's a beautiful tally out - sleek together with clean, alongside rows of brilliant colourful spectacles running downwards the walls to frame everything. The guy serving us was amazingly friendly together with helpful, taking us through the menu, suggesting dishes that would function good together, fifty-fifty telling us how nosotros should swallow things. Even better, he was a vego, together with so was happy to figure out what they could for us. The $60 vegetarian banquet sounds brilliant, but seemed a combat excessive for an early on lunch.

Instead, afterwards taking advice, nosotros picked a duet of pocket-size dishes, a salad together with a curry. The kickoff dish was the principal argue I'd been enthused to crusade Easy Tiger - the dimly lit motion painting on Ashley had an as expert sense during a busier visit). If you lot await your Thai nutrient to teach the eyes watering a combat you'll last a combat disappointed past times Easy Tiger - they're working alongside a subtler arrive at of flavours. But if you lot become expecting an fantabulous meal, wonderful service together with a fashionable setting, Easy Tiger volition hitting the spot. Our solely disappointment was non getting to crusade the desserts that Claire together with Joyce raved most - we'll convey to furnish for an level repast to a greater extent than or less fourth dimension soon.

I've already mentioned all the weblog reviews of Easy Tiger I could find: Melbourne Gastronome, I'm together with so hungreeeeeeeeee

Easy Tiger
96 Smith St, Collingwood
9417 2373
veg banquet $60 per person, pocket-size plates $4-$10, mains $24-$30
licensed
http://www.easytiger.co/

January 22, 2011: Char Koay Teow

cooking class at LaZaT to base of operations things on, but it turned into a chip of a freestyle exercise, alongside Cindy directing as well as me doing almost of the manual labour. It was a fair chip of work- for optimal wokking, nosotros did things inwards a couplet of batches - but good worth the effort. We ended upwards alongside a massive pile of delicious noodles as well as veggies, which made many outstanding lunches through the week.

We constitute some fresh CKT noodles inwards the refrigerator at Mix Oriental Supermarket inwards Barkly Square, which were in all probability the cardinal argue that this dish turned out hence good - they were much ameliorate than the dry out ones that we've used inwards the past. We equally good lay some eggs inwards ours - they are really first-class inwards CKT - I'd last interested to hither whether in that place are skilful vegan substitutes, or if they simply teach left out.

Char Koay Teow
(adapted from a LaZaT recipe)

500g fresh CKT noodles (wide, apartment rice noodles)
300g smoked tofu as well as 300g fresh tofu, cubed
1 carrot, sliced into fine sticks
1 big handful of beans, trimmed as well as halved
1 big handful of edible bean sprouts
1 bunch chives, sliced into 2-3cm pieces
four garlic cloves
2 tablespoons sambal
four eggs
four tablespoons peanut oil

Sauce
four tablespoons tamari
2 tablespoons kecap manis
2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon salt

Soak your noodles inwards hot water, making certain they all separate nicely, drain as well as laid aside.

Heat 2 tablespoons of the fossil oil inwards your wok as well as stir tiddler all the tofu until it gets a dainty crispiness going as well as starts to chocolate-brown a little. Remove it all from the wok as well as laid aside.

From hither on in, nosotros did everything inwards ii batches - everything plant ameliorate if y'all accept infinite inwards your wok, hence splitting things inwards one-half is a skilful move.

Add one-half the garlic as well as a splash of fossil oil as well as to the wok as well as stir-fry, until the garlic turns a chip golden. Stir inwards one-half the sambal as well as tiddler for a few minutes.

Add one-half the carrots as well as beans, equally good equally one-half the noodles, as well as stir from for a couplet of minutes.

Add one-half the tofu dorsum in, pour inwards one-half the seasoning as well as laid upwards on high rut for some other infinitesimal or so.

Spread the noodles to a greater extent than or less the side of the wok hence you've got a niggling gap inwards the middle. Pour inwards a tiny chip of peanut fossil oil as well as and hence fissure ii of the eggs into the oil. Scrape the noodles dorsum over the superlative of the eggs as well as permit them laid upwards for a couplet of minutes, hence that they set.

Once the eggs are set, stir everything thoroughly, add together inwards the chives as well as sprouts, tiddler for some other infinitesimal or hence as well as and hence withdraw from the wok as well as repeat the whole procedure again.

I constitute this fifty-fifty ameliorate alongside a squirt of Sriracha hot sauce stirred through, but Cindy enjoyed hers without the require for extra heat.

April 6, 2011: Sweetness Basil

Cindy in addition to I were swanning roughly South Yarra in addition to took the chance to endeavour out Cheap Eats' recommended vegetarian house for the inner-south: Sweet Basil Thai Cuisine. Unlike many Thai places where 'vegetarian' may good hateful "includes fish sauce in addition to shrimp powder", Sweet Basil are on move past times of our meat-free requirements. They've got a specific vegetarian department inwards their carte du jour amongst to a greater extent than than 20 options to direct from.

The house itself is fitted out amongst a fighting to a greater extent than flat than the fluoro Ying Thai (or indeed many of the inexpensive in addition to cheerful Thai places roughly Melbourne). They were really serenity past times the fourth dimension nosotros turned upward in addition to then the service was highly attentive - H2O spectacles were topped upward equally presently equally we'd sipped from them in addition to everything arrived speedily.

We decided to only convey an entree in addition to a top dog betwixt the ii of us, starting amongst the the Tofu Tord (lightly fried tofu served amongst a crushed peanut in addition to plum sauce, $8.90).

The sauce that came amongst this was an fantabulous combination of sweet, tangy in addition to peanut flavours, but I would convey liked to convey it soak into the tofu a fighting to a greater extent than somehow. Dipping didn't actually move that good - the frying of the tofu chunks had given them a crispy in addition to impermeable skin.

We went amongst faux-meat for our main, if solely because it's rare to detect a Thai house that has anything other than tofu (aside from the fantabulous Peace Harmony inwards Sydney of course). The mock-duck served inwards a cerise curry sauce amongst vegies in addition to lychees ($21.90) was in all likelihood only adequate.

Wu-Chung canned duck, in addition to the curry itself was a trivial on the sweetness side for my tastes. The lychees were an interesting demeanour upon but I recollect I'd to a greater extent than frequently than non prefer a slightly sharper flavor than what Sweet Basil were serving up.  To endure fair, nosotros didn't specify a spice flat in addition to then they were in all likelihood going slowly on us only inwards case.

Sweet Basil is the virtually veg-friendly Thai house we've been to inwards Melbourne in addition to is clearly shooting for a classier Thai sense than virtually other local options. Still, at $20+ for a main, I was hoping for something a fighting to a greater extent than impressive. We'll in all likelihood laissez passer on it some other shot, if solely to sample from the broad array of choices.

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There's only i spider web log review of Sweet Basil out there, a positive write-up from A-Pluz.

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Sweet Basil Thai Cuisine
209 Commercial Road, South Yarra
9827 3390
licensed amongst BYO vino only
veg entrees $8.90, mains $15.90-$21.90
http://www.sweetbasil.com.au/index.html

Accessibility: Looks proficient - a apartment entry, plenty infinite in addition to tabular array service.

September 3, 2011: Slow Tiger Ii

go dorsum to Easy Tiger for the banquet!". I chuckled on the within - only the twenty-four hr menses earlier I'd booked us a tabular array every bit an early on anniversary celebration. An early on celebration, but a tardily tabular array - Easy Tiger are running 2 discrete sittings on Sabbatum nights too nosotros spent a lilliputian fourth dimension waiting exterior for the showtime cohort to settle their bills. But nosotros weren't wasting whatever fourth dimension over the carte du jour too they started our procession of dishes quite promptly.

First comes a bowl of taro chips, sprinkled amongst chilli tabular array salt (and, I'm guessing, a fleck of saccharide besides). Light too crisp, I loved the lively seasoning but they actually got stuck inwards my teeth.

The vegetarian ma hor replaces the minced meat amongst crushed peanuts. They're minced upward amongst chilli, garlic too galangal, rolled into a ball too placed on top of pineapple slice, to hold out gobbled inwards i bite. Michael was a fan; me, non so much.

The vegetarian betel leaves were much to a greater extent than to my taste! Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 sweet-and-sour mix of peanuts, fried shallots, lime zest, puffed rice too fresh coconut, amongst a dab of drip-down-your-hand dressing that reminded me of fish sauce (but wasn't - residual assured, these guys know what vegetarian means).

We were both rattling happy to revisit the silken tofu amongst smoked eggplant. The tofu right away has a calorie-free tabular array salt too pepper crust, which is lovely but secondary to the deep, black eggplant smear.

The chief class comprised several dishes to share. The showtime to larn far was the sour orangish vegetable curry amongst radish, watercress too wintertime melon. This was the alone dish amongst much rut to it too Michael scooped upward the sauce liberally. The wintertime melon looked a lot similar white patato chunks too it was hard to suit our expectations every bit nosotros ate; it is a overnice curry cistron inwards its ain right.

I was to a greater extent than taken amongst the Rex oyster mushrooms, wok fried amongst rice noodles too soy beans. The noodles were tender too non at all rubbery, reminding me strangely of gnocchi, too the overall flavour was sweetness too soy-ish amongst a wok hei smokiness.

These dishes were accompanied past times bottomless steamed rice, a sparingly dressed iceberg lettuce, witlof too chive salad, too a son-in-law egg each. This is i of the few ways I actually relish eggs too I constitute the chilli jam rather sweetness (though Michael picked upward a few chunks of to a greater extent than rigid dried chilli). Though it felt odd to have a big bowl of iceberg lettuce chunks, I constitute them refreshing too cooling too they helped me shaver myself that I wasn't actually that full.

Michael was that full. Though he'd eaten a lilliputian to a greater extent than than me, he was i cocktail, 2 beers too at to the lowest degree a half-litre of H2O ahead of me. He wasn't too enthusiastic nearly dessert.

That changed. Dessert looked very, rattling little but oh, it was astounding! Four melon balls too 2 pandanus foliage dumplings filled amongst Monsieur Truffe chocolate served on a salted kokosnoot cream. The intermingling of molten chocolate amongst salted kokosnoot was other-worldly. The melon was a overnice calorie-free finish, though I'm ambivalent nearly how it works amongst chocolate. Never mind, those dumplings had me inwards a trance too I was surprised how satisfied I felt subsequently this little taste.

This banquet exceeded my expectations. It reprised the dishes nosotros enjoyed most on our showtime view (silken tofu amongst smoked eggplant, son-in-law eggs), featured around novel flavours too ingredients (winter melon, jumbo sweet-soy rice noodles, iceberg lettuce on the side) too had a killer complete (those crazy, crazy dumplings). We constitute the staff to hold out friendly too attentive throughout. The venue was a fleck loud too echo-y this tardily on a Sabbatum nighttime but then, grabbing our coats too venturing outside, Smith St itself was much worse.

Looking ahead to longer days, I promise to view their courtyard soon.

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You tin shipping away read nearly our previous view to Easy Tiger here. All the weblog posts I've constitute subsequent to that are positive, run into Tour de Clance, Temasek, Friday Night, Date Night, doublecooked, Food Fable, melbourne nutrient journal, Mouth to Mouth too Sharking for Chips too Drinks.

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Easy Tiger
96 Smith St, Collingwood
9417 2373
veg banquet $65 per person, little veg plates $4-$10, veg mains $28, desserts $14
http://www.easytiger.co/

Accessibility: There's a ramp on entry, somewhat crowded tables amongst a decent walkway through the eating seat too woman somebody too disabled toilets on the same level. Male toilets too a downstairs courtyard are less accessible. There's total tabular array service.

Sugarcane

February 24, 2015

For our final nighttime inward Sydney nosotros decided nosotros should catch or in addition to hence Thai - the city's specialty. We tracked downwardly Sugarcane, a slightly fancy selection inward the neighbourhood alongside proficient reviews in addition to a decent make of veggie options. We nabbed 1 of the final few unbooked tables in addition to scoped out the menu. It's the form of house where y'all compile a repast out of bits in addition to pieces - at that spot are footling dishes similar grilled corn alongside kokosnoot cream ($5), seasoned cashews alongside shallots, chilli in addition to garlic ($6) in addition to to a greater extent than sizable options similar veggie pad thai ($15) in addition to tofu alongside Malaysian curry sauce, serpent beans in addition to infant corn ($13).

We started alongside a plate of roti alongside curry sauce, cucumber in addition to chilli ($10). It's pretty difficult to become likewise badly incorrect alongside fried breadstuff in addition to curried sauce, in addition to Sugarcane didn't mess this upwardly - likely non quite upwardly to the standards laid upwardly yesteryear the likes of Mamak, but splendid nonetheless.

Next up: vegetarian dumplings alongside soy, coriander in addition to ginger dressing ($12). These were proficient every bit good - the pretty touchstone dumplings kicked upwardly yesteryear the splendid gingery dressing.

We finished the repast off alongside the common salt in addition to pepper silken tofu alongside mushrooms in addition to yellowish beans ($13). This was likely the dish of the nighttime - golden fried tofu alongside a calorie-free soy-based sauce on the veggies. Top notch.

Our dinner was brusk in addition to snappy - simply 3 dishes in addition to less than $40 (we were saving room for ice-cream, run into forthcoming postal service for details!). The vibe at Sugarcane is fun likewise - it's busy in addition to upbeat without existence stupidly noisy. The service was friendly, the drinks listing looked swell in addition to the nutrient hitting the score nicely. Check it out if you're dining inward Surry Hills.

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Grab Your Fork, Sir in addition to M'Lady Dine Out, A Foodie's Joy, Bite Size Reviews, Lots of Cravings, Got My Vote, WHVT EM DID, Richard Elliot had mixed feelings.

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Sugar Cane
40-42 Reservoir St, Surry Hills
9281 1788
menu
http://sugarcanerestaurant.com.au/

Accessibility: There's a apartment entry. The interior's pretty crowded in addition to at that spot are a make of tabular array options, from high stools to regular chairs. The toilets are fully accessible. There's sum tabular array service.

Middle Fish Iii

Edit 30/08/2017: Sadly Middle Fish is directly closed! Their instagram account reports that they'll travel opening at a novel address inwards 2019.

September 9, 2015

Michael's chore has shifted locations from Fitzroy to the north-western CBD. As a result, Middle Fish has expire middle dry soil betwixt our workplaces. Originally focused on breakfast as well as lunch, this Thai cafe directly trades for dinner, too, as well as the card has expanded substantially since our concluding see (erm, that was in all probability me sneaking inwards for banana roti alongside a textbook for cover).

Most helpful is a double spread headed "Not Meat". Here Middle Fish piece out that their vegetarian dishes may incorporate eggs, fish sauce or shrimp glue - it's non quite my Definition of lacto-ovo, but at that topographic point are 6 dishes clearly marked vegan amidst them. There are also pages of Thai desserts as well as street sweets I'd non encountered before, extending their by roti offerings to sago, viscid rice as well as origin vegetables steeped inwards kokosnoot milks as well as syrups, some alongside icecream.

But nosotros were hither for dinner. Once we'd placed our order, nosotros were presented alongside a plate of prawn crackers - a prissy gesture, but in i lawsuit to a greater extent than stretching the Definition of vegetarian farther than nosotros unremarkably go.

By contrast, the Thai tea alongside condensed milk ($3.80) was just was I was after, sweetness as well as to a greater extent than woody than bitter, almost orangish in i lawsuit I'd stirred it up.

Michael trialled their vegan mussaman ($15) alongside chocolate-brown rice - a pleasant rendition alongside lots of tofu as well as exclusively mild spices (this was speedily rectified using the hot sauces at the table).

I insist on roti alongside Thai curries whenever possible. This i ($4) was thick, thoroughly toasted as well as real flaky, alongside a chip o' satay sauce on the side.

I went dorsum for the kai jiew ($14.50) I've ordered several times earlier - this is an enormous golden-fried omelette studded alongside tofu as well as the strange broccoli floret, slouching over a mound of chocolate-brown rice. I happily laboured over it for some time, dabbing sriracha but about alongside my spoon.

While the low-cal as well as the ambience is a niggling dimmer inwards the evening, Middle Fish remains a bright, relaxed spot for a meal. With the same card directly served for luncheon as well as dinner, there's no necessitate for anyone to immature lady out.

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Read most one, two of our previous visits to Middle Fish. Since that concluding post, it's received positive reviews on I'm So Hungree, tirache, Biting Travels, Spoonfuls of Wanderlust (twice), Asian Restaurants inwards Melbourne, Ill Fitting Toupee, Eve Lovelle, Leandro (freebie), Gastrology (freebie), New International Students (freebie), The Bake-a-nista (freebie), Nouveau Potato (freebie), confessions of a niggling piggy (freebie), Feed Reid, operation poached egg. Only Pooh inwards the kitchen has reported mixed feelings.

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Middle Fish
122-128 Berkeley St, Carlton
9348 1704
menu foreword, Thai-style breakfast, Kao tom: rice soup, Melbourne breakfast, nibbles, Sa la pao, Southern Thai cuisine, Ka njom jeen, lunch, lunch 2, not meat, Thai dessert, street sweets, cold drinks, hot drinks, tea
http://middlefish.com.au/

Accessibility: There's a apartment entry agency leading into an incredibly spacious as well as naturally well-lit dining expanse (it's a chip dimmer at night). Service takes house at the table, payment at a depression counter.

Mamanee Thai

February 21, 2014

We were at a loose destination inwards Collingwood on a Fri nighttime and, later scoping out the queues at Jimmy Grants as well as Shop Ramen, decided to finally see MaMaNee Thai. It had been recommended to us years agone every bit a decent as well as inexpensive Thai alternative as well as nosotros were happy to live able to only wander inwards as well as pick out grip of a table. It's a pretty basic fit-out - inexpensive looking signage, chocolate-brown plastic accoutrements as well as slightly harsh lighting. The kitchen is on display behind the front end counter, as well as then y'all tin entertain yourself past times watching the chefs inwards action.

The card has a dedicated vegetarian section, e'er reassuring at a Thai place. There's curries, stir-fries as well as a hit of noodle dishes, with a few to a greater extent than interesting options. The noodles all convey egg inwards them, but the stir-fries as well as curries await vegan to me. The residual of the card goes good beyond the touchstone Thai options (including a special Southern Thai selection), but I'm non certain how many of them are fish sauce/shrimp glue free. They also convey special Thai drinks, including this milky iced java ($4) that gave me the kicking I needed later a tiring week.

We ordered a couplet of mains - starting with the vegetarian Singapore noodles with vegetables, tofu as well as rice vermicelli noodles ($15.50).

I was a flake disappointed when these appeared - visually they're non specially appealing. Luckily, they tasted incredible - heavily seasoned with or as well as then variety of curry pulverization as well as cumin as well as likely MSG, served with lime slices to supply a flake of tang. They're non specially spicy, but the eating seat has a tremendous hit of sauces as well as then y'all tin tweak the chilli levels yourself.

Our minute dish was the incomparably named tofu delicious ('with seasoning sauce topped with sesame seeds as well as onion', $15.50).

This was fantabulous every bit well, big chunks of thickly battered tofu with a sweetness as well as spicy sauce as well as a dainty hit of vegetables. 

The nutrient at Mamanee was fantastic, with both dishes providing something a flake unlike from the touchstone Thai options. The servings were massive every bit good - nosotros took dwelling plenty leftovers for a whole minute dinner, later springing 60c for plastic containers. Mamanee seems similar the perfect neighbourhood Thai - proficient food, reasonable prices, friendly service - if entirely it was inwards our neighbourhood!

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We were tipped off almost MaMaNee to a greater extent than than 4 years agone past times commenter Ruth. It's also had positive reviews past times Food-in-Melbourne, Lots of Cravings as well as Pooh inwards the kitchen.

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MaMaNee Thai

324 Smith Street, Collingwood

9419 0538

menu: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Accessibility: There's a apartment entryway to a reasonably spacious interior. We ordered at the tabular array as well as paid at a high counter. The toilets are on the same level, gendered as well as non especially accessible.

Gainesville, Fl

May 25, 2014

I'm currently embarking on a major (for me) trip approximately the United States. My operate has brought me here, but I'm finding some fourth dimension for fun in addition to nutrient along the way. My start halt was Gainesville, Florida. The hot, humid days, sub-tropical trees in addition to afternoon thunderstorms reminded me of Queensland, in addition to the sub-par restaurants close my hotel reminded me that I should truly larn a driver's license. My operate commitments happily sustained me through the week, in addition to thence I splashed out on a taxi into town on the weekend, checking out the splendid Museum of Natural History in addition to Harn Museum of Art, wandering through the academy campus, in addition to settling inwards for an early on dinner.

I cruel upon Bahn Thai Restaurant almost yesteryear accident, noticing their handwritten "Vegan in addition to Vegetarian!" sign inwards the window, in addition to deciding on a whim to give them a shot. I'm glad I did. Their carte du jour included 3 total pages of vegetarian in addition to vegan dishes, headed upwards amongst data most their ingredients in addition to utensil practices. Most of their mains come upwards amongst a selection of tofu, seitan or tempeh. My ginger seitan (US$12.95 AU$13.90) was lighter in addition to spongier than I commonly come across dorsum home, all the amend to soak upwards the thick sauce. I'd've easily got ii meals out of this order, if solely I'd had a refrigerator to cause got it habitation to.

Next door was Karma Cream, the icecream cafe that I was truly aiming for. Since I was total of Thai nutrient I skipped over their sandwich menu, which included a vegan grilled cheese amongst tempeh bacon in addition to Tofurkey Rueben. I had to facial expression yesteryear the total sundae in addition to cookie sandwich options, too, in addition to stick to their smallest serve of icecream (US$3.70 AU$3.97). They had 10 vegan flavours on offer, most of them coconut-based, in addition to all the toppings - including hot fudge, cookie dough, pasty bears, sprinkles (US$0.75 AU$0.80 each) - were vegan too. My bowl of ginger cookie caramel icecream amongst peanut butter vanquish (aka H2O ice magic) was creamy, coconutty in addition to very, rattling sweet. I'd facial expression no less of an American icecreamery. I picked upwards 3 Go Max Go chocolate bars for the cost of ii on my agency out.

Mighty Boy

August 29, September sixteen & 19, 2014

I was quite excited when Mighty Boy opened across the route from operate - it was replacing a fairly touchstone sandwich-and-salad house (whose salads all seemed to direct maintain chicken inward them) in addition to promised something a flake to a greater extent than interesting for lunch. I headed over amongst a gang of colleagues on the 24-hour interval they opened solely to sense the definitive source 24-hour interval teething problems: most of us got the incorrect dish, the salads came out minus fundamental ingredients, everything took an historic catamenia - it wasn't a great success. On the upside, the nutrient seemed enterprise in addition to the prices were reasonable, thence I figured I'd plough over them a few weeks in addition to and then become dorsum for a blogging trip. I'm glad I did. They've got everything working instantly - the nutrient arrives corectly  in addition to quickly, in addition to the staff all look to know what's going on. Most of these photos are vociferation pics - apologies for the quality.

It's a breakfast in addition to luncheon house - the brekkies are pretty touchstone Fitzroy dishes (baked eggs $14, smashed avo $11, etc), piece the luncheon card is Thai inspired in addition to a flake to a greater extent than interesting. On my source see I sampled the pad thai noodles amongst tofu, bound onions, edible bean sprouts, lime, chilli, coriander in addition to egg ($12).

This was simply okay - they're generous amongst the tofu, in addition to the noodles are cooked nicely, but the whole dish is a picayune on the bland side. Luckily they offering upwards a quintet of chilli-based condiments to boot things upwards a notch (sambal, chilli flakes, summation 2 kinds of pickled chillies in addition to sriracha).

On my minute see I grabbed takeaway - a $6 serve of 2 rice newspaper wraps amongst crispy tofu in addition to vermicelli noodles, cucumber, house-pickled carrot in addition to cabbage.

These are incredibly practiced in addition to incredibly practiced value - 2 fresh picayune tubes of goodness amongst flavor bursting out of them. It's a pocket-size luncheon but it's simply near the cheapest selection on Gertrude Street.

On my in conclusion see I settled inward for a proper lunch, starting off amongst a freshly blended lychee, lime, mint in addition to pineapple juice ($8). It's delicious, but it costs to a greater extent than than the rice newspaper wraps, thence perhaps relieve it upwards for a especial occasion.

To accompany the drink, I went amongst the tofu roti twine (tofu amongst cucumber, mint, tomatoes, onion, sugariness chilli dressing in addition to lime on a roti base, $10). When I source tried 1 of these it was an actual twine (see Sonido inward my heart, but almost nil would. Still, it's an first-class add-on to the neighbourhood in addition to it's already snuck into my regular luncheon rotation.

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Mighty Boy has already been favourably reviewed yesteryear Fitzroyalty in addition to A Melbournite.

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Mighty Boy
59-61 Gertrude St, Fitzroy
9419 3686
menu: food, drinks
facebook page

Accessibility: Mighty Boy has a apartment entryway in addition to a reasonably spacious interior. You social club at the tabular array in addition to pay at a high counter. I haven't visited the toilets.

Middle Fish

Edit 30/08/2017: Sadly Middle Fish is forthwith closed! Their instagram account reports that they'll live on opening at a novel address inwards 2019.

30 December, 2011

Claire kickoff blogged virtually around Middle Fish, the fashionable novel Thai house inwards our neighbourhood, Cindy in addition to I were cautiously enthused. Enthused because of the beautiful fitout in addition to fresh sounding nutrient in addition to cautious because of their much-vaunted authenticity. Authenticity for a Thai house basically agency fish sauce and/or shrimp glue inwards everything, so nosotros were uncertain equally to whether or non Middle Fish would withdraw maintain much to offering us. But I wandered inwards for lunch, relieved to honor something opened upwards inwards the Christmas/NY gap (this was an unplanned solo visit, so the photos are all from my telephone in addition to non upwards to Cindy's park standards).

Seven Seeds (where Middle Fish beginning their coffee), this is a converted warehouse, which agency high ceilings in addition to loads of space. It's outfitted amongst wonderfully designed sculptures in addition to fittings courtesy of visiting Thai designer Torlap Larpjaroensook. The basic bill of fare has almost nada vego on it, but there's a judgement at the bottom promising veg adaptations are available. After a quick chat amongst i of the real friendly staff, I'm given a decent make of options, settling on a version of fried rice minus the pork. They checked inwards amongst me virtually diverse ingredients - it was especially reassuring when they asked me virtually fish sauce - in addition to relayed my answers to the kitchen.

What came out was this:

A generous serve of fried rice, filled amongst crispy fresh vegies in addition to accompanied yesteryear a bowl of biting chilli-soy sauce. The combo of slightly vinegary flavours, soy in addition to heaps of fresh chilli actually went downward good amongst me. I was especially pleased to honor out that Middle Fish don't charge things upwards amongst saccharide or skimp equally good much on the oestrus - the bottle of H2O on the tabular array sure came inwards handy.

This was an first-class tiffin - quick, fresh in addition to tasty in addition to served yesteryear super-friendly staff who were happy to bargain amongst vegetarian fussiness. The solely slight downside was the cost - $14.50 mightiness live on okay if you're paying for the fancy pork version of this but is a chip steep otherwise. Vegetarians clearly aren't the psyche priority of Middle Fish, all the same it was dainty to discovery that they'll happily cater for us - I'm going to drag Cindy dorsum to honor out what else they tin do.

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Middle Fish is gradually developing or so blog-buzz: Melbourne gastronome, Authenticcity in addition to The Very Very Hungry Caterpillar withdraw maintain all raved virtually it since it opened a few weeks back.

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Middle Fish
122-128 Berkeley Street, Carlton
9348 1704
salads $12.50, mains $14.50

Accessibility: There's a apartment entry way leading into an incredibly spacious in addition to naturally well-lit dining area. Service takes house at the table, payment at a depression counter.

Chin Mentum Ii

January 2, 2012

first visit, but hadn't been willing to bargain amongst the stress together with queues for a provide trip until the combo of belatedly lunch, heatwave together with novel year's 24-hour interval world vacation gave us an chance to see when tables were inward slightly less demand.

last time.

It's worth noting that both our mains were vegan, the pumpkin curry was gluten-free, together with the bill of fare promises that dietary requirements of all types tin live catered for. Inclusivity for the win! It's equally good worth noting the component subdivision sizes - later splitting 2 mains together with a starter amongst Cindy I was stuffed to the gills. I suspect I ate to a greater extent than than my fair part of the curry though, because Cindy somehow all the same had room for dessert.

She went amongst the three-colour pudding (layers of sugariness beans amongst pandan infused tapioca, caramel together with crushed ice, $11).

Cendol. And similar Cendol it has around wonderful novelty value (look at it!), but is all a chip sugariness together with sugary. Cindy didn't actually love it, although that may convey inward purpose been because she was already basically full.

We had a pretty damn fantabulous luncheon at Chin Chin - friendly service, groovy nutrient and, most importantly when it's forty degrees outside, air conditioning. Despite all the hype, the prices for vegetarian dishes at Chin Chin are all the same reasonable - Cindy together with I managed 2 mains, a starter summation a roti together with around rice for less than $50 (watch out for the drinks though, that's where they become you). We'll definitely return, but likely solely when nosotros tin fourth dimension it to avoid the crazy stress of their busy-ness (early together with belatedly lunches seem to live the best bets).

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Read virtually our start see to Chin Chin here. Then, if you lot tin confront it, brand your agency through all the other weblog reviews. Nouveau Potato together with Niche, Fork, Knife together with Chopsticks, Makansudah, Dangerous Duplicity, Makan Melbourne, Dine With Me, Where Adles Eats, Irrepressible Food Baby, Poppets Window, Sweet together with Sour Fork, Dying iv Desserts, Melbourne Culinary Journal, dear melbourne, Fill My Belly inward Melbourne, angryaussiefood, Temasek, Eat This, Does My Bomb Look Big inward This?, Outright Gluttony, Köstlich, foodbitesandflights, mochii eats, kran together with nina, funky ass together with Addictive together with Consuming convey all enjoyed it since nosotros concluding visited.

A few bloggers convey been a chip disappointed yesteryear the much-hyped Chin Chin - see Very real Hungry Caterpillar, Gastrono Me, foodloca, Miss Adriennely, Momo together with Coco, Hold the Peas together with je t'aime l'automne.

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Chin Chin
125 Flinders Lane, Melbourne CBD
8663 2000
veg snacks together with mains $8-16, desserts $9-12
http://chinchinrestaurant.com.au/

Accessibility: The entry is broad together with flat; infinite betwixt tables is mixed. All service is at the tabular array together with there's a 'disabled'-labelled toilet.

Yim Yam

January 2016: Yim Yam closed their Collingwood branch inward September 2015. They're withal trading inward Yarraville 

January 25, 2012

One my colleagues came into run lately raving well-nigh a novel Thai house that had popped upwards on Smith Street called Yim Yam. Some quick enquiry revealed that this is a novel outlet of a small-scale chain of Thai/Laotian restaurants amongst a highly regarded shop inward Yarraville. Once nosotros scanned their online carte du jour together with noted all the niggling 'V's, Yim Yam went straight off on our listing of places to try.

We stopped inward at well-nigh 8:30 on a Midweek nighttime to uncovering it heaving amongst people together with unreserved tables exclusively available out inward the courtyard. The carte du jour is loaded upwards amongst vegetarian options together with it was all nosotros could create to stick to only three dishes. We started amongst the vegetarian Thai kokosnoot pancakes filled amongst tofu, salad together with ii sweetness sauces ($10.90 for two). While it was a niggling to heavy on the condiments, the pancakes were neat together with had us looking frontwards to what Yim Yam powerfulness select next.

Matt Preston - the carte du jour boasts that the toasted rice together with kokosnoot salad ($14.90) is his favourite dish.

It's slow to come across why - the combination of toasted rice chunks, shredded coconut, herbs, peanuts together with lettuce gives you lot the a wonderful make of textures together with flavours. The crispy rice inward item is wonderful - non every bit dry out every bit I'd feared it would be, but withal packing an impressive crunchiness. There's a flake of rut inward this dish, courtesy of a sprinkling of dried chillies, every bit good every bit syrupy sweetness together with a lime tang.

Our minute head was 1 of their $9 Midweek specials - a serve of the snakebean, basil together with tao-hu stir-fry amongst rice.

The tao-hu is a variety of chewy tofu, together with combined good amongst the fresh beans together with bamboo shoots. The stiry-fry sauce packed a enterprise punch, amongst to a greater extent than or less Thai basil flavours peeking out from behind the chilli kick.

Yim Yam is a welcome improver to the Gertrude terminate of Smith Street - betwixt it together with the nearby Easy Tiger, this surface area has the inexpensive together with fancy ends of the marketplace sewn up. Yim Yam looks quite small-scale from the front, but seems to direct maintain well-nigh 4 dissimilar seating areas (front room, courtyard, upstairs, downstairs). The staff direct maintain to run pretty hard, but things moved along fairly good despite the packed house. The carte du jour states that they're happy to arrange vegan together with other dietary considerations (and it's possible that everything nosotros ate was vegan). Given that they're opened upwards for weekday lunches every bit good every bit dinners, I'll almost for sure travel back.

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Nobody seems to direct maintain reviewed the Collingwood outpost of Yim Yam yet, but at that topographic point are plenty of positive write-ups of the Yarraville branch: Tune into Radio Carly, Footscray Food Blog, Temasek together with half-eaten.

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Yim Yam
76 Smith Street, Collingwood (also inward Yarraville together with Moonee Ponds)
9419 3985
veg dishes: $6.90 - $14.90
http://yimyam.com.au/

Accessibility: The front end surface area has a apartment entrance but is fairly crowded. Access to the courtyard together with other rooms (plus the toilets) quest you lot to negotiate at to the lowest degree a few steps. The toilets are spacious plenty but non necessarily designed amongst accessibility issues inward mind. Ordering takes house at the table, thence payment is at a relatively high together with crowded counter out the front.

Middle Fish Ii

Edit 30/08/2017: Sadly Middle Fish is at nowadays closed! Their instagram account reports that they'll live on opening at a novel address inward 2019.

March 12, 2012

Melbourne's serving us a trivial to a greater extent than summertime than whatsoever of us get got a correct to expect. We took payoff of it on Labour Day as well as strolled downward to Middle Fish for lunch. Many bloggers get got complimented this cafe's interior blueprint as well as I wondered what extra appeal could live on derived from nonetheless about other exposed brick converted warehouse, but on stepping within I directly saw it too.  Yes, we've seen the high ceilings as well as polished cement floors earlier but there's something peculiarly cheerful nearly Middle Fish as well as its technicolour touches, therefore many items seemingly reused or repurposed. I loved it!

On Michael's outset visit, veg options were absent from the written carte du jour but available on request. pointed out to us to a greater extent than recently that the menu's had an update, amongst vegetarian items as well as adaptations to a greater extent than clearly marked. (Vegan options aren't specified but I reckon almost all the veg dishes would qualify.) Sadly this meant the apple tree as well as cherry salad recommended past times Wendy was no longer available.

The warm atmospheric condition called for mutual frigidity drinks - our icy bowls of java amongst sweetened condensed milk as well as lemon tea could non get got been better.

However, Michael's Pad Puk Satay ($14.50) left much room for improvement. The table-side sriacha enhanced the sauce a trivial but couldn't distract from the fact that this plate included only 2 teeny tiny pieces of tofu.

My Thai manner omelette ($14.50) was later, uglier as well as luckily, tastier. Salty as well as studded amongst mushrooms, love apple tree as well as onion, a few spoonfuls inward I realised that it was concealing a mound of steamed rice. Scattered amongst sriacha, this was splendidly savoury as well as deceptively filling - something uncomplicated to perfect at home, methinks.

Middle Fish's hits as well as misses were every bit unexpected. While the sunny staff as well as light, breezy atmosphere were a treat, I don't recollect the vegetarian meals lived upward to their cost. I could nonetheless live on lured dorsum for a mid-afternoon condensed milk roti, though, as well as Michael tin barely resist those coffees.

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Michael previously blogged Middle Fish here. Since as well as then we've barely read a negative give-and-take nearly it! Check out Let's Get Fat Together, Flagrant Food Fawning, Let Me Feed You as well as Sharking for chips as well as drinks.... Reviews are to a greater extent than equivocal on The Chronicles of Ms I-Hua as well as Gastronomical ramblings.

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Middle Fish
122-128 Berkeley Street, Carlton
9348 1704
salads $12.50, mains $14.50

Accessibility: There's a apartment entry means leading into an incredibly spacious as well as naturally well-lit dining area. Service takes identify at the table, payment at a depression counter.

Madame K's Vegetarian Ii

April 4, 2012

first hitting upwardly Madame K rattling presently subsequently it opened and, spell the nutrient was excellent, things were yet running a fleck sluggishly. We'd since heard a few people limited their disappointment inward Madame K inward terms of both nutrient together with service, together with then nosotros idea nosotros should larn dorsum together with reassess.

Things were fairly serenity at 12:30pm on a Wednesday, but it was clear that they'd got their shit together a fleck inward the terminal few months - our social club was taken rapidly together with nutrient came out inside fifteen minutes or so. Even better: the nutrient was at to the lowest degree equally proficient equally our start visit.

I ordered the Prik Khing (stir-fried crispy tofu amongst carmine curry, beans, capsicum, chilli together with jasmine rice, $14.90).

This was a prissy combo of fresh, crispy veggies together with deliciously fried tofu chunks. The curry sauce was mild but tasty together with the rice was cooked to perfection. $14.90 is pushing it a fleck for a fairly straightforward veggie curry, but everything was executed nicely together with at that spot was enough of food, together with then I'm non actually complaining.

Cindy ordered from the entree business office of the menu, settling on the roti channai massaman (mushroom-made lamb curry served amongst (non-vegan) roti bread, $8.90).

This is super value - it's a decent sized serve of fantabulous 'lamb' curry amongst fresh together with delicious roti breadstuff to scoop it upwardly with. H5N1 rattling impressive sub-$10 lunch.

So we're standing yesteryear our start review of Madame K - everything we've eaten at that spot has been pretty damn great. Prices aren't cheap, although there's value to live had inward the entree list, together with the criterion of service seems to lead keep improved markedly since they start opened. I mean value Yong is yet a marginally amend bet (wider range, slightly cheaper prices) but Madame K is a welcome add-on to Fitzroy's vegetarian riches.

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Surprisingly few bloggers lead keep visited Madame K since they opened - simply last reviewed it.

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Madame K's Vegetarian
367 Brunswick St, Fitzroy
9415 6909
snacks & mains $4.90-16.90

Accessibility: There's a small-scale stride upwardly on entry together with tables are quite densely put out. We ordered at the tabular array together with paid at a medium-high counter at the back. We didn't see the toilets.