I wanted to cook a duck on Saturday. Well two ducks, really – in my experience one duck feeds only two people. We decided only on Friday afternoon to have Peking Duck cooked at home for dinner on Saturday. Buying the ducks so you can do this is not always easy. The only ducks…
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The Carousel, is an events center with a café attached. It is on the edge of The Lake in Albert Park – such a great position. It’s a stunning experience to sit on the deck outside the cafe, sip coffee, while swans and ducks float by, joggers pant past and walkers chat as they…
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Weekend biking around the Eastern Bays is a Melbourne tradition. On Saturday and Sunday mornings hordes of bikers, in the very best lycra and helmets, form packs and peddle furiously along Beach Road to Marine Parade in St Kilda and then on to Port Melbourne. Those of us who drive have to keep a…
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Winter afternoons are a great time for coffee and cake – well any afternoon but in winter I am more comfortable about indulging myself. A reward for being out and about in the chill of the afternoon. If you are out and about in Port Melbourne and feel the need for such a reward…
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Take a trip into Asia on a Melbourne Saturday morning. Take the 109 Tram and head to Victoria Street in Richmond. The moment you cross Hoddle Street the atmosphere changes. You are entering a different world. Many people call this area little Saigon. I’ve been to Saigon but it’s not Saigon to me. To…
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Gas Eateries and Supply Cafe in South Melbourne is a place to hang out. Not necessarily to be seen or to see who is there rather because it’s that sort of a place. It’s where to go to eat or sip a coffee and read the paper. There are singles, couples, friends and groups…
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Carlisle Street in East St Kilda was the Melbourne Place I got to know well when I first came to Melbourne. It was here I became familiar with Russian and Eastern European food for the first time. The St Kilda Library in Carlisle Street has a large selection of Polish and Russian books in…
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The Hotel Nest in Albert Park is an ideal place for Sunday Lunch. I’m not talking brunch here. This is a place for lunch. It’s an old Pub on the corner of Victoria and Page Streets that like so many pubs in the area has taken on a new lease of life. It has…
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Want an ice cream or a cake fix? The Gelobar at 47 Lygon Street, East Brunswick is the place to start. It is also the place to end – a visit there and you won’t need to try anywhere else. You’ll leave there with a grin on your face. And if you are someone…
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It’s in your face Motorbikes. The décor at La Porchetta in Charlton North is stunning – gob-smacking if you are seeing it for the first time. Full sized motorbikes hang from the ceiling that is already covered with motorbike posters. It’s worth a trip to Carlton North to experience it. The pizzas are at…
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