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China Bar 607 Station Street Box Hill VIC 3128 Ph: (03) 9318 8238 Open Monday – Sunday from 11am – 4am Kick yourself in the bum & get yourself Dim Sum…..*At China Bar Nestled near the Whitehorse/Station street junction is the bold signed yet distinctly unassuming China Bar. This is popular haunt for everyone from…

Good news from the proprietors at Pho Dzung What’s even better than Broken Social Scene at the Laneway Festival? Skipping Broken Social Scene for a bowl of $7 pho at Pho Dzung.Even the hardiest festival-goer needs a breather, and the Laneway Festival was notable for its lack of ‘sit down and take a break’ spots.…

The seductive thing is the doorway and a sign. There is no other indication of what lies at the top of the stairs in the Thy Thy (142 Victoria St, Richmond +61 3 9429 1104) Vietnamese restaurant. Perhaps restaurant is too strong a word. This isn’t a place I’d come to eat at night and…

This is one of the most memorable and best value dishes I ate while briefly in Sydney – the $6.80 Tofu with pork floss and 1,000 year old eggs – at Din Tai Fung at World Square. I think it was even better than the Shao-long bao, which has become so fashionable at Yum Cha…

This blog has been established because the Melbourne Cheap Eats has lost its way. Sure a $40pp meal (without wine) is good value. But it is hardly cheap. Confessions of a Food Nazi, who inspired this blog, made the observation on the Moroccan Soup Bar: “You can do most things there except book a table…

Personally, I think any good pho restaurant warrants a mention in any cheap eats guide. And since we are in Melbourne, there are many.Pho is just one of those quick, cheap but memorable meals. In my experience, outstanding pho restaurant never has 300 items on the menu. It concentrates on its broth, its noodles and…

Last night, I ventured out into one of my almost forgotten places Han Guuk Guan, for Korean. It is this little hidden hut-looking place on the fringe of the city and the Carlton Gardens, in an offshoot, surrounded by orifice buildings.They actually serve a combination of Chinese and Korean food, but I have never even…

Spicy Corner 49 Dawson Street, Tullamarine, VIC. (Melway Ref. 15H1). Tel. 03 93355650 (Closed on Mondays) Looking forward to that cold and limp herbed chicken sandwich for your in-flight lunch shortly after take-off? Or worst if flying budget, anticipate forking out $7 or more for noodles-in-a-cup and a drink that will leave you feeling even…

Charles Dickens Tavern290 Collins Street, Melbourne Tel. 9654 1821 I’ve got a confession to make: I have a dark, secret, guilty pleasure. I love bangers and mash. There, I’ve said it. So what do we do about it, now that it’s out in the open? Well, I’ll let you in on the secret of where…

There was a point I dropped off buying the Fairfax food bibles. “The Good Food Guide” segued to cover-to-cover advertising and “Cheap Eats” seemed to reinvent the definition of “cheap”. Sure things have changed since I moved to Melbourne 20 years ago. But for many years I really did have no spare cash and all…