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Pigeon Hole Cafe 93 Goulburn Street West Hobart, Tasmania (03) 62369306 Open Tue-Sat, 8:30am until 4:30pm Barely more than 12 months old, tiny Pigeon Hole in West Hobart, Tasmania, has carved a tidy niche for itself. It’s café, gourmet edged, with a little retro style thrown in for good measure. With only 16 seats it’s…

There’s a lot to be said for ethnic restaurants. They usually offer big, cheap hearty meals often cooked from the heart. They also often offer the chance to reacquaint oneself with monosodium glutamate, fluorescent strip lighting, surly service and dodgy lino. Then there’s The Abyssinian (277 Racecourse Road Kensington, Victoria 3031, 03 9376 8754), run…

The best and best value food in Surfers Paradise has long been the tiny Korean and Japanese joints hidden in its low-rent 1970s shopping malls. But it is also worth escaping the main tourist drags for Chevron Island where soba Master Yoshinory Shibazaki & his wife Keiko are bringing Japanese food on the Gold Coast…

There’s a lot to be said for ethnic restaurants. They usually offer big, cheap hearty meals often cooked from the heart. They also often offer the chance to reacquaint oneself with monosodium glutamate, fluorescent strip lighting, surly service and dodgy lino. Then there’s The Abyssinian (277 Racecourse Road Kensington, Victoria 3031, 03 9376 8754), run…

“Old Man” or traditional Aussie pubs are a dying breed. Most have been converted into overdone restaurants, apartments or the dreaded pokie venue. Others have been turned in funky/kitsch lounges that can be great, but very busy and have seen substantial price creep over the last few years taking them past the $20 “Very Cheap…

In a drab strip of shops ducking for cover behind the St.Kilda Road Skyscrapers, is a small jewel. It’s like diving into your ancient auntie’s jewellery box full of plastic tat and finding a proper gem. That’s PekoPeko. It looks like nothing from the exterior – just one of a group of down at the…

So, in my first attempt at reviewing for very cheap eats I forgot my camera and, having lost my phone-with-camera last weekend in a moment of drunken idiocy, I therefore have no pictures. I also didn’t make any notes and, while I remember what I ate, remembering other menu options seems to be failing me…

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…

So, the Lincoln, as I affetionately call it, have started their $12 Monday bar meals again, from the hours of 6-8, although their meals are generally less than $20 when you order from the bar anyways. This just means when you get a pint with your meal, you’re getting more than a dollar’s worth of…

The intersection of Inkerman, Barkly and Grey streets is where the whole of St Kilda comes together. The Barkly Hotel is a backpackers by any other name. The Bitch is Back is a local retro furniture icon. And of course, you can buy any type of drug or sexual deviancy under the sun on Grey.I…