Kenji San (The Kenji Diaries)

Melbourne is a tough place to wow for food. Yes - it's a classy place, service was great - however, it's not my scene. I was lucky and this was a corporate funded lunch.

Course 1 - not to my liking. In fact I don't think I finished it. Looked raw to me (and perhaps that's my ignorance of not knowing what good food is).

Course 3 - dessert was ok. I felt like this was just a waffle with vanilla ice-cream.

The star was Course 2 - the main - the beef tenderloin was a delight. My preference is generally well done but on this occasion I think it was a rare / medium rare.

There was a fancy name given to the roast potatoes - to wit I'm like "that's just roast potatoes mate". Places like this are fine to visit on occasion though I'd go to other places for a regular meal (and given its melbourne - plenty of great eats at a reasonable price).

Again - a special mention to the wait staff - they were great and made the 3 course experience seamless.

Good mocha in the morning - I will need to come another time to actually try the food on the menu. I think the founder / owner (Dennis) was there this morning - all business and I like it (wants to make sure you get your coffee done right). Tasted fine and the barista did a good job. 👌🏻

Visited with my sibling today - can't understand the bad reviews here. Always enjoy a cute "hole in the wall" type cafe.

Barista was nice, mocha was good (I'm someone who can make coffee myself but do appreciate going out too) and the sibling enjoyed the juice.