A Gastronomical Voyage in Melbourne: Blogging

New & Improved Home!

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 01:53:44 GMT

"A Gastronomical Voyage in Melbourne" has found a new and improved home on Blogger!

You can find it on http://gastronomicalvoyage.blogspot.com/.

Don't forget to add or redirect your RSS Feed to http://gastronomicalvoyage.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss as well!

Thank you for your continual patronage.

KAZMIC

Tomatom Blog Mention

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:40:40 GMT

Thanks Ed for mention "A Gastronomical Voyage in Melbourne" in the "Reasons Why Melbuorne is the Top Food Blogging City in the Southern Hemisphere". The world is so small....

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New Food Blogs added to List

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:35:41 GMT

After devouring the latest on the Obachan's Kitchen and Balcony Garden blog, I decided to click through her large food blog list and found some gems, which I have added to my own list:

1) Bento News / Tokyo Food Page - The Tokyo Food Page is a complete guide to Japanese cuisine and eating in Japan. With great recipes, tours of Japanese markets, and tips on the best places to eat in Tokyo and Yokohama.

2) Blue Lotus - A Canadian girl eats her way around Tokyo and showcases her daily meal(s).

3) Kuidaore - Beautifully pictured and wonderful culinary creations by Joyce Lyn in Singapore.

4) Nordljus - This site is just breathtakingly beautiful. Keiko's photos of her life in UK is art. Her culinary creations are imagination.

5) Ono Kine Grindz - Detailed reviews and pictorials of mainly Hawaiian eateries.

I was so inspired by the content and format of these blogs that I decided to change the layout of mine. I tried to add a background image to my Title but found that I couldn't do it in Spaces. Oh well.

I also borrowed Maurizio Terzini's "Something Italian" from my Italian colleague today. She swears by this book. It's the only Italian cookbook that she uses. This was in preparation for a European dinner to be cooked at a friend's house early March. I am thinking of owning the dessert. I started to think about the Cafe Vue Chocolate Tart and searched for a recipe for it. I found a delicious one on Chocolate & Zucchini for Clotilde's Absolute Chocoalte Tartlets. I will attempt these on the weekend once I get hold of the tools and ingredients! However, if in the end the mains are heavy dishes, I will opt for a seasonal fruit pannacotta, using the vanilla pannacotta recipe in "Something Italian".

RSS Feeds of All My Favourite Food Blogs

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:31:09 GMT

It’s been slow at work this week….so yesterday I had time to set up my Google RSS Reader so that I can read what’s new in my favourite food blogs everyday. There are so many great food blogs out there! I wish I had more time to cook! I know we eat out a lot, I should make a conscious effort to cook more, go to the market more and actually use the cookbooks that I continuously buy.

After reading these great food blog, I’ve been thinking about what I want out of my own blog and what messages I want to convey. Isn’t blogging nowadays about seeing the world through other’s eyes and escaping just a little to indulge in the things we love. I get it, I get it…. But is my life that interesting to record and share? I can see some people RSSing this website… will this stop them from RSSing this website in the future if I change the purpose from purely recording experience in a restaurant to more "A day in the life of..."? I guess I won’t know until I try….At the end of the day, this blog is for me…. I should make the most out of it… So here goes….

I read Tummy Rumbles yesterday after successfully set up my Google Reader and decided that I would head out to Don Don today to try the Sashi Don recommended. It's great to have a Melbourne sight to reference! The Sashi Don really is a well balanced donburi, with yummy slices of salmon, lots of vegetables, pickled cucmber, pickled ginger and shredded sweet abura-age.

The salmon was fresh and delicious, picked vegetables were great, shredded sweet aburaage surprisingly went really well with the salmon and soya sauce! My friend had the lunch bento which looked really good as well. Unfortunately, it was a hot day today and inside Don Don was hot and stuffy.. It became more bearable after I had my chilled orange juice. Looks like it’s going to be 30C tomorrow. HELP!! We got thrown out after hogging the table too long. Oops! Chit-chatting away about business opportunities and what we wanted to do with our lives, our lunchtime just passed away so quickly.

Another interesting development... Yesterday, Anna introduced me to Zingara Cucina, which is a restaurant but not a restaurant. This I have to try! The place, menu and time are not set…you just turn up and enjoy your food.. Interesting concept… Around the world, the movement is called Ghetto Gourmet or Speak Easy dining experience.

M and I have been to something similar in Hong Kong. They call them Private Kitchens. We went to Xi Yan, which is a residential apartment turned into a three-banquet-table restaurant. It doesn’t have a liquor license, so you will need to BYO. The food is really interesting, but only half of the dishes I found extraordinary. Stil it is an experience to have at least once. If I was to go to another private kitchen in Hong Kong, I want to go to Club Qing.

Yu-U's Review from Tummy Rumbles

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:55:09 GMT

OH boy the photos of the meal at Yu-U just make me so hungry and it's only 9:53am!!! Mum's arriving on Valentine's Day perhaps I will arrange to go there with Mum and Hubby. Can you imagine, I've never been to Yu-U's for dinner. Always booked out!

Other Melbourne Food Blogs

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 06:18:41 GMT

I can't believe it! I'm so honored to have "A Gastronomical Voyage in Melbourne" as one of the links on the following foodie blogs! Thank you!!!

Caper Berry Gravy

Esurientes - The Comfort Zone

Tummy Rumbles

Where's the beef

You can now find "A Gastronomical Voyage in Melbourne" through Google as well.

Life is sweet!