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Kumo Izakaya, Brunswick East

  • by Sonia Nair
  • Posted on May 7, 2020May 7, 2020

Kumo Izakaya isn’t known for strictly Japanese food with a menu that has clear Italian, Korean and Turkish influences.

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Le Miel Et La Lune, Carlton

  • by Sonia Nair
  • Posted on April 15, 2020April 14, 2020

I’d visited tranquil cornerside Carlton café Le Miel Et La Lune for the first time years ago and loved it, promising myself that it’d become a regular stop on my brunch circuit, but then before I knew it four years had passed and I hadn’t been back!

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Meet Sando, Melbourne

  • by Sonia Nair
  • Posted on February 16, 2020February 16, 2020

Deep-fried crumbed meat sandwiched by two pieces of fluffy white bread – what’s there not to like about katsu sandos? Nothing, which is why I chose to celebrate my last day at a former job by dining at Meet Sando with colleagues.

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Tamura Sake Bar, Fitzroy

  • by Sonia Nair
  • Posted on December 10, 2019December 10, 2019

Tamura Sake Bar is a small sake and jazz records izakaya on Gertrude Street, not unlike the ones I recently encountered in Japan where you couldn’t get a seat if you were in a group bigger than three.

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Sushi Ten, Carlton

  • by Sonia Nair
  • Posted on November 25, 2019November 25, 2019

Sushi Ten’s reputation precedes it – it used to serve its famed donburis from within Port Phillip Arcade before shifting to Rathdowne Street.

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Calia, Melbourne

  • by Sonia Nair
  • Posted on February 24, 2019March 12, 2019

It’s a tricky task finding somewhere in the city that is a) new and b) intolerance-friendly but I found the perfect place in Calia, a Japanese retail grocer-cum-cafe in Emporium with an adjoining restaurant.

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Shizuku Ramen, Abbotsford

  • by Sonia Nair
  • Posted on March 19, 2017March 20, 2017

I love being part of clubs (unless it involves any participation in sporting activities), and what better club is there to be a member of than Ramen Club?

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Hakata Gensuke, Melbourne

  • by Sonia Nair
  • Posted on December 4, 2016December 5, 2016

Because my dinner outing to Hakata Gensuke was planned two weeks prior, I promised myself that I would keep myself as bloat-free as I possibly could in the lead-up as to allow myself maximum enjoyment of ramen, which usually leaves me extremely bloated.

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Neko Neko, Fitzroy

  • by Sonia Nair
  • Posted on November 13, 2016December 4, 2016

Vegetarian ramen lovers, fret no more – there is a new cutesy Japanese eatery that does not only vegetarian ramen, but vegan ramen.

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When you’re histamine- and lactose-intolerant as well as lacking a somewhat vital organ such as a gallbladder, everything floats your bloat – tomatoes, eggplant, mature cheeses (so most good cheeses), wine, spinach, almond milk, every form of preserved meat (yes, that includes bacon), that little bit of ghee your mum slips into her dahl to make it taste all the better.

Bloat Scores

0 Living the dream

1 Had to loosen my belt a notch

2 The belt had to be completely removed

3 I could have balanced a glass of wine on my bloated stomach

4 If I were lying prostrate on my tummy, it would have looked as though I was levitating

5 So full of gas I floated home like a hot air balloon

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