Charlie & Co. received tickets from 'The Wog with the Grog' & 'Basil & Chook'.


Every year the 'Good Food & Wine Show' seems to get smaller and less exciting. This year we lost Barilla's pasta workshop and Nescafe was replaced by Jura as the main coffee stand. There was a coffee workshop, a very simple two dish one. 

But first we started with a wine workshop at the Cellar Door - Rethink the Pink. Everything taste the same, except the 4th one because it had bubbles. Everything tastes gross and burns. I am not wine person, to which le beau says "More space for me!" in the cellar.







I love Kez's cookies! And these samples were very generous, like half a cookie, 9 cookies in a pack. 3 for $20, I think. They had gluten free too. We got the ones pictured. Regret not buying more because they're $5.50 each in stores. Though I'm not trusted to eat just one :P









I've seen these drinks in asian shops and tried them, not sweet enough and too much flavour, no actual fruit/sugar cane was used in any of these drinks, but they were just $1 each. 


The star of the show! Coach House Dairy Milk Chocolate, this one ranks in my top two, along with Phillip Island. Both found at Safeway, though this one only comes in the small sized (pictures) for $3.50+ a bottle. Sadly I didn't have a fridge with me, so only bought two. $3 each or $2 if you like/follow them.


The cheese is not for sale, it's just to go with the waterthin crackers. 4 for $10. I'd get it, but how long will it take me to get through them considering that I live alone. There was a cereal stand, the brand I don't know/recall, cereal samples with milk/yoghurt, I love this size! Wished there were more samples like this. We also got to take a small/travel size box home.


For lunch there were food trucks, mainly ones I never heard of. Would have bought that platter but it has pork and looks like it's designed for two, especially at at price.




There was a series of free wine/cider workshops though nothing took my fancy, other than Jura's Ultimate Coffee Masterclass. This is a funny name because I can summarize the happenings in one line: we made tiramisu, and cappuccino - for the purpose of coffee art. It was quick and easy, of course the coffee traveled down the side of my cup. Also my sprinkle was more like a handful, whoops! 


I regret not buying these pies, I love pie! Well good ones, these were $10 for 4 I think. Chicken, Leek & Swiss Cheese - Moroccan Lamb - Butter Chicken - Beef Burgundy.





I didn't buy the jam as I didn't like the flavours, but 3 for $10 is a great deal. Much like OMG desserts, 2 + a bag for $5. I've tried them before and didn't like it. Though now I regret not giving them a second chance, especially at that price, but I really don't need another bag. 





We bought a couple things, drinks (4), a syrup for a drink and candy. There was no Maggie Beer stand this year which was disappointing. I forgot to get a picture of Kez's Cookies... 

Would I pay to go? No. Luckily I got free tickets from Chook & Basil, and The Wog with the Grog. I feel like it's gone downhill.

What I did like was there was lots of samples to try, especially from Kez's Cookies! Samples to take home, not so much. One from Uncle Toby's. I feel like every year there's a headliner, last year it was Zumbo, but there wasn't one this year. 

Do I regret going? No, even though I woke up tired and was a zombie on auto, I also took a nap before and after dinner and canceled a show. No regrets! We tried something new, ate so much unhealthy food, drank chocolate milk from Gippsland and bought some home. But most of all, I have the Raspberry Drops! Every year we get them, and le beau also gets them on school camp or asks someone going to get them. 

At the station there as free tomato soup made from concentrate, and cheese toasties! These were perfect on a winter's day, and I'll make them at home soon. :) Le beau's a much better cook though and savories are his area.





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A couple months ago we went exploring in Footscray, the other side of the station on the side where the shipping containers and old railway tracks run. I don't just eat and go to events, I also explore. :P













































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On a Thursday Yo My Goodness launched its 4th location in Glen Waverley and decided to add burgers, fries and shakes to the menu, but only at this location. The launch of their new Glen Waverley location (timed to coincide with International Burger Day) they'll gave out their signature 'Yo My with Cheeseburgers', and we were there to cover the story.





Never before have we ever been to an opening/event out in Glen Waverley. Out there there's a main street 'Kingsway' that thrives during the night, bustling with locals dinning at Papparich and other mainly Asian places. There's fish and chips and the overpriced Airstream restaurant - don't eat cheesecake there, it's not very nice. 

I've never heard of YOMG, till last week, on an afternoon when they weren't open (not yet at the time) as I had a meeting in town. They're just a block away from Glen Waverley Station, across the road from Steak Ministry & Grill (where we've never been because it's expensive). 

While I wasn't invited to the launch the night before I did find out about the free burger promo last night. I'm not a last minute person but this week and the next I'm kinda working from home, and so was close by enough to drop by for lunch before going shopping heading home to study.













I love how they serve it! On the side in a wrapper and box, perfect for consumption. What I don't like is the tomato, not because I don't like tomato (other than as a soup, sauce and semi-sun dried) but because it's touching the bun. Tomato doesn't touch the bun. Want to know why? Because for slow eaters like me it makes the bun soggy. 

Aside from that the burger served on a brioche bun was average. Flat in flavour, nothing special. The beef patty on its own was also average, though 100% Grass fed angus beef. 

Comparing it to burgers/sliders I had at Charlie & Co, and Father's Office YOMG sits at the same level as Charlie but below Father. Compared to Grill'd? Well the buns are different, they're soft and don't have a sweet-ish taste like Huxtaburger (my favourite burger place). I prefer Grill'd's burgers over YOMG if I'm after something filling. Huxtaburger's great except size, tis a snack. 



There was also froyo, as YOMG is predominately a froyo joint, with only this location also rolling out burgers, fries and milkshakes. There as seven flavours (2 of which were out day/didn't work): original (lemonly), chocolate, soy berry (vegan + dairy free), salted caramel, coconut, mango, matcha green tea, and lychee.



Toppings. There were so many toppings! Including some I haven't seen before (as a topping that is). There was fresh fruit, fruit sauces (raspberry, passionfruit), all the candy, turkish delight, chia and granola, 3 flavours of popping pearls, lemon slice bits, caramelized banana. There was also sauces at the end, just like for a sundae: lemon curd, caramel and Nutella.





There's three sizes for the containers and even cones! Cones aren't recommended with your toppings don't coat the surface/won't stick on. The cones are $5.



So what did I get? I had a coconut and lychee froyo with some lychee popping pearls, Danish apple, one red gummy bear, a slice of caramelized banana, and a bit of Nutella sauce.

I just realized rainbow/choc sprinkles are missing from the set!

Anyway it was very good, pearls are awesome as always, Danish apple is the same cubes of apple you'd find in an apple pie, gummy bears was very chewy and hard, dislike, banana was average, and Nutella was great! Actual Nutella involved there.

The coconut is creamy and you can definitely taste the coconut, just like lychee, which is probably my favourite flavour of all time.




My froyo wasn't styled as I wanted to try everything! It was almost $7 for one, though today they had BOGOF. I love froyo, so it always gets a thumbs up from me. The price is the same everywhere at $2.80 per 100gm.





We ordered fries, they have the kfc kind but not soggy. They were quite good, though with the assumption that the regular/original/no topping one is the same size, the topping weren't worth an extra $3. There was only a bit of topping on the top, enough to go with 20% of the fries. 





A Sunday Dinner 




Feeling like something healthy-ish with no Thrive or any salad bar around us I got a burger but with a salad instead of in a bun. It was heavy and filling, the salad was more lettuce, and coleslaw. Chipotle mayo = sweet chili mayo. The name confused me there as I don't recall what chipotle is other than hot.

I'm slightly confused by what I ordered. I ordered the chicken but they said they were out, so I ordered a custom. The chicken arrived, no issues. But what was the second order taken?

The potato cake was very good, the best kind, the same that South Melb Market Dim Sims sells for $1.  The salad was also very good, recommended though nothing I'd get again.

As pictured the fork and knives are wooden, like the same paddle pop wooden stick the dr puts down your throat. It tastes gross. BYO knives and forks if you're going to order a salad!




Esme like her burgers and ordered the 'double everything burger'. She liked it and came back on another occasion for wings. Unfortunately I failed to get her part of the review, because on this rare occasion we also had conversation, and it was not focused on the food.




I ordered the caramel milkshake... but ok. It was delicious, I like it but don't love it. You could definitely taste the caramel, till the last inch where it's all just pb... I'm getting the chocolate next time. 

In comparison to location competition there's Burger Edge nearby, but they aren't any good. Airstream does burgers but they're pricey. Grill'd's a few miles away in Burwood East. So YOMG and their burgers would work. Their froyo will definitely be a hit, as there is no froyo in Glen Waverley. The other dessert competitor will be Nitro Lab, but that place is more for take-away with only a couple bar seats. That and I didn't like the service at the lab.





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