A Quick Hello!
Just a little hello out there! We are opening our restaurant just outside of Ballarat on the Western Highway en route to Melbourne. We are starting a blog to record the trials and tribulations of...
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Rueben Sandwich
I’ll never forget the first Rueben I ever ate. I remember hearing about it but the idea of it never grabbed me. Then I was at a roadside diner in Connecticut and after it being heavily recommended I...
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BREAD BAKING MASTER CLASS AT THE EPICUREAN
Although we are not sure where we will source our bread from as yet, we feel confident that finding the right bread is essential to a great sandwich. I signed myself up to the Artisan Bread Making...
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BANANA TOFFEE CAKE
My housemate, Jess, had some leftover bananas so she decided to make a cake with them. It was incredible. The outside was coated in toffee with a moist cake centre. This cake would certainly do well in...
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Pizza Ovens
For our pizzas, we have been weighing up the differences between wood fire, gas, electric, and wood fire/gas hybrids. Although we were initially considering a wood fire/gas hybrid, we were advised that...
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The Oven Has Landed
The pizza oven has finally arrived to the restaurant! Now things feel as if they are really moving along. It was last minute, the concrete had to be cut down prior to the oven’s arrival. The concrete...
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Mustard!
This is the best mustard in the world. It was hand delivered to me by a mate in a cab after he bought it from the restaurant Vlados a steakhouse in Richmond. He said I would love it and he was not...
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Its been a while since my last post, but I have been so busy focusing on getting this restaurant ready. I’ll post some pictures of progress soon. Anyway, it’s breakfast time and I want to spread the...
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Progress Report
Since we have got the blog now up and running, I’ll be posting some pictures about how we have been going during the set up phase. Set up has been sooooooooo unexpectedly long. We thought a November...
View ArticleWe’re Famous!!
We have been interviewed by the Ballarat Courier’s Kara Irving which has been a fantastic boost for interest on our social media pages! It’s very exciting to get some chatter happening about town....
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