Chocolateria San Churro

Chocolateria San Churro

277 Brunswick St Fitzroy

03) 9419 9936

It's been a fortnight of Mexican... some excellent and some that makes you want to be sick. I'll go chronologically, even though I want to leave Blue Corn till the end as it's the best.

Went to Chocolateria San Churro for dessert after Red Rice. You're really not stuck for dessert choice on Brunswick St, but I wanted to go as I'd never been and it was my birthday, so we went. It's usually packed when you walk past - it's TINY inside. There were 6 or 7 of us and it was hard to accommodate! We ordered the regular churros and a couple of drinks and chocolates. The churros were yum - like warm crispy straight donuts for the uninitiated. They came with a yum and extremely rich chocolate sauce... it's all good. We shared one serve between us and it was all good, but you wouldn't want to have to eat a whole serve by yourself.

The drinks were nice, hot chocolate, chai, coffee etc. The chocolates were also good, a little bit overly sweet and not as high quality as some of the other chocolate shops around Melbourne.

Good for chocolate lovers (especially given they only serve chocolate).

Red Rice

Red Rice - 193 Brunswick St, Fitzroy

I wanted to choose a restaurant for a birthday dinner with friends that would have a nice atmosphere and be fairly cheap, but not be all rushed out the door as soon as we'd finished eating. Red Rice does have a great atmosphere, it's decorated very ornately and even has a miniature fish pond surrounded by ferns through one of the windows.

The food we ate was lovely... we got all vegetarian food and shared it between us. We started with spring rolls and rice paper rolls. The spring rolls were heaps better than most veg spring rolls are, and the rice paper rolls were satisfying but maybe not the most spectacular.

For mains we had the grilled eggplant dish, the tofu stack, and the vegie curry. These were all lovely. The eggplant was soft and not too oily, with a little side of pickled carrots for balance. The tofu stack and the vegie curry were similar, the tofu in the stack was crispy and surrounded by a curried sauteed vegies. The vegie curry dish was for me the best dish, the coconut sauce was great - a little bit sweet & sour - like a Thai red curry but not as in your face.

The rice is the most memorable dish - I figured it was Red as in the kind of pinky rice you can get at healthy restaurants (such as Lentil as Anything). But no, it's BRIGHT red, coloured with some kind of plant extract and cooked in garlic and chicken stock. It really is exceptionally red.
The staff were all lovely, and it definitely fulfilled all my requirements!

Cost - Starters - $6 - $8, Mains - $15 - $20

Vegie friendly - 6/10. Not a huge selection, but good food.

Overall - 7/10