filed in Albert Park, Birds, Cafes, Food, Melbourne, Parks, Tram Route 96 on Sep.20, 2010
Albert Park and Albert Park Lake have moved into spring with the cutest and most beautiful baby swans (cygnets) sifting through the grass and gliding around on the lake. Some are very young – just balls of pale grey fluff and it is amazing to see them staggering about on their little legs.
One family of [...]
filed in Asian, Brunswick, Cafes, Food on Sep.13, 2010
A wet cold lunch time in Brunswick and where do you eat? I’m sure there are hundreds of places but we happened to be more or less outside the Vietnamese cafe, Green Field Asia Restaurant.
If you want ambiance and decor then the Green Field Asia Restaurant is not for you. This lack of atmosphere makes [...]
filed in Albert Park, Asian, Beaches, Cafes, Food, Melbourne, South Melbourne, Tram Route 1 on May.25, 2010
Saigon means Vietnam, to most of us, yet Cafe Saigon 159 – 161 Victoria Avenue, Albert Park serves a variety dishes from a number of Asian countries. I’m not sure if this is an advantage or not.
The people with me have been to Cafe Saigon several times and knew exactly what they were going to [...]
filed in Albert Park, Cafes, Food, Markets, Melbourne, St Kilda, Tram Route 96, Vintage on May.19, 2010
You don’t have to be a railway buff to enjoy a stop at the Victorian Railway Arts and Antiques – the place that is like a museum.
Ride the 96 tram that’s the light rail, to St Kilda and get off at the Albert Park Station.
From the platform you walk into the old, red, brick station [...]
filed in Cafes, Food, Markets, Melbourne, South Melbourne, Tram Route 96, Tram route 112 on May.04, 2010
Sunday. The sun is shining and the part of the world that is South Melbourne is buzzing. A good place to take in all this buzz is at an outside table at the Red Star Cafe. On a cold day a window table inside would do just as well.
This cafe is right opposite the main [...]
filed in Cafes, Food, Hotels/pubs, Melbourne on Apr.30, 2010
The Station Hotel in Footscray is one of the many corner pubs in Melbourne that has re-invented itself and turned itself into a gastro pub (Gastronomic pub). No longer the bangers and mash ordered at the counter, now it is dining-room service for these old pubs. The kitchens are run by chefs who have proved [...]
filed in Asian, Cafes, Food, Melbourne on Apr.21, 2010
Recently, I scrolled through some of the blogs I follow and read a review of the Dae Jang Geum Korean BBQ. We decided to try the restaurant.
When I mentioned at work that I would be lunching at a Korean Restaurant everyone said,
“What’s Korean food like?”
It is a good question. We know so much about [...]
filed in Cafes, European food, Food, Melbourne on Apr.10, 2010
The Antalya Restaurant serving Turkish food at 233 Sydney Road Coburg is the genuine article The Turkish food is as good as you would get it in Turkey. I have this on the authority of a fellow diner who had recently returned from Turkey. The place felt authentic. It felt comfortable and had an edge [...]
filed in Cafes, Chapel Street, European food, Food, Melbourne, Prahran, Tram Route 6, Tram Route 78 on Apr.07, 2010
The Special Cake Shop at 207 Chapel Street, Prahran is an institution in the area.
Over the years Prahran cafes and food outlets have come and gone but not the Special Cake Shop. It just keeps on keeping on. It was opened in the mid 1950s by a Greek Immigrant and then bought in 1976 by [...]
filed in Arcades, Cafes, Chapel Street, European food, Food, Markets, Melbourne, Prahran, Tram Route 72 on Mar.29, 2010
The Prahran Market is a foodies market. It is all about food, preparing it, cooking it and eating it. If that sounds like you The Prahran Market is the place to explore. Take your recipes and search out those unusual ingredients.
I think it is best on Saturday. The produce seems to be fresher as if [...]