“To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” ― Bill Bryson
“To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” ― Bill Bryson
There’s an age-old rivalry in Australia regarding its finest city. On the one hand, Sydney lays claim to the country’s most iconic attractions and beaches. Yet, on the other, Melbourne has become the country’s cultural hub and most liveable city. You go to Melbourne for Australia’s finest restaurants, bars, museums, events, brunch and coffee.
Spend your days enjoying the country’s best brunch in South Yarra, hopping on world-famous trams, wandering through the National Gallery of Victoria, reclining with a beer in Federation Square, and winding up for dinner in one of the unrivalled dim-sum joints in Chinatown.
If you have time (and you absolutely should make sure you do), spend another day revelling in high-end shopping and cutting-edge restaurants and bars on Chapel Street, in Fitzroy or Carlton.
I originally considered an alternate title: ‘The Otways would be lovely if I weren’t a fool’ -- but it really is far too lengthy and way too accurate.
Blink and you’ll miss it. Nestled down Scott Alley, off Flinders Lane, The Roule Galette hides from obvious view. You'll need to search to find it, but wander inside and you'll find yourself transported to a small, whimsical creperie on the western coast of France.
It might be a little outside of the capital but nevertheless, Pho Hung Vuong 2 is where you'll find some of the best pho in Melbourne - a statement confirmed by the daily queues that form at the restaurant's doorway at lunchtime.
There has got to be something special about a cafe if it can get you out of bed at 9.30am on a Sunday morning, let alone one that makes you wait around for 30 minutes in the rain for a table. It would need to offer a breakfast menu unlike any other.
Flipboard Cafe has made the impossible possible with turning a previously unused shop-front into a multi-level, adult-sized cubby-house café. Great breaky and coffee and awesome atmosphere made this cafe an instant hit.
In the culinary circuit of any city there’s always one place being talked about in fervent, hysteric tones. In Melbourne, that restaurant is Chin Chin.
After my first trip to Krakow, I came to the realisation that I love polish food. Give me pierogi any day of the week. But give me Kluska's pierogi for breakfast, lunch and dinner, please.
