Spotted on a packet of pork and cabbage dumplings, Footscray
Tag: Footscray
Westside, biatches.
Sneakers, Footscray
Sneakers on the power lines near Footscray station
Footscray Market Christmas Opening Hours 2010
As my local market still doesn’t seem to have a website, the posted opening hours for the Footscray Market this Christmas are: Tuesday 21 December: 7:00am-4:00pm Wednesday 22 December: 7:00am-6:00pm Thursday 23 December: 7:00am-6:00pm Friday 24 December (Christmas Eve): 7:00am-8:00pm Saturday 25 December (Christmas Day): Closed The market will remain closed until Wednesday 29 December.… Continue reading Footscray Market Christmas Opening Hours 2010
Phở Tam, Footscray
I’ve been a bit down on the phở scene in Footscray over the last few months. One of my regular go-to joints, Phở Tam on the corner of Leeds and Ryan streets has been hugely inconsistent on the soup front. They do a great bún riêu and have the hardish-to-find street food bánh bột lọc… Continue reading Phở Tam, Footscray
Alfajores in Maidstone
Melbourne’s west never ceases to dumbfound me when it comes to food. Maidstone is one of Melbourne’s least remarkable suburbs and thanks to the housing boom is making the direct transition from unremarkable council flats to unremarkable McMansions; rusting Camrys in the front yard making way for houses that touch three of the four boundaries… Continue reading Alfajores in Maidstone
West Footscray Station, Evening
Taken on the iPhone, post-process with the Camerabag app.
Sapa Hills, Footscray
There are two generations of Vietnamese restaurants in Footscray, Melbourne. The first emulates the tile-and-mirror-walled, cheap metal table joints of the streets of Saigon. The architecture sends a message that hosing down the walls could be a priority, the hall of mirrors effect suggests that the appearance of being busy is as important as really… Continue reading Sapa Hills, Footscray
“It’s a minefield even for Asians”
I had dinner on Saturday at Poon’s Chinese Restaurant in Barkly Street, Footscray. It was the worst Cantonese meal that I’ve eaten in Melbourne. The service was gracious and friendly considering that they were packed and it was dirt cheap. The meal was a mistake but not an expensive one and it filled me with… Continue reading “It’s a minefield even for Asians”