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This was the first place I ate at in St Kilda. Mel (mesoblonda) & I had arrived around 2 p.m. or so & after we checked in she went to her room & rang a few people (& some rang her, she's a popular gal that one! lol!) to catch up with so I went for a wonder to find a coffee & something not too heavy to eat seeing we were having the VT dinner meet later on.
I thought I'd check out the legendary Acland Street & it's equally legendary cake shops, so I was pretty pleased to find Acland Street just a minute or so down the road, but when I turned the corner not a cake shop to be seen. However there was Il Fornaio so there I had a latish, light lunch!
I found this in the news release from their website & just had to share it with you. Now I see why I could never be a writer for this type of thing.
"Il Fornaio is the place to be seen having coffee in St. Kilda. More scripts are written, contracts signed and careers forged at this café than at any other eatery in Melbourne. More than that, though, this traditional European style bakery makes everything on premises from yeast free loaves to delicate pastries. The only thing they don’t make is the wine. Drop in for a baguette in the morning or pizza and pasta at night.
Having only eaten the once I'll tell you what I had & my response to it.
To begin with, a cold drink, a bottle of San Pelegrino Limonata. Cold & refreshing with just a nice amount of lemon tang. To eat, a serving of Cannelloni which was just right in both taste & amount. I accompanied this almost perfectly with a glass of Sangiovese. So far so good, in fact better than good, pretty close to, "buonissimo". And of course to finish with a smooth, rich, creamy Mocha Coffee! Just right to finish off with.
This came to a total of $22. Affordable & enjoyable! Leave a Comment Theme: ItalianPrice: US$11-20 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: 2 Acland StreetPhone: 61 3 9534 2922Directions: It's actually a part of the Prince Hotel which is on the corner of Fitzroy Street & Acland Street, but Il Fornaio is just around the corner at Number 2, Acland Street.Website: www.ilfornaio.net.au
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| | | | Soulmama: Gr8 Vegetarian & Gr8 Venu for a VT Meet | Tip Rating: Satisfaction: | | | | |
Mark, more commonly know to VTers as ATXtraveler, organised this VT meeting here when he discovered that Jen, better known to VTers as craic, is a vegatarian & he even went & road tested it in advance. Now that's doing market research isn't it.
It has one cool website so please check it out. Very interesting!
When Mark organised this with around 24 Vters coming I was quite pleased as I'm not a bit meat eater & actually was a vegetarian many years ago in my younger, "hippie" days around my college years, but these days with a family it's a lot easier to be an omnivore who eats very little red meat.
It advertises itself as a, "Global Vegetarian Cafe" whatever that exactly means? I was surprised how large it was & I read on their website that they can seat 200 . I can say that it has a very good selection of vegetarian dishes, but more about that below.
I can also tell you that the ambience is pretty good too! It has beautiful 180 degree views over Port Phillip Bay & being upstairs on Level 1 just gives you a nice bit of height to enjy the views from. I think this would be a great spot in Summer time or daylight savings (now until the end of March next year & each year) to enjoy the food & watch the sun setting & the play of colurs on the sky & water. The night we were there, Wednesday August 17, there was a 3 piece group providing music & singing who were quite good too.
Because this was organised in advance we had a number of dishes brought out for us all of which I quite enjoyed. Mind you if you are a confirmed carnivore it might be a good idea for you to read what a VT friend of mine leffe3 (Keith Lawrence) writes about it on the second page of his very good Melbourne restaurant tips. He also explains the serving method, but you can check that out on their website just as easily.
I'd be happy to go back again, for the food, the ambience & the views.
If you have the time have a squiz at my second photo which is of one of the dragons in the restaurant (seems more like a restaurant than a cafe to me). They caught my eye so I snapped a shot of one & then when you go to the main page of the website you have to click on the dragon to enter so I thought I'd add my dragon. Leave a Comment Theme: Vegan/VegetarianPrice: US$11-20 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: Level 1, St Kilda Sea Baths, 10-18 Jacka BoulevardPhone: 61 3 9525 3338Directions: You can't miss the St Kilda Sea Baths down on the beach (well Bay actually) front. They are at the Luna Park end & upstairs. Enter through the interior of the complex.Website: www.soulmama.com.au
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| | | | New Zealand Natural: I Love Ice Cream! | Tip Rating:  Satisfaction: | | | | |
I do love ice cream, so it was a pleasure to be able to finally try the famous New Zealand Natural I had heard about. It is not like the ice cream places where you can get a candy mixed in to your choice of ice cream... it is just different flavours, similar to Baskin Robbins in the US. But there was an excellent choice of flavours, as well as smoothies, shakes, sorbet, frozen yogurt, juices, etc.
A popular flavour in New Zealand is Hokey Pokey, which includes pieces of the New Zealand honey candy of the same name.
One scoop was $3 and you could get that in a cup or cone (the cones are yummy waffle cones, so go for those!)
Two scoops were $4 and you could get the same flavour or 2 different kinds.
They currently have stores starting in New Zealand & Australia, but also branching out to Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Korea and even further to the UK & Ireland. Maybe I can open some in the US when I return. :D
I just had Toffee Caramel Cup, although I didn't see that flavour on the website. It was excellent. There is toffee and these caramel filled chocolate cup pieces in it. Quite nice! Leave a Comment Theme: Ice CreamPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: less expensive than averageAddress: 76 Acland StreetPhone: 03 9534 9528Directions: At the intersection of the Esplanade and Acland St - close to the big tram stop.Website: http://www.newzealandnatural.com Other Contact: info@nzn.com.au
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