Spatula, Spoon and Saturday blog

Kat 2008, Spatula, spoon and Saturday, weblog, viewed 28 April 2011, <http://www.spatulaspoonandsaturday.com/>


Spatula, Spoon and Saturday


 Spatula, spoon and Saturday is one woman's personal Melbourne-based food diary giving full reviews of each eatery, and at times including recipes, of weekend meals with family and friends. The reviews are clear, well written and insightful from the author's personal eating experience for each eatery visited. High quality photographs adorn each review depicting the food and venue under review. The photographs alone tell a story but can almost overpower the review due to their size and quantity. The reviewer's blog has been included in the popular urbanspoon website and its associated smartphone application. Each review gives details of the eatery, food consumed, price, overall ambience and feel as well as service recieved. The blog is well indexed with seperate indexes for recipes, reviews by eatery category (cafe, restaurant, Melbourne CBD lunches, etc) and most importantly for this project, by cuisine. As a place to gather ideas and inspiration for multicultural eatries to try, on a budget, Spatula, spoon and Saturday would be a great place to start, and to keep coming back to read new reviews and blog entries. J.S.

Lentil as Anything

'Lentil as Anything' 2011, Wikipedia, wiki article, viewed 29 April 2011, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lentil_as_Anything>.

This article in Wikipedia reviews a group of Melbourne based organic, vegetarian restaurants, Lentil as Anything, with an extensive variety of ethnic cuisine, ranging from African to Asian cooking. The article reveals that restaurants are part of a multicultural non-profit organisation, which provides support and training to people from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds. The authors observe that despite applying a unique operational concept based on a 'pay-as-you-feel' philosophy, the restaurants still depend upon the generosity of their patrons and suppliers. Numerous volunteers not only contribute their time and skills towards the restaurants’ functionality, but also participate in live music performances or artworks donations. From my own visitation to one of the restaurants at the Abbotsford Convent, the combination of peaceful surroundings of the beautiful gardens and a great food on a budget leaves an unforgettable impression of unity of a local community spirit. V.O.