Spaghetti Tree

Was looking through the Entertainment Book today under a gloomy sky and I saw Spaghetti Tree which was not far from where I was on Bourke St.

Don't judge a book by its cover, the exterior of the restaurant looks ordinary but the interior is awesome!

The restaurant has 2 levels with a double volume space in the middle. Tables were laid out quite closely, just nice and cosy, not too cramped. I would say it feels very warm and welcoming to be in the restaurant. We had beautiful live music whilst enjoying really delicious pasta.

Wedges with sour cream & sweet chilli

There are 2 different price of wedges at $2 different of your choices with or without sour cream & sweet chilli.

Tortellini "Verdi"

The tortellini has a chicken and spinach filling. It is cooked in a creamy and cheesy white sauce with chunks of chicken, capsicum and baby spinach.

The white sauce is perfect as there cheesy taste was not too thick or too heavy so you won't feel sick at all after having this dish.

Peking Duck Risotto

This lovely Asian style risotto is just absolutely mouth watering. The portion of risotto was just nice with fresh oven roasted duck, spring onion, parmesan cheese and hoisin sauce works perfectly for this dish.

When I wanted to order this dish, I thought it will be odd to combine Peking duck with risotto but I was absolutely wrong.

The portion of the dishes in Spaghetti Tree are not as big as what you can get in the Italian restaurants on Lygon St, but I think it is just nice without having to feel too full and sick.

I can't wait to go back again to try their lasagne, cannelloni and the other pasta dishes.

My Ratings;

-Environment: 4/4

-Food: 4/4

-Price: 2/4

-Service: 4/4

Spaghetti Tree located at:

59 Bourke Street,

Melbourne, VIC 3000.

(03) 9650 3174

Zeps Cafe, Campbell Town

After our one day trip in Hobart, we then went to Freycinet Lodge, Freycinet National Park and it takes about 4 hours driving. On our way to there, we passed by a small town called Campbell Town and its also one of the town that definitely everyone will pass by.

After a short walk, we decided to come into Zeps Cafe as their risotto dish that written on the special menu board attracted us to go into it.

Chicken & Vegetables Soup

When my dad told us that he ordered the soup above, by just listening to what he told is we'll just think that he's wasting money by ordering soup. But once it turned up and tasted, we were so surprised by the taste and the numbers of ingredients that are boiled together to produce such nice soup.

Spicy King Prawn, Green Pea & Chorizo Sausage Risotto

Risotto is one of my favourite dish after spaghetti. By just the name on the special menu board, it attracted me to go into this cafe to try it out. Honestly, the prawn is not spicy at all as referring to dish name it supposed to be spicy. Overall the risotto is really nice besides there is some mistaken with naming the prawn as "Spicy" king prawn which is not spicy at all.

Seared Scallops on Fondant Potatoes, Sautéed Leek with Garlic & Lemon grass Butter Sauce

I've also ordered one of their scallop dish above. When ordering, I actually didn't know that its such a healthy dish as it's full of vegetables.With the number of scallops that they gave us, the only thing I can say is worth to order for scallops lovers.

Even though prawns and scallop are not that fresh compared to those in city like Hobart, Zeps Cafe had really created a few healthy dishes for its customer to choose.

My Ratings;

-Environment: 2/4

-Foods: 3/4

-Price: 3/4

-Service: 2/4

Zeps Cafe located at:

92/94 High St,

Campbell Town, TAS 7210.

03 6381 1344

Movida Bar de Tapas Y Vino

If you guys still remember my Time Out & KoKo post, on the same day we actually went to Movida as well since we were around there.

Chef's busying in the kitchen

The Bar

Movida Next Door is more of a bar and a good place for you to sit around, catch up with friends, have a drink and enjoy some great tapas dishes.

Bomba

The Bomba is one of the dishes that was on Master Chef Australia season 2 during their challenge in Melbourne. The bomba is filled with chorizo which is pork sausage. The crunchiness of the Bomba is just great along with the sauce that melts in your mouth.

Viera

These oven baked scallops with jamon (spanish word for ham) and potato foam are just great. The scallops are juicy and fresh whereas the potato foam is absolutely silky.

Pork Belly

The juicy pork belly with crispy skin was one of the specials of the day. Even though the bill for it turned out to be quite expensive but we didn't mind at all because it is just so good!

Hot Ganache Pudding with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

I love chocolate very much. The Ganache Pudding was still melting when we cut it into half and you can see the vanilla bean ice cream melting on top of it. The thickness of the chocolate is just so perfect and I couldn't forget about it even though I actually had it quite few months ago.

Give it a try guys, for sure you'll love it!

My Ratings;

-Environment: 4/4

-Foods: 4/4

-Price: 1/4

-Service: 4/4

Movida Bar de Tapas Y Vino:

1 Hosier Lane,

Melbourne, VIC 3000

03 9663 3038

Rock Kung

Rock Kung is an old Chinese restaurant I should say that is located in the busy precinct of Glen Waverley. Even though the place is quite old and the staff has poor customer service, they serve surprisingly good roast meat dishes such as roast duck and roast pork.

Roast Duck & Pork

The Roast Duck & Pork and really juicy and I love the crunchiness of the Roast Pork Skin.

Stir Fry Prawn Cake with Chinese Broccoli

As shown in the photo, there are a lot of prawn cake slices on top of the Chinese broccoli. My family loves meat but we would often order this vegetable dish because it is mixed with the prawn cakes. Ordering this dish is like a combination of 2 dishes but for the price of 1.

"Jin Yeong Sam Bou" - stuffed eggplant, bitter gourd & bean curd puff

The "Jin Yeong Sam Bou" is a dish where you will see three different vegetables that stuffed with fish paste. They firstly fried all the vegetables with stuffed fish paste and served together with a thick golden brown sauce.

Deep Fried Chicken with Salted Egg

I would say this is the nicest Deep Fried Chicken with Salted Egg also known as "Wong Kam Gai". It is chicken coated with a salted egg and deep fried. There are other restaurants around Melbourne serving this dish but Rock Kung is the best as you can taste the salted egg.

Cheese Prawns with Noodles

Lastly would be this unforgettable Cheese Prawns with Noodles. It's really hard to describe this dish, you would have to try it our yourself to understand why I love the taste very much. =)

My Ratings;

-Environment: 1/4

-Foods: 3/4

-Price: 2/4

-Service: 1/4

Rock Kung is located at:

101 Kingsway, Glen Waverley, VIC 3150.

03 9560 9032

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