A mini foodie tour of Melbourne

I had a friend visiting from New Zealand on Wednesday and wanted to give a little foodie tour of Melbourne.  I chose Roule Galette for lunch and Trunk diner for dinner...

The spinach and mushroom crepe:

The salmon and basil crepe:

The wagu burger with guacamole and cheese:

Yum!

Home made pistachio icecream and pavlova

Last weekend I tried a new recipe from Neil Perry.  It was in the Good Weekend.  I was surprised that the recipe required me to boil the cream.  I decided to be good and actually follow the recipe... It didn't thicken the way I had envisaged despite whisking it for twenty minutes.  It stayed runny... not really thick... It had 6 eggs yolks, sugar and 3 tablespoons of rose water... I love the smell of rose water (procured at King & Godfrey in Carlton)... When it finally froze, it was hard and very nutty (contained 150 grams of crushed pistachios - I crushed them roughly).... It was delicious (and rich), but next time I am going to try whipping cold cream and see if I can get a creamy light consistency:

The pavlova was a good way to use up the egg whites and so light and yum... also make the room warm on a cold day (150 degrees for 30 minutes then 120 for 45 minutes):

Brisbane and Melbourne

This week took me to Brisbane and breakfast by the river was divine...

It was 23 degrees and here are the scrambled eggs and smoked salmon with berry juice...

Croque Madame:

And this morning at Cafe Vu... the bircher was beautiful...

Cafe Vue in St Kilda Road

Earlier in the week my Sydney colleagues were in town and we tried Cafe Vue in St Kilda Road (near the corner of Toorak Road).

I had the poached pears on crumble with yoghurt (the pears were fantastic, but the crumble was a little sweet for that time in the morning):

Banana bread with macadamia nut butter (bit too rich for me):

Angela had an egg on toast with bacon and cheese inside...

Felicity had the full breakfast:

This was lunch at Henry and the Fox on Monday... an artichoke pizza... the peppers in the bowl behind were very hot!

Treats from Thomas Dux

Thursday afternoons need not be cold and glum...  Peter brought us treats from Thomas Dux...

The chocolate cake was flourless...

 

We brainstormed about the best lollies from NZ and discussed schnapps...

Happy Friday

Jo and I went to Journal for brekky (with the birds) this morning.  We had coffee, fresh juice and toasties (cheese and tomato).  Yum!  We had a table by the stair case and enjoyed great service.

 

 

What a good way to start the day!  All the world's challenges can be solved by eating soft warm cheese in toast...

Cumulus for breakfast

The gang went to Cumulus for breakfast this morning.

Peter had the trout, Sara and I had the Cumulus Breakfast (Boiled egg, toast, yoghurt, jam, yoghurt, juice and coffee) and Chris had the full brekky (minus the blood sausage).

 

Smiles all round.