A king's ransom of food @ Brim CC, Melbourne

I had heard amazing things about Brim CC and was not disappointed.

I went to their hole-in-the-wall place down Little Collins on a warm summer night with a hankering for a nice Japanese Curry.

I ordered the Beef Curry Set (Vegetarian Japanese Curry on Organic Black and White Rice with an Organic Beef Rissole, Pumpkin Soup and Vege sticks with garlic-miso dip.

Brim use only organic produce and products in all of their food, and the flavours really came through.

Starting with the 'Vege Sticks and Dip' side - the veges had been cut earlier in the day (leaving the cucumber to go a bit soft) but otherwise the quality was amazing and the taste was great. The dip was a stand out, a perfect combination of the salty-spice of miso with the rich flavour of roast garlic.

Next, the soup. Thick and flavoursome, the soup was a very nice addition to what was already a serious spread of food. The soup could have been a lunch in its own right (provided you ahd some bread or rice with it) and indeed Brim is known for soups at lunch.

Finally, the Curry. Spicy and fresh, with plenty of beautifully cooked vegetables on a bed of really cool mixed grain rice. The rissole was grilled, and tasted much like the 'hamburg' steak that you occasionally find at Japanese places that echo some of the neo-weird of their cultural inspiration. I probably would choose the vegetarian curry in the future - not because the beef wasn't nice enough, but just because no sane person could eat as much as arrived in front of me, and all for a very reasonable price.

I would definitely be back - in particular to try their deserts, which look amazing!