Melbourne Part 1

3 August 2011, 06:21


You know how most people start off a holiday post with a pic out the window of the sky? Helen, Minh and I were way too engrossed in playing with the chat function on the tvs in the plane. Seriously we were so busy playing multi player games that we barely noticed we’d taken off!


We were headed to Nuffnang’s Blogopolis Conference in Melbourne and after dumping our luggage at the hotel we head off to find some lunch. But first: OH LOOK A RAINBOW!


Naked For Satan (285 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne) is on our hit list, a pinxtos bar offering freaking delicious toppings on crusty slices of baguette. Normally $2 a slice, the awesome pinxtos are a crazy 80c each during lunch on weekdays and we fill our plates from the selection at the front of the room. The eggplant chip with blue cheese is a winner with us as well as the baked potato smothered in cheese and the prawn on spiced cauliflower puree.


Of course how can we go past a few alcoholic beverages with the impending doom of having to speak in front of 300 people weighing on our minds ahahaha


We’d planned our trip well, and by ‘well’ I mean we totes winged it and managed to go to heaps of places with barely any of our usual food research. Next stop was Burch & Purchese (647 Chapel Street, South Yarra, Melbourne) a delicious looking Sweet Studio that was on Masterchef and was a must-visit on our trip.


The famous wall of ingredients.



YEAH BABY JARS OF SALTED CARAMEL! You betcha I bought a jar ($11)!


SO PURDY! Tiers of Clouds ($4.50) were too pretty to pass up and I had to get a strawberry cloud cos I heart pink. I’ve gone from an emo kid to a Barbie pink lover but hey I digress. The cloud is pretty awesome, way better than a normal slab of meringue with slightly gooey innards and flavoured with freeze dried strawberry.


Butterscotch Popcorn Ice Cream ($4.50) was sadly lacking in popcorn flavour but loved the cubes of butterscotch hidden thruout the ice cream.


There was a park around the corner that also happened to have these cute babushkas teehee



Of course we had to go to Luxbite (38 Toorak Road, South Yarra, Melbourne) to check out the macarons and grab a cake or two or three…


We needed a non sugar break so stepped into Soda Rock Diner (257 Toorak Rd, South Yarra, Melbourne) after being sucked into seeing the words cheesy fries. Sadly the cheesy fries and the tater tots were not as tasty as the root beer float but loved the retro vibe and would’ve loved to play with the mini jukebox on each table.


There was an arvo nap for me followed by dinner at Izakaya Den (114 Russell St, Melbourne), where we met up with Jacq and I managed to not take any photos thanks to my not so awesome migraine and desperate need for more sleep. But the food was delicious. Take my word for it. But have fun trying to find the entrance if you haven’t otherwise been before. And then somehow we decided we needed to hit Lord of the Fries opposite Flinders Station for some fries smothered in aioli garlic mayo…


And my favourite place in all of Melbourne is Walker’s Doughnuts ( 26/2 Elizabeth St, Melbourne) where the half pound chocolate eclair ($4.95) calls my name. That is half a pound of deliciousness my friends.


Dessert spread in the hotel oh yes good times.

 

 

  1. I’m saving this and the previous post to read at work tomorrow. shhhh don’t tell my boss!

    — Laura    Aug 3, 08:29 AM    #

  2. So jealous of all the awesome food! Me love rootbeer float!!! Those macarons look delish. I must make plans for trip to Melb soon. Must stop by the rainbow too :)

    — Ramen Raff    Aug 3, 08:29 AM    #

  3. Ahh they have chat function on the tvs on planes now?? So fun!!! Looks like you guys had an awesome time there, rainbowwwwsss!

    — Steph    Aug 3, 09:35 AM    #

  4. So… do you like stuff?

    — Minh    Aug 3, 09:47 AM    #

  5. Wow that dessert spread looks amazing! Love melb! Must visit soon :)

    — Gastronomous Anonymous    Aug 3, 10:11 AM    #

  6. Whoa – check out the dessert spread!!! Yes please!

    — Tina@foodboozeshoes    Aug 3, 10:24 AM    #

  7. Awww I like the pic of you and the rainbow graffiti and the pic of you and Minh with the babushka. I so need to hit up Melbourne again. Man… look at all the sweets you guys consumed. Jealous!

    — Phuoc'n Delicious    Aug 3, 11:05 AM    #

  8. Woaw! That clouds are awesome! I want to try the strawberry flavored cloud as well. I am so jealous too about your journey, I’m looking forward to that too.

    — flyer printing    Aug 3, 11:29 AM    #

  9. Love the shot with the graffiti, it’s adorable. I wouldn’t be able to resist the tiers of clouds either, so pretty.

    — Dumpling Girl    Aug 3, 11:37 AM    #

  10. Words cannot express how much you need to take me with you on your next eating trip extravaganza! I’ll be on my best behaviour! I swear I’m toilet trained and everything!!!!

    — Lizzi    Aug 3, 11:56 AM    #

  11. Wow. Look at all those macaron flavours!

    — Joseph    Aug 3, 12:00 PM    #

  12. The desserts look so good! I went to Luxbite on Monday… Macaron coma

    — Missklicious    Aug 3, 12:42 PM    #

  13. Squee! It’s almost like my melbourne trip, with b&p, luxbite, and lotf! So sad I missed your presentation and the conference!

    — Hannah    Aug 3, 01:03 PM    #

  14. 1/2 pound eclair sounds like a crazy amount of custard filling!

    — Simon @ the heart of food    Aug 3, 01:39 PM    #

  15. Oi – you copied my Mebls trip, cept for I put in 5kgs in 5 days (just about). Loved Lord of the Fries, Izakaya (I found the door after stalking it on various blogs) and Lord of the Frie…I heart Melbs.

    — Miss Piggy    Aug 3, 03:20 PM    #

  16. hehe good times! and thanks for getting me that cake from luxbite – it was deeeeeelicious!

    — Jacq    Aug 3, 05:16 PM    #

  17. are you still down at melbourne? you should head to Prahran to Misty’s Diner. It’s ‘american’ style diner that’s part of USA Foods. They have deep fried mozzarella cheese sticks (which i missed out on). Plus Deep fried oreos and twinkies (though not as good as what i thought they’d be). It’s on High st in Prahran, closer to Chapel street side. Tram 6 will take you there :P

    — Audrey    Aug 3, 06:16 PM    #

  18. seat chat? that’s so cool!!

    I can’t believe I haven’t seen those babushkas before! hehee so cute!

    — Iron Chef Shellie    Aug 3, 09:43 PM    #

  19. Still can’t believe how much you ate in melb… LOL

    — penny aka jeroxie    Aug 3, 09:59 PM    #

  20. I so need to get bak to Melb >< haha u guys were sitting next to each other __ but I see u guys joining the mile high club ;)

    So much food to try.. drool

    — FFichiban    Aug 3, 10:30 PM    #

  21. Looks like you guys had a great time. I have not had one of those A & W root beer floats for a hundred years!

    — chopinandmysaucepan    Aug 4, 12:36 AM    #

  22. hahaha love seat chat and deserts the colour of the rainbow

    — Lex    Aug 4, 05:26 AM    #

  23. i had awesome eats in melbourne too, it was soooo fun.

    — Laura    Aug 4, 11:02 AM    #

  24. you had so much food without me! :(

    — janice    Aug 4, 11:47 AM    #

  25. wow that looks amazing! will have to check out luxbites the next time i’m there :)

    — steph    Aug 4, 03:15 PM    #

  26. fries with aoli now thats my kind of dish – carbs yum

    — emma    Aug 4, 03:58 PM    #

  27. That dessert spread looks amazing. so jealous of all that amazing sugar!

    — Bianca    Aug 4, 06:06 PM    #

  28. WAAAH you and I were both in Melbourne at the same time!! We even went to some of the same places!! However you did much more foodie stuff than I managed hahaha!! I only found out about the conference when i got back =P. P.S. did you see Ian and Darren at Burch and Purchase?? I did!!! Twas exciting!

    — Eesh    Aug 5, 01:23 AM    #

  29. lol. Epic weekend of eats. Same time next week?

    — Helen (grabyourfork)    Aug 5, 04:31 AM    #

  30. oh ma gawddd. SALIVATING.
    im not mad on their cakes but burch and purchese’s chocolate and caramel spread and their icecreams are to die for!! and luxbite is just nommy :) so glad to hear you visited my hometown. just wondering, whats in the last photo in between the meringues and luxbite cakes? (in the plastic?)
    p.s. nutella cheesecake at brunetti=best thing EVER.

    — Mon C    Aug 5, 10:10 AM    #

  31. is that a gameboy iphone cover?! me want!

    — natterly    Aug 6, 01:07 AM    #

  32. i miss all the melb goodies!! mmm…

    — Melissa    Aug 7, 10:36 AM    #

  33. I looooove Melbourne! I always go to Cupcake Family in the QV which has amazing macarons and babycakes but I might give Luxbite a go next time. Izakaya Den is heaps fun :D

    — Jenny (minibites)    Aug 7, 12:49 PM    #

  34. Seat chat! “Hey, how you doin’…?”

    — mademoiselle délicieuse    Aug 11, 07:26 PM    #

  35. salted. caramel. spread. …. i think my brain just froze… i need this in my life. lol.

    — Christine    Aug 12, 07:05 PM    #

  36. Oh that photo of you with the rainbow make my heart smile!!

    — Gianna    Aug 21, 10:25 AM    #

  37. How are u still so skinny??! What’s ur secret??

    — Amy    Aug 26, 07:16 PM    #

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