The Serve column, M: Melbourne inside out magazine

Valent, D 2011, 'The Serve: Armadale', M: Melbourne inside out, 1 May, 2011, p. 16, John Fairfax, Newcastle, NSW. 


Each week Dani Valent surveys suburbs around Melbourne for the best food each one has to offer.  In this issue's column, Valent reviews the Coin Laundry, a newly opened cafe in Armadale.  The column has a definite Sunday magazine feel to it: relaxed, affable but also informative.  Aside from the main review, Valent also gives the reader alternative places to visit while in each suburb (perhaps, in case the venue that is the subject of the main review turns out to be packed).  As different locales are chosen each week, this column may not always have specifically 'affordable' venues reviewed (The Serve's column for the following week for example, took the reader to Melbourne's notoriously affluent Bayside suburbs -- not the prime hunting grounds for foodies on a budget).  Nevertheless, this column 'serves' as adequate Sunday reading, if you're looking for inspiration for your next food adventure.  W.V.