These are the restaurants that we have attended so far in our joint chase to complete the A to Z of cuisines in Melbourne:
Letter |
Cuisine |
Restaurant |
Location |
When |
Comments |
A | Afghani | Afghan Gallery | Fitzroy | 2000 | The first one - with all family members |
B | Balinese | Warung Agus | West Melbourne | 2002 | |
C | Colombian | | Carlton | 2004 | Cannot recall name (Ian booked) but was in Lygon St Carlton |
D | Danish | Fraus Crepes & Chocolat | West Melbourne | 2006 | Now Cafe Metsa; we had Danish pastries for brunch |
E | Egyptian | Bedouin Kitchen | St Kilda | 2007 | Restaurant is no longer in business |
F | French | Paris Go | Carlton | 2008 | |
G | Greek | Pireaus Blues | Fitzroy | 2009 | |
H | Hungarian | The Little Hungarian | Caulfield | 2010 | Very big schnitzels |
I | Italian | Enoteca | Carlton | 2011 | Restaurant no longer operating at Enoteca |
J | Japanese | Shinjuku | Brunswick | 2012 | |
K | Korean | Woo Ga | Melbourne | April 2013 | |
L | Lebanese | Ablas | Carlton | August 2014 | |
M | Mexican | La Tortilleria | Kensington | December 2014 | |
N | Nepalese | Gurkhas Nepalese | Brunswick | October 2015 | |
O | Omani | Maha | Melbourne | September 2016 | Lunch, Egan's choice |
P | Peruvian | Pastuso | Melbourne CBD | June 2017 | Lunch, Convery's choice |
Q | Qatari | Mama Rumaan | Central Pier Docklands | August 2018 | Lunch |
R | Russian | Nevsky Russian Restaurant | Elsternwick | November 2018 | Great food, Transylvanian red wine, tasty vodkas |
S | Spanish | Simply Spanish | Bourke Street Melbourne | September 2019 | Egan's selection |
T | Tibetan | Tibetan Wild Yak | Northcote | February 2021 | Convery's: Tibetan |
U | | | | April/May 2021 (???) | Egan's (possible choices are USA, UK, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, UAE or Uruguay) |
V | | | | | Convery's (Vietnam, Venezuela or Vanuatu) |
W | | | | | Egan's (could be tricky but maybe Polynesian after Wallis & Futuna or Welsh) |
X | | | | | Convery's (very tricky as no countries begin with the letter 'X', so therefore suggest a free choice) |
Y | | | | | Egan's (could be Yemeni or Yum Cha) |
Z | | | | | Convery's (either Zambia or Zimbabwe; maybe just have African!) |