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… you’ll find Albert St Food & Wine. Philippa Sibley, known as the queen of pastry and desserts, is executive chef and her desserts are definitely off the charts.
We had some delicious charred Padron peppers, a refreshing “tomato party” pizza and some croquettes to share but the desserts were definitely the highlight of the night.
This picture does not make sense but it is strawberries hidden under balsamic ice cream with meringue (those white sticks that look like packing styrofoam) . Balsamic ice cream, you say? Good thick and syrupy balsamic vinegar mixed into vanilla ice cream is very exciting on the taste buds – It’s like a kick and a punch and you’re left thinking, “I want more!”
The deconstructed tiramisu was laid out as a shot of strong bitter-sweet coffee, ice cream and the cake. Whether you mix every thing together or have each element on its own, it definitely presented this famous dessert in a new exciting light.
Albert St Food & Wine is a wonderful space with plenty of light, chatty staff members, and fast becoming our favourite local haunt. I am excited that this addition confirms that the Brunswick area is a food haven for many.
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I’ve heard Vue De Monde and Bistro Vue are amazing restaurants though I have yet to try. Shocking, right? So I figured I would start off easy by heading to Cafe Vue (Little Collins St) for lunch. It’s a cosy cafe that serves breakfast and lunch, and boy are they busy during lunch time. I didn’t want to hang around for a sit-down so I decided on their lunch box for $15.
My lunch box was a pine nut pesto with garlic parmesan croutons, a salad of cherry tomatoes, herbs and feta, a wagyu meatball sandwich and passionfruit pavlova.
The parmesan croutons were quite hard to bite into but I really liked the pesto. The salad was refreshing but the meatballs for the sandwich were cold. It felt unloved. The passionfruit pavlova on the other hand was pretty amazing. The pavlova itself had a lovely chewy texture, not too sweet, while the tangy passionfruit curd was a nice tease on the tastebuds.
Excited and hungry, I pretty much finished everything in 10 minutes. The servings were tiny! I could’ve had as a snack rather than for lunch.
My next step, Bistro Vue.
A wonderful Chinese New Year reunion dinner prepared by Gyno – herbal chicken, stir-fried prawns, steamed fish, tofu stuffed with minced chicken, yee sang, braised mushroom with broccoli & noodles and kai lan. I also made a Boyan dish “kuah celok kacang panjang” for a little muhibbah-ness.
Wishing everyone a very happy Chinese New Year!
