melbourne part 2
now where was i? right. so anyways we were staying at a hotel which looked over the famous Acland St!
where fabulous colourful displays sit atop rooftops and bridges and even trams but most of all famous for:
cakes. pastries. and all things sweet. oh yes i was squealing with joy and doing happy dances! the four cake stores sat next to each other with their windows proudly displaying their delicious wares. (btw pic of europa is off google maps) and sure some people say that the cake stores arent that great since they have to compete with each other on a strip of less than 25meters and have to cram as much variety as possible into the window space to get people to choose their store over their competitors. but hey it is just so much fun having to choose what to eat!
if i had more time there i wouldve liked to try a cake that they all made and done a blind taste testing. ah next time i promise! from the acland cake shop we have an apricot danish which the brother demolished, from le bon was a gorgeous cannoli with crispy pastry and a creamy filling, from the monarch was the most fabulous cheesecake EVAH! apparently it was a polish cheesecake baked from a 100 year old recipe. yeah it was awesome. i ate that before i went to nobu meaning to eat only a spoonful but uh couldnt stop myself. heh and lastly from europa cake shop i have no idea what they were called but they were macaron looking and a very strong taste of almond essence which is good if you like almond essence…
heh they are cute no?
also on acland st is my new favourite gelato store called trampoline and ah how the flavours boggles the mind! my 2 flavours were peanut brittle and gingerbread. oh yes that’s right gingerbread! it was so very awesome with pieces of gingerbread hidden in the scoop. the peanut nutter had crispy crunchy nuggets of peanut brittle that i liked gnashing my teeth into heh i like things in my icecream. other weird flavours they had when i went which i had wanted to try but ran outta time were lamington and easter egg (!!!)
i managed to sneak off to the queen victoria markets for half n hr having never been before. yeh i know shameful hey! warning for all you ppl who want to visit the markets they are NOT open on mondays or wednesdays and every other day has diff closing hours so uh google it before you go!
inside the deli hall which smelled so very good
mmm deli meats. heh i was standing behind a group of primary school kids on an excursion and i heard one of the teachers say to a student “you bought bread but no meat for your sandwich?”
meat hall where the majority of stalls had butchers out the front spruiking pretty loudly
seafood hall
this guy was selling wine from kegs!
sadness donut truck was closed! id be looking forward to donuts all day and theyd run outta donuts!
to console myself from lack of donuts i bought some chocolates from xocolatl. flavours were peanut butter & jelly, gianduja mousse, dark chocolate & gingerbread, and argh i cant remember the last one oops my bad
pizza to eat in the car! romano crust (pesto, parmesan cheese, roma tomatoes and pine nuts). it was tasty but ah how i had wanted donuts!