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Feb 26, 2011 | Post by: Phil Lees 10 Comments

Melbourne Restaurant Name Generator

Not sure what to name that new cafe or restaurant that you’ve lovingly crafted from rotting couches in a Melbourne laneway? Can’t find an fitting piece of pornocracy or Italian horror film to print on your disposable coffee cups? All you need to do is combine an honorific of some

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Feb 06, 2011 | Post by: Phil Lees 1 Comments

Oysters are functionally extinct

Photo by Astacus Enjoy those wild oysters while you still can: just in from the American Institute of Biological Sciences, The overall condition of native oyster reefs is poor in most of the 144 bays in 40 ecoregions we evaluated. Although individual oysters are still present in most places, records

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Jan 06, 2011 | Post by: Phil Lees 3 Comments

Sneakers, Footscray

Sneakers on the power lines near Footscray station

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Dec 20, 2010 | Post by: Phil Lees 2 Comments

Footscray Market Christmas Opening Hours 2010

As my local market still doesn’t seem to have a website, the posted opening hours for the Footscray Market this Christmas are: Tuesday 21 December: 7:00am-4:00pm Wednesday 22 December: 7:00am-6:00pm Thursday 23 December: 7:00am-6:00pm Friday 24 December (Christmas Eve): 7:00am-8:00pm Saturday 25 December (Christmas Day): Closed The market will remain

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Dec 19, 2010 | Post by: Phil Lees 2 Comments

Phở Tam, Footscray

I’ve been a bit down on the phở scene in Footscray over the last few months. One of my regular go-to joints, Phở Tam on the corner of Leeds and Ryan streets has been hugely inconsistent on the soup front. They do a great bún riêu and have the hardish-to-find

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Dec 18, 2010 | Post by: Phil Lees 1 Comments

Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA

Sierra Nevada is the brewery that probably gets most craft brewers hooked on the idea of American Pale Ale; there is no end to the pale imitators and delightful, almost flawless copies. Their India Pale Ale, the Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA, will with any luck spawn another round of

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Nov 25, 2010 | Post by: Phil Lees 5 Comments

Alfajores in Maidstone

Melbourne’s west never ceases to dumbfound me when it comes to food. Maidstone is one of Melbourne’s least remarkable suburbs and thanks to the housing boom is making the direct transition from unremarkable council flats to unremarkable McMansions; rusting Camrys in the front yard making way for houses that touch

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Nov 22, 2010 | Post by: Phil Lees 26 Comments

Three things that you don’t need to be a food blogger

1. An internet connection. Or at least, you don’t need an internet connection of your own. My first blog, Phnomenon, was almost entirely written without the internet at home. My workflow was to obsessively write and draft at home and when whatever I’d strung together approached a basic coherence, I’d

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