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Mar 04, 2013 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

Ambient intimacy

While I’m working for Tourism Victoria, I’m not writing Victorian restaurant reviews or about Victorian product more generally on this blog. This is very much self-imposed. There is too much scope for conflicts of interest. I can hardly accuse a TV show’s kitchen of sucking while having to front up

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Dec 22, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees 5 Comments

Footscray Market – Opening Hours, Christmas 2012

In what is fast becoming a tradition, my local market, Footscray Market, has failed to post opening hours anywhere online. Opening hours for the market over the Christmas/New Year’s period 2012 are: Monday 24 December (Christmas Eve): 7:00am-4:00pm 25-26 December: Closed Thursday 27 December: 7:00am – 6:00pm Friday 28 December:

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Aug 29, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees 2 Comments

#WEFO T-Shirt

A while back there was a discussion amongst West Footscray locals about the etymology of the suburb’s abbreviation “wefo”, a discussion started by its commodification by this $65 cushion from design gallery Post Industrial Design. I’d first seen the suburb referred to as WeFo in an email from November 2008

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Jun 12, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees 3 Comments

Low hanging fruit

Here’s a community built map of overhanging fruit in (mostly) Melbourne. Not much will be in season at the moment apart from the lemons, so hold off a few months before you selfishly plunder the neighbourhood trees. View Neighbourhood harvest in a larger map

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May 23, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees 2 Comments

Is authenticity xenophobic?

My favourite Mexican cookbook is Marilyn Tausend’s Cocina De La Familia because it is not devoutly Mexican. Tausend isn’t Mexican and collated her recipes from interviews with home cooks across America rather than in Mexico. Recipes come with the location that they were collected and the Mexican state where the

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Apr 15, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

Melbourne Restaurant Name Generator: Mexican Edition

Since the City of Melbourne passed an edict that no new restaurant can get a liquor licence in Melbourne unless it serves a fish taco, my Melbourne restaurant name generator has become redundant. I’ve been meaning to write some reviews, but most of the new joints do a pretty good

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Feb 10, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

Melbourne Restaurant Name Generator Twitter Bot

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

Sampling Victoria’s finest jam doughnuts in downtown Footscray

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