Cooking with Gaurav is my personal diary of vegetarian and vegan-friendly food stops, bakery visits, cafes, markets, family outings, day trips and travel notes from Melbourne, Victoria and India. Our full vegetarian, vegan and air fryer recipes are now shared on SecondRecipe.com.
Simple food reviews, bakery stops, cafes, markets, day trips and travel notes from Melbourne and beyond.
Latest Food & Travel Notes
- Brother Bon Northcote: Vegan Lunch We’d Go Back For
- Nagra Sweets, Melton – Simple North Indian Food
- Fruit Picking at Payne’s Orchards, Bacchus Marsh
- Kumar Sweets Derrimut: Vegetarian Sweets and Snacks Visit
- Nine Elephants Docklands: Thai Lunch with Veg Options
- Laddu Gopal Truganina: Vegetarian Indian Restaurant Visit
Explore Food and Travel Notes
Browse vegetarian food reviews, Melbourne family outings, Victoria day trips, India food memories, and vegan-friendly notes.
- Melbourne & Victoria — vegetarian food stops, markets, beaches, family outings and short day trip notes.
- India Food Travel — food and travel memories from Amritsar, Benaras, Kutch, Rajasthan, Udupi, Lucknow and more.
- Vegan Notes — practical vegan-friendly food notes and ingredient checks.
- SecondRecipe — full vegetarian, vegan and air fryer recipes.
Melbourne & Victoria
Simple family and vegetarian food notes from Melbourne and nearby places in Victoria.
- Queen Victoria Market Melbourne
- Melbourne Beaches
- Gordon St Bakery Footscray
- Laddu Gopal Truganina
- Nine Elephants Docklands
- Kumar Sweets Derrimut
India Food Travel
Food memories and travel notes from family trips around India, from old-city food walks and temple meals to markets, road trips and local sweets.
- Amritsar food travel notes
- Benaras food travel notes
- Udupi & Mangalore food travel notes
- Kutch food travel notes
- Jaisalmer fort and food notes
- Bikaner food notes
- Lucknow food travel notes
Vegan Notes
Short notes on vegan-friendly ingredients and food questions.
Looking for Recipes?
For full vegetarian, vegan and air fryer recipes, visit my main recipe blog, SecondRecipe.