Melbourne Part 3

OH HAI! So like, last post on Melbourne! After the crazy shenanigans from the Blogopolis after-party, it was totally struggle town to roll out of bed the next morning for breakfast.


We hit up Cumulus Inc (45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne), which thankfully enough, was just around the corner from the hotel and managed to snare the last remaining table. Coffee was ordered stat.


Both Helen and Minh had chosen the Grilled Lyonnaise Sausage with Smoked Ham Hock and Beans and a 65/65 egg ($17.60). The egg oh how it glistens! It’s begging to be stabbed no? A perfect yolky river to smother the beans in deliciousness though the beans got a bit heavy and they ended up swiping some of my foods to balance out the richness.


I couldn’t go past the Shakshouka – baked eggs with roasted peppers & marinated Persian feta ($17.60) which is unusual for me as I have issues eating intense flavours first thing in the morning but dayum it hit the spot! Totally re-energised me and I had fun dragging bits of the toasted bread through the gooey eggs and piling on a whole heap of capsicum dotted with feta.


Minh’s flight was scheduled first so Helen and I went back to the hotel with the intention of having a quick snooze while I tried my hardest to finish the giant-ass chocolate eclair that I’d been saving. I failed but it was oh so tasty.


Did I mention Trampoline (381 Brunswick St, Fitzroy)? It’s my fav gelato place in Melbourne and I love how they squish as much as possible into each cup! They didn’t have my beloved gingerbread flavour but I scored the very awesome Peanut Nutter, Pokey Pokey and Bloody Orange Sorbet.


Next on our list was Sonido (69 Gertrude St, Fitzroy), a South American Cafe that had this concoction on the menu- a chocolate corono con queso ($6.50) aka a traditional hot chocolate WITH CHEESE! Yeah that was one crazy drink man! You were supposed to crush the cheese into smithereens and then pour the hot chocolate over it and stir. My brain just could not wrap around the idea that I was drinking cheese with chocolate. The sweet chocolate and salty cheese made me a little overwhelmed as the flavours collided and I had to switch to water or everything I ate would’ve been totally whack yo.


ROPA VIEJA “Old Clothes” Beef ($11.50) had a crazy enough name to intrigue us into ordering it and I was super glad we did cos it was freaking awesome with the shredded beef piled high on the corn bread. That beef was delicious I tells ya! Incredible flavour with just the right amount of spices to make it memorable after 3 solid days of eating.


The Arepas de Queso ($8.50) are a bit on the plainer side when eaten after the super flavourful beef but woot check out the oozy cheese innards! And loved that there’s a triangle of butter sitting on the edge of plate just waiting to be smeared all over that bad boy.


I find kids furniture more amusing to sit at than the adult sized table…


And then, all too soon we were leaving Melbourne and back on the plane Sydney- bound. I don’t know about you but I really get a kick out of plane food…