Plant, disposable wooden cutlery - Touche Hombre
Can't wait to try it!
Touché Hombre
(03) 9663 0811
233 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
- Espresso - Larissa Dubecki, The Age, March 6, 2012
Mexican wave
THE popularity of Mexican food in Melbourne shows no sign of slowing. Richmond's Fonda Mexican, open only a few months, has taken the lease of the shop next door to cope with the crowds. Now Senoritas, a Meyers Place restaurant from Ricardo Amare and Linda Temani, is set to make the top end of the city - with San Telmo as a neighbour and Mamasita less than a block away - a Latino-friendly zone. Amare, who migrated to Australia in 2005, recruited compatriot head chef Hugo Reyes for a menu that includes dishes touted as favourites of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Senoritas opens on Friday.
Taco rap
MEXICAN in Melbourne, mark two: Touche Hombre, an impending bar-eatery at the corner of Lonsdale Street and Tattersalls Lane, is shrouded in the mystery of its aerosol art-boasting homepage, where gangsta rap references and Steve Martin's Three Amigos rub improbable shoulders. So who's behind it? Look no further than Davis Yu, the young restaurateur behind South Yarra's The Millswyn. ''I was hoping my identity wouldn't get out and it would all just happen naturally,'' Yu said when Espresso called last week. Housed in a building owned by his father, property developer David Yu, Touche Hombre is described by its owner as ''Melbourne street art versus taco culture … a Melbourne answer to the LA taco scene''. Instead of going for the polish of his usual design collaborators Hecker Guthrie, Yu has enlisted the help of friends, including street artists who are waiting for Melbourne City Council approval before unleashing their talents on the exterior wall. The eatery is expected to open about March 14, with Welsh expat Dylan Roberts as chef. After being conscripted into the Yu fold, Roberts has been biding his time waiting for the opening of South Yarra's Claremont Tonic. Building delays have pushed the opening date to May.
Plant, disposable wooden cutlery - Touche Hombre
Can't wait to try it!
Touché Hombre
(03) 9663 0811
233 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
- Espresso - Larissa Dubecki, The Age, March 6, 2012
Mexican wave
THE popularity of Mexican food in Melbourne shows no sign of slowing. Richmond's Fonda Mexican, open only a few months, has taken the lease of the shop next door to cope with the crowds. Now Senoritas, a Meyers Place restaurant from Ricardo Amare and Linda Temani, is set to make the top end of the city - with San Telmo as a neighbour and Mamasita less than a block away - a Latino-friendly zone. Amare, who migrated to Australia in 2005, recruited compatriot head chef Hugo Reyes for a menu that includes dishes touted as favourites of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Senoritas opens on Friday.
Taco rap
MEXICAN in Melbourne, mark two: Touche Hombre, an impending bar-eatery at the corner of Lonsdale Street and Tattersalls Lane, is shrouded in the mystery of its aerosol art-boasting homepage, where gangsta rap references and Steve Martin's Three Amigos rub improbable shoulders. So who's behind it? Look no further than Davis Yu, the young restaurateur behind South Yarra's The Millswyn. ''I was hoping my identity wouldn't get out and it would all just happen naturally,'' Yu said when Espresso called last week. Housed in a building owned by his father, property developer David Yu, Touche Hombre is described by its owner as ''Melbourne street art versus taco culture … a Melbourne answer to the LA taco scene''. Instead of going for the polish of his usual design collaborators Hecker Guthrie, Yu has enlisted the help of friends, including street artists who are waiting for Melbourne City Council approval before unleashing their talents on the exterior wall. The eatery is expected to open about March 14, with Welsh expat Dylan Roberts as chef. After being conscripted into the Yu fold, Roberts has been biding his time waiting for the opening of South Yarra's Claremont Tonic. Building delays have pushed the opening date to May.