Dinner @ Bistrot d’Orsay

Perfect pre-theater fare, particularly before watching Moulin Rouge.

Pretty Boy Italian Steakhouse

Beef Cheeks

Served with mash, alfalfa, baby carrots. Hits the spot for a late supper.

Dinner @ Ahadu

Ethiopian restaurants (heck, African restaurants in general) seems to be hard to find. Finally able to sample a proper meal of injera and sides when I happened to swing by at a town on the outskirts of Melbourne.

Bangers and Mash

May have drank that pint of Guinness a little too quickly. Taken at the Pig ‘n’ Whistle.

Turkey Dinner @ Sovereign Hill

Returned here for the winter, and I’ll always be fascinated at how the atmosphere immediately steps back 200 years upon passing the entrance. The turkey dinner for “Christmas in July” is a nice touch.

Eat Street Northshore

The assortment of food and vibes is well worth the ferry ride from the city center and the $6 per person admission (excluding the food). Once Bluey’s World opens up next door later this year, this will be a perfect after-visit dinner stop.

If you’re in Brisbane for the weekend, make a dinner night out of it and bring some cash (the admission fee is card-only, but you can avoid card surcharges at most food stalls by paying cash)!

Pani Puri @ Horn Please

Go here for good Indian fare and cheerful vibes.

Dinner at the Oldest (Running) Hotel in the World

Forgot to post this grand multi-course dinner during my stay at the Keiunkan. It’s a whole bounty of winter produce. With a private dining room overlooking the same river and a dedicated waiter (really a butler? pretty sure she was assigned to us throughout our stay) going through each dish, the dining experience was serene and classy. Then again, you’d have high expectations when the hotel costs $1000 a night.

P.S. Anyone notice the paper “face mask case”?

Indoors 12 – Japanese Curry Rice

It takes some effort to whip up, but you can make a big batch and it’ll keep for a long time, and as someone who loves Japanese curry, I’d happily settle with fridging and slowly consuming said batch over several days. Despite the allure of eating piping hot curry straight after cooking, it is also a dish that simply gets better the next day, due to the improvement from having the beef soak up the curry flavor overnight.