Omah's

Might as well. While i'm in a blogging mood.

I've been meaning to blog about this place (I've already been three times) but I keep forgetting.


136-138 Rouse Street, Port Melbourne
www.omahs.com

about $20+ for mains

It's one of those places we accidentally discovered. We got an Omah's flyer in our mailbox one time and we decided to go try it out. This was over 6 months ago. We had Banquet 2 then, which was really really good.

Since our first time, we've gone back twice. The last time was with Lianne when she came over to visit in December. Not as amazing as our first time but still pretty good.

Would recommend the soft shell crab and the 5 spice calamari (Karima, shut up.).

Not really a cheap place but not too expensive either. Nice dinner date place though.

the Willows

12.30pm, Wednesday, 24 Jan

St Kilda Rd, Melbourne

www.thewillows.com.au

2 x Chili salt calamari, side order of chips, lemon-lime bitters - $39 for both me and Karima

Yum, yum, yum. Karima reminded me that I haven't blogged about this place yet when we went here for lunch today.

It's my favorite weekday lunch place. They've been closed since last month and I've been waiting ages and ages for them to open. I've already attempted to eat at Willows twice during the time they've been on holiday. But, yey, they're open now.

I love the calamari. Best calamari dish I've had. Anywhere. They used to serve wedges which were amazing but now they've got regular chips instead, which isn't as good.

The food's amazing and the place looks nice as well (it's normally a posh restaurant) and you can choose to eat on the deck or inside. The lunch menu is very affordable.

Highly recommended. I would go back again. And again. And again.

Uh-oh

No, our last eat-out was not 23 December. We've gone out to eat quite a number of times since then. I can't remember any of them at this time though. Well, vaguely but not to blog about them.

I have to regroup...

Melbourne Oyster Bar

23 December, Saturday, 8pm (D's dad's birthday)
King Street, Melbourne
http://melbourneoysterbar.com.au/

Oysters (of course), Seafood platters, Prawns, Steak, Salmon, 3 bottles of wine (and lots more food. there were 7 of us.) Ended up costing just under $100/head. Very pricey.

So, Tuan (D's brother) thought it would be great if we went to a fancy-schmancy restaurant for their dad's birthday. I wasn't really keen to go but D wanted me to, so off we went.

The place is in the city and claims to be one of Melbourne's top seafood restaurants. The restaurant looked okay but had the unfortunate location of being right next to a backpackers hostel. Sort of tapers down the prestige of the place.

The food was okay but not great. Especially for the price. D and I were in agreement that we could've eaten just as well (even better) for half the price.

Wouldn't go back, unless it was free. Haha.

Thai Thonglor 55

18 December, Monday, around 8pm

Ormond Road, Elwood
Satay Chicken, BBQ Pork, Green Curry, rice, drinks
About $48 for 2

We didn't even know about this place until Rob told us about it. And it's just down the road!

Anyway, when we came back from our holiday, Rob said this place served good food. So, we decided to venture and find the restaurant. Which wasn't hard.

D kept insisting it was new cause we hadn't noticed it before (we pass by this street about 2 - 3 times a week). So he went to the manager and asked how long they've been open. 6 months! Ha ha. Shows how observant we are.

The food was good. Not excellent but good. Staff were observant and polite. We went on a Monday night and they were busy. Lots of people dropping in for takeaway too.

Not the best Thai I've had, but for convenience and location, we'll probably go back.

Yes, there's a lag...

Haven't posted anything since we went off to the Philippines. Haven't been going out that much anyway. I'll get to it...

Babalu

11 Nov, Saturday, 3 pm
Food Court, Southland Shopping Center

V & D each: 2-curry plate with roti, mango lassi
about $20

The curries were so-so and I can't even remember which ones we chose.

I'm blogging about Babalu because they have the best mango lassis (is this even the plural of that?) I've tasted. Admittedly, my experience with lassis is limited as I've never been to India and have only had them in the Philippines and here. But at $2.90 per glass, the Babalu mango lassi deserves a return visit. Yum.