Walker's Doughnuts, Melbourne

noodlies Sydney food blog just can't go past their doughnuts and hot chocolate whenever we're in Melbourne.  Because it's near our Melbourne office, I'm always finding an excuse to pop down to Walker's Doughnuts.

Yu-U Japanese, Flinders Lane, Melbourne

Descend a small, dimly lit flight of stairs and you enter a stunning open expanse that is dominated by a wooden counter that encases the open kitchen. The wood glows under the discreet but intense spot light. When your eyes adjust, you see a another couple of stand alone wooden tables, each seats about eight.

Chocolate Buddha, Federation Square, Melbourne

A work colleague introduced me to the delights of Chocolate Buddha a couple of weeks ago when we were in Melbourne for work.  This week, I'm back in Melbourne for a couple of days and have a sudden craving for their delicious Japanese udon.

VietTUB, Cabramatta Tweet Up

A few noodlies Sydney food blog tweet conversations materialised into a tweet up in Cabramatta, at Pho Minh.  In fact, we ended up taking two tables so many people turned up. 

Wagas Cafe, Donghu Rd, Shanghai

Fresh from a recent trip to Shanghai and Nanjing, author Walter Mason writes a guest post for Noodlies, Sydney food blog.



Let me just say at the outset that no-one is more committed to the glories of the 5 Star hotel breakfast buffet than I. The heaven of coming down to groaning tables of things you’d normally never eat, even at midday, is just about the best part of any holiday. But at the same time I am, by nature, an abstemious type. I come from a Methodist family, for heaven’s sake. So unless I am travelling with the famously indulgent Mr. Noodlies, I tend to stay at a more humble class of hotel where, even if breakfast was included in the tariff, you wouldn’t want to eat it. I remember once staying at a “boutique” hotel on Suriwongse Rd. in Bangkok, and when I came down for my all-inclusive “Continental” breakfast the young man staffing the front desk made me some toast (at the check-in counter), poured me a glass of tetra-pack juice and waved me off to my busy day.

The Meeting Point, Taiwanese, Haymarket, Sydney

The Meeting Point is like many other modern Chinese restaurants in town that caters for Chinese students in Sydney.  So they have to have quick fast meals like noodle dishes, soups as well as coffee and a good selection of desserts.  And in a vaguely young and hip environment, usually in a convenient position.

Fairfield Advance: Tea Time for Thang - Australia's Biggest Morning Tea

Front page from this morning's Fairfield Advance: Tea Time for Thang: "Canley Vale resident Thang Ngo is the toast of the town after being named an ambassador for Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea..." full story below.