International Eats

Melbourne Eats: Elsie’s Butter Chicken /Jimmy Watson’s BBQ/Mabu Mabu – Big Esso Snack Bar /Seven Seeds sandwiches

Published

3 years ago

October 4, 2021

grace

Takeaways Edition / All price range $-$$

Elsie’s Butter Chicken

Chef Mischa Tropp is easing our lockdown pains with his pop-up butter chicken shop, named after his grandma Elsie. $30 will get you a big serve of comforting butter chicken or vego butter paneer. It comes with all the trimmings, including naan, dal makhani, saffron rice, pickled onion and raita. Pre-order now and swing by Pope Joan on Fridays and Saturdays for a Delhi-style feed.

Locations: shop 16/45 Collins St Melbourne 3000

Email: mischa@elsieswithlove.com

Website: www.elsieswithlove.com

Jimmy Watson’s BBQ

Lygon Street legends Jimmy Watson’s and Snack Monster are popping up with a roadside food stall on lockdown weekends. Their 1930s-style snacks include pinchos boxes and BBQ staples like pork and fennel sausages. Plus a tasty snack option for vegos. Visit Friday to Sunday between 12pm and 2.30pm.

Locations: 333 Lygon St Carlton 3053

Email: team@jimmywatsons.com

Tel: (03) 9347 3985

Website: watsonwines.com.au

Mabu Mabu – Big Esso Snack Bar

Get to Mabu Mabu for a snack to go, loaded with native ingredients. The Big Esso Snack Bar is slinging treats in Fed Square every Thursday to Saturday. You’ll find take-home meals, grazing boxes, wild game meats and cheese and deli goods. Plus plenty of vegan options. The wine, cocktail and beer lists are 100 percent Aussie-made and if you want to BYO, they’ll fill your beer bottles.

Locations: Shop 25, Fed Square Flinders St Melbourne 3000

Email: hello@mabumabu.com.au

Website: www.mabumabu.com.au

Seven Seeds sandwiches

Looking for a tasty lunch with your caffeine hit? Carlton warehouse cafe Seven Seeds has become our lockdown sandwich dealer. There’s a different special every weekend. Think katsu sandos, cheesy toasties, steak sangas and loaded brekkie rolls. Follow their socials to find out what their latest sandwich creation is and swing by on Saturdays and Sundays before they sell out.

Locations: 114 Berkeley St Carlton 3053

Email: hola@sevenseeds.com.au

Tel: (03) 9347 8664

Website: sevenseeds.com.au

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International Eats

Melbourne Eats: Tipo 00 / Mamasita

Published

10 months ago

July 12, 2023

lily

Tipo 00

Tipo 00, named after the finely ground flour used to make pizza and pasta, is owned by chef Andreas Papadakis – last seen in the kitchen at Vue de Monde – as well as head chef Alberto Fava (ex-Merchant) and Luke Skidmore. Papadakis cooks with the same ingredients and techniques acquired from his time in fine diners, but takes an unfussy approach with clean, simple elements here.

Location: 361 Little Bourke Street Melbourne 3000

Website: tipo00.com.au

Mamasita

Designer Sarah Townson of Anthology has warmed up the exposed-brick interior with fresh moss, antique mirrors, gothic chandeliers and burgundy banquettes, which line the wall opposite the bar. It’s stocked with all the makings of a classic Parisian cocktail spot (think dirty Martinis and French 75s) and an extensive selection of French and local wine.

Location: Level 1 11 Collins Street Melbourne 3000

Phone: (03) 9650 3821

Website: mamasita.com.au

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International Eats

Melbourne Eats: Coda / Florentino

Published

11 months ago

May 31, 2023

katherine

Coda

The clever use of space and the menu of mostly small sharing dishes gives Coda an energy as people pop in for a glass of wine and a couple of scallops, with the comfort of knowing that they can book a table for a Friday night should the want to. Coda is one of Melbourne’s best.

Location: Basement 141 Flinders Lane (corner Oliver Lane) Melbourne

Phone: (03) 9650 3155

Website: codarestaurant.com.au

Florentino

This classic Italian dining institution takes pride of place on the top level, upstairs from Florentino Grill and Cellar Bar down on the street. The menu format means every diner eats three courses. If you’re there to really lash out, which of course you are, choose the Gran Tour menu, a lavish five-course set-menu matched with wines from Australia, Italy and France.

Location: 80 Bourke Street Melbourne 3000

Phone: (03) 9662 1811

Website: florentino.com.au

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International Eats

Melbourne Eats: Grill Americano / Smith St Bistrot

Published

1 year ago

February 17, 2023

katherine

Grill Americano

With Grill Americano, restaurateur Chris Lucas wasn’t looking to create another Italian restaurant. Melbourne had plenty of those already. Instead, his Italian steakhouse is a reimagining of the grills and brasseries prevalent in Melbourne throughout the ’60s and into the early ’80s. The menu’s centrepiece, though, is the grill section and its bistecca alla Fiorentina. A star of Tuscan cuisine, here it comes in the form of a 1.2-kilogram T-bone cooked over charcoal and doused in sea salt and rosemary.

Location: 101 Collins Street Melbourne 3000

Email: reservations@grillamericano.com

Phone: (03) 8616 8010

Website: grillamericano.com