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Eating In


Home fried brunch

Michael's Super Soups
Broccoli soup with lemon-chive cream
Cauliflower dhal with panch phoran
Legume noodle soup 
Pumpkin, saffron & orange soup
Savoury harira soup
Sweet potato & red curry soup

Meals we make again and again

Tofu-skeptic? Try these.

And when it's time for dessert, she craves:
Alfajores
Apricot, walnut & lavender cake
Basbousa
Wattleseed & macadamia brownies



Eating out

Breakfast
We've covered the northside extensively, and enjoy AcusticoAddictBabka, CarolinaCibi, Code Black, Dench, El MirageFandango, FentonHumble RaysJackson Dodds, KinesLux FoundryMary MillerMilkwood, (deep breath!) a Minor Place, Mitte, New Day Rising, Seven SeedsSmall Axe KitchenSugardoughSweet EvelynRay, True North, Twenty & Six Espresso, Two:BobTyler's Milk BarWide Open Road, and Wolfhound on Brunswick.

Pizza
We both dig I Carusi and Kaprica; their pizzas probably offer the best value for money of all the ones we've tried. If you're willing to pay a few dollars more, we'd also recommend D.O.C., Leonardo's Pizza Palace and Pizza Meine Liebe. Vegans should get themselves to Green Acre PizzaRed Sparrow Pizza, and Shop 225. If you find yourself up in the Dandenongs, then Mad Raven Pizza Deluxe is well worth checking out.


Cheap eats (<$20pp)


Mid eats ($20-$45pp)

Bhang
Big Esso
Shimbashi Soba
Shop 225
Vola Foods
Warung Agus


Special occasions (>$45 pp)
Attica
Brae, Birregurra
Cutler & Co
O.MY Restaurant, Beaconsfield
Provenance, Beechworth
Royal Mail Hotel, Dunkeld


Exclusively Dessert
We love doing the rounds of our local ice cream shops, including Billy van Creamy, Luther's Scoops, Icecream Social, Beku Gelato and Gelateria Bico (all include vegan-friendly options!). Ratio Cocoa Roasters is a great chocolatier. We also like the vegan sweets at Cuppa TurcaMister Nice Guy's Bakeshop and Girls & Boys, although my current favourite by miles is Gloria. For something extra special, you can visit Mietta by day or sneak into Cutler & Co late at night and just skip straight to their dessert menu.