I finally
made it to Melbourne, Australia, after numerous people raved about how great it
was. Final summation? It’s overhyped – and Sydney is still my favorite – but
still pretty cool. It is renowned for having lots of good restaurants, so I
attempted to try some new things for dinner while making breakfast and lunch in the
apartment to stay on-budget. That’s why there are lots of food pictures (which
normally I don’t take!) and mentions. There is also quite a bit of cool architecture and lots of art around the city.
We tried
out a Taiwanese street kitchen place on the evening we arrived. My noodles were
very tasty.
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| Taiwanese stir fry noodles |
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| Taiwanese lemon chicken |
The next
day turned out to be Queen’s Birthday, a public holiday, so we decided to
postpone our trip to the Melbourne Museum (it was packed with kids). Instead we
walked around the city and over to Southbank, along the waterfront, before
having dinner on the colonial tramcar restaurant. This was a gift that had been
prebooked, and it was a nice, fun way to have dinner and see some of the city’s
neighborhoods at night (there were also unlimited drinks).
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| Roasted
red pepper and cream cheese dip and hummus Beef, potatoes, and veggies; chicken, potatoes, and broad beans |
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| Chocolate mousse cake Vanilla panna cotta with poached ruby quince (i.e., jiggly white sugary thing with tart red thing) |
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