I’ve just released a new bot into the wild, who invents a new name for a Melbourne restaurant twice a day, just like the Melbourne Restaurant Name Generator but delivered directly to the loving bosom of your twitter feed. Follow it for regular, nonsensical updates.
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Jan 11, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments
Police on an Olympic Doughnut break, Footscray
Dec 21, 2011 | Post by: Phil Lees 4 Comments
Footscray Market Opening Hours – Christmas 2011
Another year down, another year where my local market, Footscray Market, fails to build a website. Opening hours for the market over the Christmas/New Year’s period are: Saturday 24 December (Christmas Eve): 7:00am-5:00pm 25-27 December: Closed Wednesday 28 December: 7:00am – 4:00pm Thursday 29 December: 7:00am – 6:00pm Friday 30
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Nov 26, 2011 | Post by: Phil Lees 5 Comments
May contain traces of glutton.
Sep 30, 2011 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments
The hand painted signs of Cambodia
A Flickr group for Cambodia’s hand-painted sign folk art that I started a few years ago just had its 200th sign added to it. Here they are. If you’ve got any packed away in your archives and you’re a Flickr user, feel free to add them to the pool.
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Sausage sizzle or popup charcuterie?
Photo Credit: Wooster Collective I worked in a food truck for a few months in 1996. The truck parked at automotive parts swap meets and out the front of the cow pavilion at the Royal Easter Show. I cooked hundreds of frozen hamburgers, industrial soy-beef patties defrosting on the grill
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Sep 12, 2011 | Post by: Phil Lees 2 Comments
Google buys Zagat, but no coverage south of the Equator
Google has bought gastronomic capsule-review bible, Zagat. From the Google blog: So, today, I’m thrilled that Google has acquired Zagat. Moving forward, Zagat will be a cornerstone of our local offering—delighting people with their impressive array of reviews, ratings and insights, while enabling people everywhere to find extraordinary (and ordinary)
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