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| 1. Tall Timber, South Yarra 2. My Gals at 90's Themed 21st 3. @healing_belle's sweet tamari soba salad 4. homemade buckwheat chia pancakes 5. my bro 6. Bluebird Espresso, Collingwood 7. Gazi ceiling 8. Nikes 9. Fandango's incredible pancakes |
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
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Sunday, July 14, 2013
Last week of freedom
Being the last week of the uni holidays I took advantage of the abundance of spare time i had and went on a few food outings!
On Tuesday night i went to an adorable Italian restaurant in Camberwell called La Casalinga with my friend Catrina. We both ordered pizza, hers was a prusciutto, buffalo mozzarella and basil pizza and mine was prusciutto, gorgonzola and pear because I'm a sucker for anything gorgonzola! We then went to the Rivoli to see The Man of Steel movie which was awesome, and the fact that Henry Cavill was in it didn't hurt either :P
Tuesday mid morning my mum, siblings and I ventured to Richmond to try Friends of mine cafe. I was excited to try it but unfortunately when we got there they were oddly closed. Instead we drove to Church road and ate at another one of the cafes on my ever growing list which was Pillar of Salt.
In a way I'm glad we ended up at Pillar of Salt because it was just so good! The menu was packed with exciting, different dishes..I was pretty torn with what to order but in the end my mum and sister ordered the californian kale salad, my brother ordered the herb and parmesan crumbed schnitzel and i ordered the lunch omelette. The omlette was filled with kale, tomato and feta, and the combo was amazing as well as the way the feta melted from the warmth of the omlette. We also shared two small cakes before leaving which were a coconut banana cake and an orange and almond cake, which were both amazing but the coconut banana was definitely my favourite, it was insanely good!
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| Richmond |
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| Herb and parmesan crumbed Schnitzel |
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| Lunch omlette |
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| Californian kale salad |
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| Orange almond cake and coconut banana cake |
On Tuesday night i went to an adorable Italian restaurant in Camberwell called La Casalinga with my friend Catrina. We both ordered pizza, hers was a prusciutto, buffalo mozzarella and basil pizza and mine was prusciutto, gorgonzola and pear because I'm a sucker for anything gorgonzola! We then went to the Rivoli to see The Man of Steel movie which was awesome, and the fact that Henry Cavill was in it didn't hurt either :P
Following a very interesting thursday night, involving my sister and I salivating and crying over a new cafe we found called Louie, we drove to South Yarra the friday morning absolutely dying to try this cafe only to find that luck was really not going our way as not only was it closed..but it wasn't re-opening!!! We got back into the car shouting our rage away but by this stage we were just too hungry to give up so we decided to try Breakfast Thieves which is located in Collingwood, and which also won an award for being an urbanspoon top restaurant of 2012. We had high hopes for this little cafe and it did not dissappoint! The staff were friendly and attentive, the menu were presented on adorable little clip folders and the atmosphere and decor really did make it one of my new faves.
I ordered the Brioche Pain Perdu which is a "french toast served with spiced wine poached pears, white chocolate marscapone mousse and candied pistachio" and a side of bacon because lets face it, every meal is better with a side of bacon. My sister ordered the breakfast ciabatta roll with bacon, cheddar omelette, wild rocket and tomato relish, which i tasted and was delish! I was a little worried i might not be full from my dish when it was brought out but after having a few bites realised it was deceptively filling and realllllly fricken tasty!
Friday, July 12, 2013
Red Brick Cafe
Last week i decided to treat my little brother/twin to breakfast out as we both rolled out of bed at the same time. I was still half asleep and couldn't be bothered venturing into the city or surrounding suburbs so we stayed pretty local and tried a place called Red Brick Cafe.
My brother and I both ordered the breakfast bruschetta dish which was exactly what i needed! It had such a fresh taste and we had the option of adding poached eggs which made it nice and filling. The bruschetta had smashed avocado, feta, rocket and balsamic dressing drizzled around it as well as the mandatory tomato.
The cafe itself was really quaint and had a beautiful picture painted onto the brick wall which gave it a lot of character. Food presentation was beautiful. My cappuccino was served in a red coffee cup familiar to many cafes and my brother ordered a small milkshake which was served in an adorable miniature milk bottle style glass with a cute straw.
Pretty much thumbs up on all fronts for this cafe!
My brother and I both ordered the breakfast bruschetta dish which was exactly what i needed! It had such a fresh taste and we had the option of adding poached eggs which made it nice and filling. The bruschetta had smashed avocado, feta, rocket and balsamic dressing drizzled around it as well as the mandatory tomato.
The cafe itself was really quaint and had a beautiful picture painted onto the brick wall which gave it a lot of character. Food presentation was beautiful. My cappuccino was served in a red coffee cup familiar to many cafes and my brother ordered a small milkshake which was served in an adorable miniature milk bottle style glass with a cute straw.
Pretty much thumbs up on all fronts for this cafe!
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Brunch Life
Time to get back onto using this blog!
Anyone following my instagram account (isabellampec) knows that I am obsessed with brunch. Melbourne has thaaaat many different cafes and I have made it my mission to visit as many as i possibly can. This means a new cafe every time i have breakfast/brunch!
Below I will post some pictures of cafes I've tried this year. Enjoy :)
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| Jam for Joe, Blackburn |
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| Jam for Joe, Blackburn |
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| Snow Pony, Balwyn |
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| Snow Pony, Balwyn |
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| St Ali North, Carlton North |
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| Il Fornaio, St Kilda |
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| Monk Bodhi Dharma, Balaclava |
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| Three Bags Full, Abbotsford |
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Sticking to it
Summer isn't far off, if Melbourne's weather wants to co-operate that is. In the spirit of summer i've still been sticking to eating healthily as often as i can. Last night i was at the Italian film festival and had some alcohol and ice-cream which was naughty but it was complimentary so i wasn't going to say no :P
Below I've posted some pictures of what I've been having for lunch and breakfast.
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| Top Left: Whole meal wrap with baby spinach, 2 whole scrambled eggs, avocado and some red onion. Top Right: Whole meal wrap with baby spinach, avocado, tomato and carrot. Bottom left: Rolled oats with strawberries, 1 kiwi and flax seeds. Bottom Right: Parfait with rolled oats, natural greek yogurt, strawberries, banana, flax seeds and crushed almonds. |
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Fooooood
In about a months time i will be cooking a three course meal for my family and little cousins. This came about because pretty much my whole family know i don't cook :P or don't know how to!
With this date looming and with my growing interest in a clean, healthy diet, i have been looking at more and more food blogs. One in particular which is a massive cheat site in terms of the healthy diet but i was pretty much going crazy when i found this blog.
It is the Brown Eyed Bakers blog. I'm dying to try out three recipes in particular!
1. Frozen Hot Chocolate
With this date looming and with my growing interest in a clean, healthy diet, i have been looking at more and more food blogs. One in particular which is a massive cheat site in terms of the healthy diet but i was pretty much going crazy when i found this blog.
It is the Brown Eyed Bakers blog. I'm dying to try out three recipes in particular!
1. Frozen Hot Chocolate
If you go into her archive there are heaps and heaps of recipes which are all categorised. i recommend you all check it out :) x
Sunday, September 23, 2012
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