yes i am at Melbourne now! haha, since i visited Sydney last year I seems like addicted on visiting Aussie
or perhaps is become a mission? Oh well, just bcz it was so close to NZ, so i like to use the chance to visit
moreover, i have no idea when will be the next time i visit NZ, though i am visiting Gold Coast (Aussie) end of this yr too =P
I actually arrived last night, around 10pm, but took me nearly an hour to cross the custom border and unload my luggages because there were too many ppl
Not surprise Aussie is a tourist's favourite country.
I even met a HK TVB star, but he is just a small supporting role and seems quite arrogant, so worthy to mention much about him
move on to my Melbourne trip, i come with my cousin who currently staying at Sydney this time
so grateful that she able to join me for my trip though she actually leaving back for her work at Sydney one day earlier than I, i still appreciate her spending times with me in the weekend at Melbourne
We are staying in a rated 4 stars hotel - Mercure (Garden treasury) this time, very nice room.
Got a garden view from our room. And we actually gone to the city for supper last nite after checked-in. As i was told by others before, Melbourne indeed are crowded with Asians....=S
Today we actually spent most of the time with my high school classmate, Rachel
Perhaps it was not a good day for us as it was raining the whole day, but we had a good time for lunch and dessert =)
Lunch at a Vietnamese restaurant, Thanh Ha, recommended by Rachel, impressed by this large Vietnamese pancake!
i just knew this dish today, never seen it at any other Vietnamese restaurant i tried before. Apparently not many ppl know how to make this dish
it is a very unique dish, using lettuce to wrap the crispy rice cracker, grilled pork, bean sprouts etc...and dipped in sweet and sour diluted fish sauce
it was so huge, we couldnt finish it!
the restaurant served diverse menu, which some of them are firstly seen for me in a Vietnamese cuisine
I had ordered a broken rice dish for myself, well, is not that special, but the flavor indeed is new for first attempt.
For dessert, we back to the city and gone to Brunetti!
Awesome view! I was so high when i saw the dessert, me and leng couldnt resist the attraction!!
We were so struggled to choose the dessert, and poor Rachel couldnt join us because she is allergic to eggs! =(
We felt really sorry to have these in front of her
though she kept on saying she was happy to see us eating happily....=S
The strawberry mousse cake though looked attractive and nice, it was really yucks...=S
but the Sacher Torte I chose was really yummy! good texture and not too greasy =)
I got quite a good conversation with Rachel but I actually rarely talked to her during high school, and we dint contact each other at all since we graduated from high school.
So i am happy that we got to catch up and happily spending our time together
perhaps because Rachel also good with conversation and networking, thus my cousin was joining us as well.
I was surprised that Rachel is also leaving Melbourne for good too after spending her life there for almost 6 yrs (about the same as me in NZ)
Guess we have the similar thought about life in oversea....
Rachel dint join us for dinner at night, Paeh Leng and I went to the famous Spanish bar restaurant - Movida
the restaurant is really small and crowded with ppl, we went around 5.30pm and couldnt even get free seat
we waited for almost half an hour in the tiny busy shop while enjoying the Sangria which is real good!
We got our seats around 6pm, and we ordered quite a few tapas and a main
I had forgotten what had we ordered, but most of the dishes are unique as the Southern American cuisine dish i tried in Auckland before.
We were so full after dinner, so we had a long walk along pesdestrian beside Melbourne Yarra river
the view is fascinating, i really love the night view in Aussie, they are all so lovely and romantic.
The pedestrian had turned into little Sesame street at night! LOL
We also gone into the recently opened Crown casino complex....then finished our walk at the Art Precinct
I was so admired by the Eiffel like tower =)
This really marked a good first night at Melbourne =)
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