My Melbourne laneway postcard to JuliaMazal over at fictionally proved popular. So here is another of a bar, Section 8, made out of two shipping containers in a car park down Tattersalls Lane off Little Bourke St in the Melbourne CBD. The druggies and tramps were evicted from the carpark ...

With astroturfing being a theme among food bloggers over the past week or so, it's time I took you to a brothel. Sorry, not brothel but Madame Brussels , a bar named after a famous brothel that operated in Melbourne in the late 1900s. With its astroturfed, kitsch garden theme ...

... from the quality of the food, wine and coffee to the decor and the cleanliness of the bog. The venue...

Living in Japan, you encounter the nama chameleon with more than moderate frequency. On an ordinary day, you probably go to the supermarket for some namaniku (raw meat), namasakana (raw fish), or even a bit of nama (fresh) cream if you’re feeling decadent. Perhaps you should have waited a couple ...

Living in Japan, you encounter the nama chameleon with more than moderate frequency. On an ordinary day, you probably go to the supermarket for some namaniku (raw meat), namasakana (raw fish), or even a bit of nama (fresh) cream if you’re feeling decadent. Perhaps you should have waited a couple ...

Living in Japan, you encounter the nama chameleon with more than moderate frequency. On an ordinary day, you probably go to the supermarket for some namaniku (raw meat), namasakana (raw fish), or even a bit of nama (fresh) cream if you’re feeling decadent. Perhaps you should have waited a couple ...

Lange 2005 Pinot Noir: Holy crap. That's a good wine...

The New York Times has an excellent article [free registration required] about the whole sphere of the 100-point wine scoring system. Required reading for any wine enthusiast...

A fantastic buy at $13 a bottle, Toad Hollow's Erik's the Red is a massive, full bodied, and downright festive red wine. It is made up of 15 different grapes and may well be the perfect table wine for any occassion. It is fruity - with ripe...

The title of ‘Wine Tasting’ was a bit misleading. What Casa Ludovico held was a cuisine and wine experience. Most wine tastings are pretty similar. I expected an array of five or six wines, a few plates of bread and crackers, a bunch of people standing around talking quietly among themselves while...