The Weekly Review

Leanne Tolra reviews St Ali North.

Owner Shane Goodall is making a real name for himself on the coffee front in Geelong. Last year he won best barista in the Golden Plate awards and this year his barista, Matthew Skelton, took out the same honour. Lavish was also runner-up in the unlicensed café category.

A huge renovation and a change in coffee brand allegiance just over a year ago quadrupled business at Monkey Can Fly, says co-owner Peter Hunt.

Despite a noticeable increase in the number of Korean restaurants opening across Melbourne in recent years, that nation’s cuisine remains a mystery to many.

The fruit salad with yoghurt and a berry coulis is known at Spilt Milk as a “monkey” – because monkeys eat fruit.