filed in Cafes, CBD, Food, Gardens, Melbourne, Melbourne Botanical Gardens, Parks, South Yarra, Tram Route 8 on Mar.28, 2011
I joined friends for lunch at the Terrace Cafe in the Melbourne Botanical Gardens on a wet weekday morning. It was a long standing date and we went despite the rain. The easiest way to reach the Terrace Cafe that overlooks the ornamental lake is to enter the gardens from the corner of Anderson Street [...]
filed in Cafes, Chapel Street, European food, Food, Markets, Melbourne, Prahran, South Yarra, Tram 72, Tram Route 78, Windsor on Mar.20, 2011
I’m in Chapel Street South Yarra at 1.30pm on a sunny Sunday afternoon when I remember that I have to meet a friend in a city bar for ‘catch up’ drinks at 3.00pm. Trams are easy but the last time I ate was a slice toast at 6.30am. I need food or I will become [...]
filed in Melbourne on Mar.14, 2011
It’s Thursday and the St Kilda Night Market gets underway. Opening is at 5.00 pm and the stall holders are there and ready go while the food stalls are unpacking and setting up. But where is the public? At this time in the evening last year, this was a thriving market but as one stall [...]
filed in Beaches, European food, Food, Markets, Melbourne, St Kilda, St Kilda Beach, Tram 16, Tram Route 96 on Mar.08, 2011
St Kilda Night Market up-date. This popular market was put on hold at the end of last year because of problems with the organizers’ negotiations with the Port Phillip City Council. Things have changed and I found on my return to Melbourne from holiday that this wonderful market was again operating. If you don’t know [...]