Category: food

Vegie Head vegan cooking classes

Many people are curious about a plant-based diet but just don’t know where to start when it comes to the cooking part. This is where Vegie Head’s workshops come in. Run by Adele McConnell, founder of Vegie Head, the workshop is held at the…

Bon Fromage Festival of European Cheese laneway cheese festival

We all know that Melbourne prides itself on amazing food. Bon Fromage is what happens when things get really serious, we have a festival to celebrate. The Bon Fromage Cheese Festival really is the place where cheese dreams come true….

Deliveroo delivers more than food

Eating in is the new black. Why even get out of bed when Deliveroo will bring divine sustenance from some of the best restaurants in your area to your door? Well, on this occasion we had to drag ourselves outside…

Melbourne Dumpling Festival: all the dumplings your heart desires

There is always something exciting about a festival, but a Melbourne Dumpling Festival is something you can really look forward to. Some of Melbourne’s best Chinese restaurants hosted a fabulous event with a mixture of eating, drinking, craft, and entertainment…

Williamstown Wine and Cheese Fest

Williamstown brings back the Wine & Cheese Fest for its third anniversary, but as they say, age doesn’t matter unless you are cheese or wine. It was the first time for this TPO writer, and I brought along my usual…

Rolld’s 50th Store Opens at Melbourne Central

It’s hard to believe that Roll’d Vietnamese street food opened its first store only four years ago. Fast forward to 2016 and Roll’d is now a highly successful business that’s celebrating its 50th Australian store opening at Melbourne Central shopping precinct….

Pastries, macaroons, and sweets at The Crux and Co.

You walk into a bakery and are instantly overwhelmed with the tantalising aroma of sweets and the vibrantly coloured cakes threatening to jump at you from behind the display case. Pistachio macaroons, salted caramel cheesecake, lemon tarts. With so many…

Dingo’s Bar brings a touch of Australiana kitsch to Smith Street

I never thought I’d ask to be served Passion Pop at a bar. And to think that I would enjoy it…Buckley’s chance. Dingo’s dares you to give it a burl. Where Collingwood and Australiana kitsch collide, it’s retro tuck-shop/teenage guilty pleasures…

Dinner on The Colonial Tramcar Restaurant

For years I have been one of the many Melburnians to witness an unusually old tram with tinted windows trundling through the city and thought to myself, ‘that looks fun’ before forgetting all about it.  Well, not this time. My plus…