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New fave dining spot discovered.

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It's so fabulous, I can't wait to go back. In fact, Liam vowed to head back for lunch this week (so versatile is the menu it can go from Friday night grazing with wine and friends to solo weekday snack out of the office)

As you can see above, we gave the 'smaller' menu a good nudge.

Stand outs for me?

The pork buns, the onion rings and the refreshing witlof salad. Oh, and the macaroni and cheese was a delicious novelty.

Dessert was a fabulous end to a lovely night with friends - we cosied up in a booth and enjoyed the great service and beautiful decor - a really stunning space (boys - you MUST check out the toilet upstairs. You could have a party in there!)

Three of us chose the souffle while I went for the caramel mousse with pear.

Ah-mazing.

Go check it out for yourself.

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Crosstown and loving life

Day two of our Brisbane adventures and Anna took us across the river to Woolloongabba - a gorgeous little part of the city that I was surprised to find had more to offer than a cricket ground!

Some of the buildings just had so much character, gorgeous.

Anna took us to one of her family's favourite restaurants, The Crosstown Eating House which was the perfect lunch spot. And who should we bump into, but the rest of the Spiro clan!

It's so funny travelling with Emma - she spots the designy stuff, and I'm all eyes for the food (yes, that is the kitchen above!)

Check out her pics of our visit here.

So we had a tapas lunch to share and oh em gee, it was ah-mazing.

pan fried haloumi with beetroot, quinoa, lemon and almond

spiced eggplant, tomato, yoghurt, flatbread and roast lemon

pumpkin and amaretti ravioli, goats curd, pepitas and parmesan

green beans with garlic chips

YUM!

Especially when washed down with a pear cider!

My love of Woolloongabba extended to the Woolloongabba Antique Centre which boasted a fabulous 50s style cafe. 

So next time in you're around the traps, catching a game of cricket (bring on Summer!), stop by and say hi to the team at Crosstown - one of the chefs is from the Rad!