Checking in

Ah, family and food.  We have been eating food from around the world! Okay, not the whole world la, but whatever we can do within the three days.

Thurs:

Lunch: Bimbo Deluxe (Italian/Australian)
AUD4 pizza, duh! I had the salmone and the chocolate pizza.  Crust was thin and good, the chocolate one was nice and chocolate-y..ah..such a sucker for chocolate.

Dinner: Andrew’s Burgers (Australian/American)
Supposedly the best burgers in Melbourne.  Waited 20 mins for our burgers, due to the carnival they were having at Albert Park (oh, very good music btw). Packed with fresh ingredients – so juicy and good! But since this is my THIRD time having the burger, the novelty has kinda worn off..but still good =)

Dessert: Jock’s Ice Cream
The shop is just down the road from Andrew’s Burgers ( a good walk to walk of the burgers). Me and Julia had the Hokey Pokey, which is vanilla and honeycomb – very Golden Gaytime-ish. To sidetrack a little, Golden Gaytime, I know, what a name right, is considered an Australian icon, let me show you:

The Hokey Pokey was not bad – very smooth and flavoursome, but I found myself longing for the chocolate bits like in the Golden Gaytime, told ya I was a sucker for chocolate. But nonetheless, it was GOOD.

Friday

Breakfast:  Parisian Pattiserie (French)

The almond croissants rocked my world as usual, but it actually is quite sweet though. Hot Chocolate – good.  However, the whole thing made me very sleepy during my 9am lecture..Oh well, it was all worth it.

Lunch: Mamasita (Mexican)

Tapas style food.  The cold dish – you can taste the freshness in the fish.  The pork was oh-so-perfect.  Explosion of flavours I tell ya. The guacamole was killer, the tacos were great. They forgot one of our orders though, which was good  in a way cz we were pretty full up anyway, but we could have made room for it I guess. We had a mango granita (ok that’s not the proper name) and some other dessert with cheese, guava jam, pecan and toffee. I was so-so on that because they didn’t have my favourite chocolate in their desserts. The meal was a little pricier that your average fare, if you want to go by the amount of food and price, but it is a meal you gotta have once in a while. They change their menu every few months to keep you coming to try new stuff.

Dinner: Co Do (Vietnamese)

When we first stepped in, fuiyoh, full of angmohs..beginning to doubt my googling skills until the food arrived. The spring rolls were good, and the pho was really good, too, nice thin rice noodles and the beef was tender. Not too much MSG either.  We had the sugar cane prawns which were a tad strange, but according to Jo they were like fishballs.  Should have gone with sizzling beef instead, cz it smelt really good from the other table, but it was a little bit of beef overkill.

Looking forward to tomorrow: Dim Sum and modern Australian food. Can’t wait!

 

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