The Salvation Army has been around for many decades now providing assistance to those in need. They run many different t... [more]
The Southgate Cinema is a free pop up cinema inside Southgate shopping centre.
The tickets are easy to book onlin... [more]
Inspirationery is a small stationery label offering handmade stationery with meaningful messages. The message are heartf... [more]
There is a new Pop Up Street Food Market at Prahran Market. It is here that you can buy porridge at The Porridge Bar and... [more]
Grand Designs Live started in 2012 and it has been a popular festival ever since. This event was at the Melbourne Exhibi... [more]
Ths is a great little kiosk in the ever so quiet Tivoli arcade. They are like the Footscray store that just specializes ... [more]
Gone Girl is a movie starring Rosamund Pike, who is a terrific as a Missouri woman and Ben Affleck, who is as good a... [more]
This is one of Max Brenner's signature waffle dishes which you can find at the Max Brenner store. This is a sweet deligh... [more]
Good Food Month was a highly successful food event last year and it returns again this year bigger and better than ever.... [more]
I had a wonderful time at the festival this year. It was lovely to get out of the city for the whole day and visit.
T... [more]
Another TGI's has popped up, and this time it's at Freshwater Place, where all the corporates are!
It is right ne... [more]
This is an American style sub place right in the heart of the city. It is right outside of RMIT SAB, and it serves t... [more]
This cafe is a stone's throw away from RMIT and the Queen Victoria Market in the city. It is hidden in a hostel called "... [more]
Mr. Ramen San is an authentic Japanese place in Hawthorn. It is a tiny little cosy restaurant, which reminds me of ramen... [more]
Victoria Cake Shop is in Footscray and it's one of the best Asian bakeries in Footscray. Like Breadtop, they do savoury ... [more]
Teppankai is a new Japanese place just off Chapel St, in South Yarra. It is situated behind the Jam Factory outlet.
T... [more]
Verve Spice is a new brunch place on Toorak Road, near Chapel St. It is about a ten minute walk from the train station.
... [more]
Rice Workshop is a Japanese fusion place owned by David Loh. David Loh also owns Shophouse Kitchen, Food Republik and De... [more]
Based on a book by Daniel Clay, Broken is directed by Rufus Norris. This is his debut film and it was the recipient o... [more]
My rating: hot (for the price and the authentic place)
Horoki Japanese Cafe has been talked about for some time now. ... [more]
My rating: hot
Nine Taiwanese Dessert bar has been open for a while now. Here they sell lots and lots of Taiwanese de... [more]
Ray's Cafe is a little grungy Brunsiwck cafe near Brunswick station and about a five minute walk from Brunswick campus. ... [more]
This is purely a Pho place in Richmond. It is here where I have found the best pho in Melbourne.
To get there get the... [more]
Badger vs Hawk is a cool new coffee place that recently has been discovered by me in the busy Latrobe St. It is near the... [more]
Market Lane coffee has a few stores in Melbourne. There is one in Prahran and another in Carlton which someone from Week... [more]
Sambal Kampung is a Malaysian restaurant. There are two Sambal Kampungs in Melbourne. There is one in the City and the o... [more]
Sushi Hotaru is a relatively new sushi place in the recently renovated Mid City arcade. It is on the same level as Red S... [more]
This is one Filipino place that I have come across so far in Melbourne. It is in South Melbourne, near the South Melbour... [more]
The Grand BBQ has been around for a few years now. Back in my uni days I used to frequent this place a fair bit because ... [more]
The Cupcake Queens are a chain store selling cupcakes. There are a few branches; one in Albert Park, one in Williamstown... [more]
ECPot Cafe is a Chinese/Hong Kong style cafe outside of Officeworks in the city.
A lot of students frequent this plac... [more]
This place has been around for years and years. When I first started as a student at RMIT this place was pretty popular.... [more]
There are two Hutong Dumpling bars; one in the city and one in Prahran. I visited the one in the city. The one in the ci... [more]
Gong Cha is a tea place in the city. It started in Malaysia and now it has landed in Melbourne. There are a few stores a... [more]
And no, it's not Indian. It's in fact Japanese and is very popular with the students and workers here.
Yes, it involv... [more]
Roll'd is a Vietnamese chain store propping up all over Melbourne. It started in Goldsborough place in Melbourne's CBD a... [more]
Sally's Kitchen is a coffee place, but it is also a bar. It's not exactly cheap but it is good for a work meeting.
It... [more]
The Lounge has been around for quite some time now and it has always popular with students.
They are a pub on Swansto... [more]
The Workshop Bar is a place for everyone to go to. It usually gets busy around 5pm when people finish work and come and ... [more]
Chiba Japanese Restaurant is in Moonee Ponds. It is about a one minute walk from the Moonee Ponds Station in a little la... [more]
Cacao Green opened in Bourke Street just a year ago and already it is popular. Like its Swanston Street counterpart; it ... [more]
It has been a little while since I last visited, but what I do remember is that they had $12-$15 meal specials each week... [more]
Dairy Bell in Docklands is a tiny little shed in the middle of a wharf. At this Dairy Bell it is rather eerily quiet.
... [more]
The Lion Hotel is on the same level as the cinemas in Melbourne Central. They have reasonably priced weekday meals. Ther... [more]
Now it has been a while since I last went but what I do remember is that they have great food and coffee. In fact they a... [more]
Chillipadi Mamak Kopitiam is a Malaysian place on Racecourse Road, Kensington. This place is popular with the locals and... [more]
This restaurant is about 10 kms north of the city in a suburb called Niddrie. It is on the 59 tram line if you are comin... [more]
Dead Man Espresso is one of Melbourne's most talked about cafes - they were recently featured in The Age newspaper.
T... [more]
Hokuto Japanese Cafe is just outside Melbourne Central Station and across the road from RMIT. It is a fairly newish plac... [more]
This is another Parlour in the heart of Docklands. This time it is in the heart of Harbour Town shopping centre and I ha... [more]
Ghin Khao is the most authentic Thai place that I have found so far in Melbourne. It is popular with the students and th... [more]
Ume Sushi House is on Lt Bourke St and it's very popular with the students and the office workers. The service is fast a... [more]
This is a cafe which just opened up a month ago, just across the road from the RMIT City Campus, and is often frequente... [more]
Petaling st is another chain of Malaysian restaurants in Melbourne. They sell the same stuff as the Straits of Malacca a... [more]
Straits of Malacca is a chain restaurant in Melbourne. They have about six to eight stores all over Melbourne. It is a M... [more]
Spring st Grocery is a newish ice cream shop, just opposite Parliament station in the city.
It an authentic Italian g... [more]
This little cafe is in Northcote. It is accessible by the 86 tram but you just have to walk down a little hill to find i... [more]
This is another Malaysian eatery that I went to just recently. It is a daggy old, tired cafe in the middle of a shopping... [more]
They are a chain which originated in South Melbourne in 2012. They are about Italian food and their motto is "authentic ... [more]
