Review: Panned Pizza

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Panned Pizza Review

I discovered this pizza house from crowdmass.

French fries? Well, it not just another normal french fries. It's what they called Poutine, one of the most popular Canadian's dishes.

So, basically, the french fries is topped with melted cheese and hot gravy. Yummy!!!

I really like the gravy. It has savoury flavour. It's a must-try dish if you visit this restaurant.

This one is Bacon & Egg pizza or what is known as Aussie. The flavour is just right. However, there is nothing sensational about this pizza. Worth trying.

The Lot Pizza! I really like this type of pizza as it has a lot of toppings. I prefer this pizza compared to Bacon&Egg. It's much tastier. By the way, both pizzas have a thin base, which is crispy. I like crispy base. But still, there is nothing to brag about.

So, my suggestion is that, if you are lazy to get their pizzas, try their poutine. Hopefully, you will love it, like I do.

Also, if you wanna get a pizza frenzy with your buddies, this is the right place to go. Why? They have a New Yorker 18'' pizza for $25. I believe it will stop you from eating pizza for at least a week? Hahaha.

Overall:

Price: 7/10

Food: 7/10

Service: 6/10

Ambience: 5/10

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CBD

234c Russell St

Melbourne 3000

Website:  www.pannedpizza.com.au

~Rondoletto~

Review: Tank Fish & Chippery

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Tank Fish & Chippery Review

Hi all~

It's been a while since the last time I've posted my last review. Really sorry about that.

Well, I'm currently owing you guys a lot of new reviews. Hopefully, we don't disappoint you. :)

I'll try my best to put up my review as soon as possible. So, stick around...

Tank? Quite a unique name isn't it?

This new restaurant has fish and chips as their speciality. Obviously, they also serve other kind of seafood dishes, but this time we only order their fish and chips.

Their Fish&Chips was fresh and crispy but there is nothing really special about it. Moreover, it's a bit bland. It'll be much better if they sprinkle more salt on it.

The side dishes was not bad either. I couldn't really remember what are they exactly. From what I remember, they are potato cakes, fish nugget and something similar to chinese dumpling but it was made up of fish.

Nothing really impressed me but I'm quite satisfied with it.

Overall:

Price: 5/10

Food: 6/10

Service: 6/10

Ambience: 7/10

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Tank Fish and Chippery

149 Lygon Street

Melbourne, 3053

           ~Rondoletto~

Review: Ramen Ya

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Ramen Ya Review

Ramen Ya, one of the best restaurants that served ramen. Well, they don't serve wide variety of ramens but sometimes "less is more".

Let's proceed to the main points,

This is the well-known Charsu Ramen in Tonkatsu broth. As stated on the menu, this ramen is the speciality of Ramen Ya. I've to admit that this ramen was awesome! The broth was very tasty. The ramen was well-cooked too. The highlight of this ramen was the charsu or the pork slices. Maybe this is what they described as "melting in your mouth". Trust me, the pork slices are addicting!

Besides the Charsu Ramen, we also ordered Seafood Gyoza Ramen. If you don't think that the ramen will be enough to make you full, you can ask for extra ramen with additional cost of $2.5. They really add a lot of ramen if you order for an extra but they don't add the broth, which was disappointing. For this ramen, we ordered with the same tonkatsu broth. The difference here was only the seafood gyoza. The skin of the gyoza was quite thin and hence it broke easily. The Seafood inside was mainly made of octopus and prawn I guess. Overall, it was delicious too.

For the side dish, we got pork gyoza. The gyoza was rather small. The pork inside was not bad. The skin was quite crispy. Honestly, I like the skin more than the pork. Anyway, it was just alright.

Overall:

Price:8/10

Food: 8.5/10

Service: 7.5/10

Ambience: 7.5/10

Estimated price per person: $ 10

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Shop 25G Melbourne GPO
350 Bourke St,

Melbourne VIC 3000

Website : www.ramenya.com.au

~Rondoletto~

Review: Earl Canteen

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Earl Canteen Review

Earl Canteen, the top number one talk of the town in Urbanspoon till today ( 3 Oct '10).

Well, Earl canteen has been in my wish list since I discovered Urbanspoon... :P

With so many reviews and talks about this little and sweet 'canteen', finally I've made a visit. ^^

Let's start with their infamous "sex sandwich". XD

This sandwich is actually known as Pork Belly Sandwich on their menu. I've heard numerous rumours regarding the crispiness and the deliciousness of this sandwich. Well, it's now a fact that I can't deny. Yes! It's indeed yummy!!! ><

The crispiness of the pork accompanied with the freshness of apple, cabbage & fennel coleslaw, and wilted silverbeet, hmmm..., I'm pretty sure that you'll want it more and more....

The pork is quite salty if you eat it by its own. However, it goes really well with the baguette. Owh ya~ the baguette is pretty hard to be cut by knife though. So if you really want to enjoy it, I suggest that you can just grab the sandwich and give it a big bite! :D

Since it's our first time there, we didn't have the chance to try other menu since we wanted to try the Pork Belly Sandwich. Fortunately, my friend tried the Wagyu Meatball Sandwich. I was pretty excited to know that it's wagyu. So, I offered an exchange :P

It's indeed a delicious sandwich topped with zucchini pickles and shaved parmesan. The sauce tastes pretty much like bolognese sauce.

Honestly, I'm a bit disappointed with this sandwich. The meatball is not as good as what I was expecting or maybe my expectation was too high. ;P

But overall, It's still good.

Maybe next time I should try the Real Steak Sandwich which sound mouth-watering to me... :P

Overall:

Price: 7.5/10

Food: 8.5/10

Service: 7.5/10

Ambience: 7.5/10

Estimated price per person: $ 15

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Ground level,

500 Bourke,

Lt Bourke St courtyard,


Melbourne 3000

Website: www.earlcanteen.com.au

~Rondoletto~

Review: Cafe Cavallino

Posted by ~RnR~ in $10-$20, Restaurant

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Cafe Cavallino Review.

Firstly, I want to apologize for the postpone of the posts due to my laptop that broke down a week ago. Now I'm still considering which laptop to get. So please be patient.. :D

Once, I get the new laptop more posts will be up...^^

Okay, let's get to the main point~~

Confuse of choosing so many Italian restaurants along Lygon Street?

Well, I have Cafe Cavallino to be recommended for you. I believe that it is a cafe for Ferrari lovers. :D

It's also a good place to celebrate your friend's birthday as what we did.

Anyway, Happy Belated Birthday to Ms S... ^^

For the appetiser we ordered Pumpkin Soup and Wedges with Chili Sauce and Sour Cream

For the Pumpkin Soup, I did not find anything special with it. It's quite tasty and creamy. Still passable.

Wedges with Chili Sauce and Sour Cream. Well, the wedges is just like any other wedges. Again, nothing much special about this one but it makes a good starter for crumbling stomach. The sweet and sour cream is a bit tasteless though. You need to dip a whole lot of it in order to get the sour taste.

Next,

Bocconcini bread. At first I've mistaken this bread as garlic bread as they look very similar. However, their taste is quite different. This Bocconcini bread is made up of herb bread with Bocconcini Cheese. There is an alluring fragrant from the bread which will make you impatient to try this bread. The cheese is yummy!!! I like it a lot. Also, the bread added the sense of crispiness to the dish. Yum~~

This one? It's called Agnolotti Doriano. Basically, it's a kind of ravioli filled with beef and served with bolognese  sauce and parsley. Overall, it's not bad. However, I didn't find it as tasty after a few bites. I guess it's because of the beef that is inside the agnolotti which I found a bit plain. 

This pizza is named after the cafe, Cavallino. According to the description, this pizza contains sauce, mozzarella cheese, fresh tomatoes, olives, parsley, Proscuitto(Ham), Rucola (roquette salad), shaved parmesan, goat cheese, bruschetta. Quite a long description isn't it? Yea...

I didn't expect the pizza to suit my taste. Surprisingly, this one is delicious.  The crispiness of the base, accompanied with the freshness of the rucola and tomatoes, created a great combination! Don't forget, there is also Ham on the pizza which gives extra indulgence to your mouth.

Do you notice something different with this pizza? Ya! It's a combination of "American" and "Lygon Special". For some of you who loves pizza, American maybe a wise choice to try. Personally, I felt that the highlight of the night is the Lygon Special. Wonderful combination of Ham, Mushroom, Hot salami, mild peppers, pineapple and prawns is ready to shake your mouth with a blazing sensation! So far, in Melbourne, I think this pizza is the best pizza I've ever had. Well, I have not been staying too long here. Probably you can give me suggestion if you don't agree with this. :D

There is spiciness and sourness in the pizza which I love the most. I really feel like eating this pizza again. ><

Actually, we also ordered a cake, which I believed to be a triple chocolate cake. I can't really remember the exact name. The cake was just awesome! There is a plenty of chocolate in it! For a chocoholic like me, I love everything with chocolate... :P

Sorry that I forgot to take the picture of the chocolate cake since it's a birthday cake for Ms  S. :D

Overall:

Price: 8/10

Food: 8.25/10

Service: 7.5/10

Ambience: 7.5/10

Estimated price per person: $ 18

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181 Lygon St

Carlton VIC 3053

Website: www.cafecavallino.com.au

~Rondoletto~

Review: Han Guuk Guan

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Han Guuk Guan Review

Looking for a good Korean restaurant in CBD?

Han Guuk Guan is one of the best Korean restaurant around. :D

They serve a wide variety of Korean food including Korean BBQ.

What's more is that they have a 50% off for BBQ every monday.

I've tried their Korean BBQ once, but they limit the choice of the BBQ that is on promotion. I ordered beef bulgogi, spicy squid and lastly spicy chicken. They were quite impressive.

The beef bulgogi was pretty juicy and yummy~

The spicy squid was rather disappointing since I had a high expectation for this one. It's not so bad but the squid was a bit tasteless.

Spicy chicken? It's a good choice too. Not really that good but not so bad either.

I'm sorry that I don't have pictures for the BBQ. :(

Well, let's move on.

 

 

As some of you might have known this dish, it is called Jjajangmyun or Korean Black Bean Paste Noodles. So far I think this is the best Jjajangmyun that I've found in Melbourne. The flavour of the black bean sauce was just right. Moreover, it's not as sweet as some other restaurants might serve it. The hand made noodle was chewy too. If you like Korean dishes, I recommend this dish to you. :D

 

 

 

"Isn't this dish the same as the previous one?"

Well, it's similar but this one is the variety of Jjajangmyun which is known as Samsun Jjajangmyun or Seafood Black Bean Noodles. Personally, I prefer this one rather than the usual Jjajangmyun. I might be biased since I love seafood. :P

I found that the paste of this dish is thicker than the usual Jjajangmyun which made it more delicious. The seafood inside that I could notice, was just prawns and slices of octopus. There was a bit of spicy sensation in Samsun Jjajangmyun which would help to increase your appetite and also gave more variety to its taste.

 

 

This dish is known as the highlight of Han Guuk Guan. Spicy and Sweet Chicken. I believe that you will not be disappointed by this dish. Its sweetness and spiciness will pamper your palate and make you crave for it even more. The serving was large too. I shared this dish with 3 other friends. 

 

Well, this one is actually ordered by Celeste. I'm not really sure about the name of the dish. Basically, it's just short ribs cooked with eggs and noodles in beef broth. There is nothing special with this dish. The beef broth is a bit bland. I don't really recommend this dish.

 

 

As usual, there are always side dishes accompanying your meal in every Korean Restaurant. I don't know why but I really like the kimchi here. :p

Overall,

Price: 7/10

Food: 8.5/10

Service: 7.25/10

Ambience: 6/10

Estimated price/person: $18

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CBD

13A Victoria St
Melbourne, 3000

Website: none

~Rondoletto~