The final croissant: beloved Queen Vic bakery closes after 52 years Beloved Melbourne bakery M&G Caiafa is closing this month after five decades at Queen Victoria Market.

The final croissant: beloved Queen Vic bakery closes after 52 years

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Chocolate tiramisu in a flowerpot after I'd spooned some out.

Chocolate tiramisu in a flowerpot

Chocolate tiramisu in a small flowerpot.
#MelbourneEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️ 3/3

(Home with a summer cold you you get the ones I didn't get round to posting)

Fusilloni/guanciale/caramelised onion/Sardinian pecorino

Potato bread/ black garlic butter

Two bits of potato bread on a platter

Burrata/smoky baba ganoush/green tomato/crostini

Potato bread/ black garlic butter
Burrata/smoky baba ganoush/green tomato/crostini
Fusilloni/guanciale/caramelised onion/Sardinian pecorino

#MelbourneEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️ 2/3

Wagyu potato & scamorza croquette/gochujang

Mushroom arancini/truffle sauce/ porcini dust

Swordfish/avocado/seaweed/fingerlime

'Money bag' cotechino/white fungus/ponzu

Spendiest meal this trip, the A$98 Chef's Selection at Bottarga (Brighton VIC 3186) was worth it

'Money bag' cotechino/white fungus/ponzu
Swordfish/avocado/seaweed/fingerlime
Mushroom arancini/truffle sauce/ porcini dust
Wagyu potato & scamorza croquette/gochujang
#MelbourneEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️ 1/3

Bowl of sliced beef & tendon pho with a plate containing beansprouts, Thai basil, sliced fresh red chilli

Went to Richmond for a sliced beef & tendon pho at I Love Pho (264 Victoria St, Richmond VIC 3121, Australia). #MelbourneEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️

complimentary fruit (water & rock melon) platter

stirfried kai lan with garlic

spicy chicken with Sichuan pepper & hot chilli,

stirfried rice with salted fish & diced chicken

...and other things: seafood hot & sour soup, spicy chicken with Sichuan pepper & hot chilli, stirfried kai lan with garlic, stirfried rice with salted fish & diced chicken, complimentary fruit (water & rock melon) platter. . #MelbourneEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️ 2/2

Duck chow mein

Peking duck with pancakes.

Seafood hot & sour soup.

Dinner at Bright Palace (Level 1/10/11 Star Cres, Docklands VIC 3008, Australia) was great. We did the Peking Duck special (two courses, duck with pancakes, then duck fried noodles) #MelbourneEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️ 1/2

Plate of saganaki with a wedge of lemon.

VEGETARIAN PLATTER $26.00 Includes tzatziki, hommus and eggplant dips, dolmadakia, spanakopita, feta cheese, olives, Veggie and Feta fritters served with pita bread (on a separate plate).

The pita bread on a separate plate.

SOUVLA ON SKEWER $45.00 One lean chicken and one lean lamb fillet skewer, marinated in Greek herbs and spices, served with tzatziki, Greek salad and chips

Finally made it to Stalactites (177/183 Lonsdale St, Melbourne VIC 3000) for some Greek food with cousin Kerry for lunch today. #MelbourneEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️

Pork Belly, Chilli Caramel, Black Vinegar, Apple Slaw

Passionfruit Pannacotta, Pandan Ice-Cream, Caramel Popcorn

Red Spice Road (Asian fusion)
#MelbourneEats #thread #kai #food 🍜🍽️

Pork Belly, Chilli Caramel, Black Vinegar, Apple Slaw

Passionfruit Pannacotta, Pandan Ice-Cream, Caramel Popcorn

Cauliflower Kung Pao, Cashews, Sichuan Pepper, Chilli, Green Onion.

Rockling, Green Papaya, Herbs, Pickled Carrot, Nouc Cham.

Chicken Red Curry, Pumpkin, Thai Basil.

Red Spice Road (Asian fusion)
#MelbourneEats #thread #kai #food 🍜🍽️

Cauliflower Kung Pao, Cashews, Sichuan Pepper, Chilli, Green Onion.

Rockling, Green Papaya, Herbs, Pickled Carrot, Nouc Cham.

Chicken Red Curry, Pumpkin, Thai Basil.

Betel Leaf, Prawn, Lime, Coconut, Chilli, Lemongrass

Corn, Green Onion, Cheese Croquette, Wasabi Mayo, Pistachio Furikake

Salmon Tartare, Yuzu Pickled Grape, Wasabi Soy, Chives, Crispy Potato

Red Spice Road (Asian fusion)
#MelbourneEats #thread #kai #food 🍜🍽️
Betel Leaf, Prawn, Lime, Coconut, Chilli, Lemongrass

Corn, Green Onion, Cheese Croquette, Wasabi Mayo, Pistachio Furikake

Salmon Tartare, Yuzu Pickled Grape, Wasabi Soy, Chives, Crispy Potato

Giant red Chinese lantern hanging from ceiling.

The Tuk Tuk Menu $90pp This popular tasting menu is designed to be shared. We can dish up something delicious for individual guest dietary requirements with advance warning. Betel Leaf, Prawn, Lime, Coconut, Chilli, Lemongrass (S) Corn, Green Onion, Cheese Croquette, Wasabi Mayo, Pistachio Furikake (N) (G) (D) (V) Salmon Tartare, Yuzu Pickled Grape, Wasabi Soy, Chives, Crispy Potato (G) Cauliflower Kung Pao, Cashews, Sichuan Pepper, Chilli, Green Onion (G) (N) (VG) Rockling, Green Papaya, Herbs, Pickled Carrot, Nouc Cham Chicken Red Curry, Pumpkin, Thai Basil Pork Belly, Chilli Caramel, Black Vinegar, Apple Slaw Passionfruit Pannacotta, Pandan Ice-Cream, Caramel Popcorn (D)(V)

Looking down communal dining table to artwork decorating end wall

Stellar dinner with Mum & Sis at Red Spice Road (Asian fusion)(141 Queen St, Melbourne VIC 3000). We did the A$90 Tuk Tuk set menu.

#MelbourneEats #thread #kai #food 🍜🍽️

The meal as described.

Bak kut teh set meal:
Pork ribs, pork belly, pork shoulder, pork hock & soft bone. With shallot rice, chinese doughnut and boiled lettuce with oyster sauce. Eat Alley.(QV Square, Corner Swanston & Lonsdale St.) #MelbourneEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️

Secret fried (handpulled) noodles with beef

4 skewers of lamb shish kebab on a plate

Secret fried (handpulled) noodles with beef, & lamb shish kebab. Dolan Uyghur Cuisine (382 Lonsdale St, Melbourne VIC 3000). #MelbourneEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️

Clockwise from left:Bag of soft dinner rolls, bag of chocolate bit rolls, coffee flavored Swiss roll, coffee bun.

The stash from Breadtop (QV building, cnr Russell St &, Lonsdale St). Clockwise from left:Bag of soft dinner rolls, bag of chocolate bit rolls, coffee flavored Swiss roll, coffee bun. #takeaways #MelbourneEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️

Two thali platters one with chicken curry & lamb curry, the other with chicken curry & fish curry. They substituted chapati for the naan & the poppadum was over the pulao rice which we removed before taking the photo.

Three pani puri on a long plate. Each sits on a shot glass containing the tamarind water.

Villas (488 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000) is sister restaurant to Roti Bar. We shared a pani puri & had the thali meals (chicken curry and lamb/fish curry, vegetable curry, dhal, raita, chapati, salad, pulao rice, poppadum, gulab jamun for dessert. Highly recommend. #MelbourneEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️

The borek on top of the paper bag it came in.

Delicious spicy potato borek from Market Borek (South Melbourne Market). #takeaways #MelbourneEats #vegetarian #kai #food 🍜🍽️

Dinner as described laid out on dining table.

Fresh rolls & the roast duck bao bun platter from Ba Ba Rolls (South Melbourne Market). Plus oysters in half shell also from the market. #takeaways #MelbourneEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️

The Cheese & spinach gözleme cut into squares in a cardboard takeaway box.

Cheese & spinach gözleme from Köy Gözleme (South Melbourne Market). #takeaways #MelbourneEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️

The meal in a cardboard container.

Nasi lemak with fried chicken from MarryBrown (Docklands). That's a very good fried chicken. The poppadum got soggy (fresh is best) #takeaways #MelbourneEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️

Tom yum prawn already transferred into a bowl at home.

Larb chicken salad in a plastic takeaway container

Pork mince pad ka-pao in a takeaway container.

Four fish cakes in a takeaway container with sweet chilli, lettuce leaf.

Amphawa thai (Bay St., Port Melbourne). Fish cakes, larb chicken, pork pad ka-pao, tom yum prawn. #takeaways #MelbourneEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️

The Greek takeaway meal as described on a cardboard tray.

Yeeros Journey from Skewer'd (Bay St., Port Melbourne). Mix of chicken, lamb, pork, with pita, fries, Greek salad, tzatziki, cabbage salad. #takeaways #MelbourneEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️

Steamed rice roll with prawn filling.

Tofu skin rolls with pork filling.

Selection of yumcha dishes on table: har gow, XO sauce fried rice roll, sticky rice, minced prawn on tofu, chicken feet.

Delicious yumcha lunch at Bright Palace (Docklands). #MelbourneEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️

Two iced coffees

Chicken curry laksa

Ipoh Chee Cheong Fun

Lunch at Kopilicious (Level 1/295 Exhibition St, Melbourne VIC 3000). Curry chicken laksa was fabulous. Ipoh Chee Cheong Fun, fried chicken wings & iced coffee all delicious. #MelbourneEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️

Dinner as described on a round white soup plate

Cooked dinner. Egg noodles with soy & sesame sauce, shredded chicken thigh, blanched choysum, spring onion & crispy shallot garnish. Pickled green chilli in soy sauce to accompany. #cookingDiary #MelbourneEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️

Thali with dal, raita, naan, cos salad, slow roasted lamb shoulder in Kerala nadan curry, paired with lemon tempered rice.

Pani puri

Lunch at (non-traditional) Indian spot Tonka (20 Duckboard Pl, Melbourne VIC 3000). It's CBD but down a laneway so very little foot traffic. Had a pani puri & thali with lamb. Vietnamese mint in salad was unexpected. #MelbourneEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️

View of vineyard from Soumah outdoor dining area with yellow roses in left foreground

At Soumah: Pizza (tomato, artichoke, ham, white anchovies, pine nuts)

The arancini at Soumah

Was a lovely day to go winetasting in the Yarra: Squitchy Lane, Soumah, Yering Station. And lunch at Soumah: arancini & pizza (tomato, artichoke, ham, white anchovies, pine nuts) #MelbourneEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️

The Croque Madame on a round white plate.

Lunch was an excellent Croque Madame (Smoked Leg Ham, Gruyère Béchamel, Fried Egg) at Chéri (Coventry St., near South Melbourne Market). #MelbourneEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️

Plate of Bánh bột lọc (tapioca dumpling with dried shrimp & crispy shallot) with bowl of dipping sauce to accompany.

Plate of bánh khọt (mini cup pancake with prawn in centre), platter of green leaves and herbs, bowl of dipping sauce to accompany.

Walked to Footscray for lunch at Bánh Xèo Tay Do Vietnamese Restaurant. Had the bánh khọt (mini cup pancake with prawn in centre) & Bánh bột lọc (tapioca dumpling with dried shrimp & crispy shallot). Worth the trip. #MelbourneEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️

Bowl of courgette pieces, fried egg with garlic.

Bowl of the chicken meatballs with kumara & onion in tomato sauce.

Cooked dinner. Rice. Meatballs (chicken mince) with kumara & onion in tomato sauce. Courgette, fried egg, garlic. #cookingDiary #MelbourneEats #kai #food 🍜🍽️