The best places to eat in Melbourne, and outside the city as well.
I walked inside the aptly named Philip Island Bakery, to find some sweet treats. What caught my eye were the rows of meat pies and sausage rolls. The woman behind the counter said she was just about to close, but I tried to finagle my way when I pleaded that I came all the way from America. With that, she smiled and I walked into an aroma of bread and fudge! She...
No place in Melbourne has a wider array of tantalizing treats than the QV Square, a shopping arcade on Lansdowne Street. This square features an array of restaurants from casual, to sit-down. The QV Square also features an underground food court. Since Melbourne is a diverse metropolis with many cultures from around the world, this food court is an excellent...
Ever since America first heard this food product mentioned in Men At Work’s 1982 hit single “Down Under”, everyone in the USA has always wondered, “What is Vegemite?” Is it a vegetable, a meat product, a candy, or just another playful Aussie slang word? As it turns out, this “food product” is a fermented yeast spread that...
Imagine a city with the streetcars and hills of San Francisco, the architecture of Victorian England, and the high-rises and Asian influences of Hong Kong, all with an Australian accent? That, my dear friends, is Melbourne in a nutshell! For many Aussies, Melbourne is not just the capital of the Australian state of Victoria. Melbourne is the cultural and...