Supernormal: Review
Supernormal Melbourne has evolved from Andrew McConnell’s Golden Fields (now Luxembourg) in St Kilda, with a stop past the Supernormal popup in Fitzroy over the summer. Designers Projects Of...
View ArticleKyoto Food Guide
Kyoto, just like every other city I visited in Japan was full of great food. In Osaka, I realised that what I knew about Japanese food barely scratched the surface of the intricacies and depth of this...
View ArticleOkonomiyaki Inspired Mess: Recipe
It might be impossible to take a good photo of this rather unattractive okonomiyaki inspired recipe but what it lacks in photogenicity it makes up for in taste. This okonomiyaki inspired mess was the...
View ArticleIkkoryu Fukuoka Ramen: Preview
Ikkoryu Fukuoka Ramen Melbourne is the first Austrailan branch of the popular Philippine based ramen chain. We love a good bowl of ramen at The City Lane so when we received an invitation to attend the...
View ArticleShizuku Ramen: Review
Shizuku Ramen Abbotsford is one of the many ramen joints that opened in Melbourne during 2014, where not a week passed where one didn’t hear of a ramen spot opening somewhere in Melbourne. We’ve had...
View ArticleMatsumoto: Review
Matsumoto Brunswick East is a stalwart in this part of town. Open since 2003, we have driven past countless times but have never gone in for a meal. One Friday evening we found ourselves at home, tired...
View ArticleSupernormal: The First Birthday Dinner
The City Lane was recently invited to help celebrate the first birthday of one of our favourite restaurants, Supernormal, and I’ll admit the invite caused a lot of discussion. How do you write about a...
View ArticleToko Melbourne Opens In Prahran
MELBOURNE | Toko Melbourne is owner Matt Yazbek’s 4th Japanese restaurant, following the original Toko in Sydney, another in Dubai and Tokonoma Sydney. In a homage to those that have come before it,...
View ArticleTokyo Tina: Review
MELBOURNE | Tokyo Tina Windsor is from the brains behind the popular Saigon Sally and Hanoi Hannah, and states its claim as being an offering of “…the best eats, beats and vibes inspired from the...
View ArticleTetsujin: Preview
MELBOURNE | Just when we think they couldn’t add anything more to Melbourne’s Emporium centre, we get Tetsujin. Situated on level 4 just down the hall from Din Tai Fung, The City Lane were invited to...
View ArticleMaedaya: The Essentials
MELBOURNE | Maedaya Richmond is a bustling Japanese izakaya which can be found on Bridge Road and has built up quite the reputation over the years. We’re always a little cautious of Japanese...
View ArticleLunch Degustation At Toko
MELBOURNE | Toko Melbourne is nestled in the heart of Prahan’s Greville street and prides itself on its informal izakaya-like dinning. Toko focuses on using the best and freshest produce in the...
View ArticleTokyo Bird: Review
SYDNEY | Tokyo Bird Surry Hills is a highly regarded Izakaya that consistently comes up when researching where to find the best yakitori in Sydney. Housed in a small laneway space, it exudes all of...
View ArticleSake Flinders Lane: The Essentials
MELBOURNE | In need of modern Japanese food? The newest Sake Bar & Restaurant might just be the place for you. Located just next door to Melbourne’s fabled Chin Chin, Sake is a restaurant and bar...
View ArticleRamen Bankara, Swanston Street
MELBOURNE | Ramen Bankara operates a series of chains in Japan, and have recently expanded to Australia, where they currently operate 4 stores. The City Lane was invited to try a few things from the...
View ArticleEat Tokyo, High Holborn
LONDON | Chains like Itsu and Wasabi have helped make sushi and sashimi part of the capital’s staple lunch diet, however, you won’t know what a proper sushi fix is until you’ve tried some authentic...
View ArticleKawaba Rice Ball, Melrose
LOS ANGELES | Kawaba Rice Ball is a little store on Melrose that specialises in, you guessed it, rice balls. Onigiri or musubi, as they’re known in Japan, are balls or triangles of rice filled a range...
View ArticleSushi Gen, Little Tokyo
LOS ANGELES | Sushi Gen is a Little Tokyo Japanese restaurant that’s built quite the reputation since opening in 1980 as serving some of the best sushi in Los Angeles, at prices that are very...
View ArticleIs Donburi, Northbridge
PERTH | Is Donburi in Northbridge has become quite the cult favourite in the five years since it’s been open, and the newest location on Newcastle Street does everything that the original does well....
View ArticleSushi Gen, Little Tokyo
LOS ANGELES | Sushi Gen is a Little Tokyo Japanese restaurant that’s built quite the reputation since opening in 1980 as serving some of the best sushi in Los Angeles, at prices that are very...
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