There’s no escaping the food - Melbourne Part 2
Posted by ilyana | Filed under Food & Nosh, Misc
As you can tell from the title, this entry is mainly a jumble of food porn photos so I do not recommend reading this on an empty stomach. Run along now and get to the nearest source of food, your fridge, your momma’s stew, whatever you like. It’s nearly Christmas so there’s no need to watch the diet.
I figured I should start off this entry with fruits because it doesn’t clog up your arteries like all the other food stuff I’m about to show you baha. Don’t say I didn’t try to make this entry healthy.
We drove about half an hour away from the city to Baccus Marsh, a small town where you find vast fields of plantations, fruit farms and pretty lavender fields. We got to pick our own cherries and strawberries! You only pay after you finish filling up the plastic container they provide and it goes by weight so it’s very affordable. No funny entrance fees, yay!
Never in my life have I seen a cherry tree before! The cherries are pretty easy to pluck because they grow on low trees so the fruits are at your eye level. Fyi the “cherries” you get on ice cream sundaes are fake, I can’t remember what they’re made of but they should be banned. I hate their plastic sweetness. Give me the real deal anytime bb.
Strawberries! The ones we get in the supermarket here are usually not very sweet and more on the sourish side but oh my god, strawberries in Australia are DIVINEEEEEE. They are absolutely perfect, sweet with a bit of a tang.
LOOK MA! APRICOTS!
Muffins are EVERYWHERE. Apple muffins, chocolate, vanilla coconut (I hate coconut but this was gooood), banana, caramel, white chocolate raspberry (another winner!)…this is why my diet’s non-existent anymore.
HOLY FRICKIN’ OYSTERS! Granted they’re an acquired taste; some people like it grilled with a little sea salt, some people like it just like that, some people like it baked with a little mozzarella. I like mine raw with a lil lemon, nothing can ever beat that.
It’s sad that you can only find dips here in upperclass supermarkets and they’re not made fresh at all. Dips over there are made with care, from secret family recipes passed down from generation to generation so each store has a different set of dips for you to choose from.
Time for a water break! Finally got my hands on a bottle of vitaminwater…it was nothing special to be honest but I have been in love with the bottle and label design since forever, sorry I’m a designer - I can’t help but be drawn to good packaging and pretty things.
Cotton candy ice cream! so yummy and it makes me happy just looking at the swirl of purple and pink.
HOLY FRICKIN’ PIZZA! Soft, fluffy dough with copious amounts of my favourite toppings: salami, fresh mushrooms (holy crap they even used fresh mushrooms! not the canned shit we get here!), olives and a combination of mozzarella + edam cheese. This large pizza was only $8 EIGHT DOLLARS GUYS, where can u buy a decent large-sized pizza in Singapore for $8?!
Fish n chips which was $6. Look at the size of that fish. Would you rather have a mcdonald’s burger meal for $6 or an insanely huge and fresh battered white fish fillet cooked the minute you order? Ok so they’re both not exactly healthy but whatever, I’d take the latter.
One last flower power image to go before I end this entry :3 Hope you enjoyed reading this as much as the last one! The food in Melbourne is amazing although I have yet to try out the Asian cuisine over there ‘cept for a few sushi rolls ;P I think I’m going to have a really hard time maintaining my weight when I eventually move down under, erk.
Anyway, Christmas is just 2 days away now! What are your plans for Christmas? I’ll be traveling out of the country again, this time to the capital of Malaysia which is just a 3-4 hour drive away to visit my aunt and do a little bit of eating + shopping! I don’t celebrate Christmas but I am feeling the holiday cheer ;D I would like to wish everyone a merry christmas, spend time with your family and have a good time opening those presents!
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Tags: holiday: australia, life, nosh: western food
14 Responses to “There’s no escaping the food - Melbourne Part 2”
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shikin Says:
December 24th, 2009 at 1:09 amahhh! your photos make me wanna shoot again! maybe we can go around melb with our cameras and you must show me how to take these good photos. what camera are you using?
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Naomi Says:
December 24th, 2009 at 4:05 amThis post is full of awesome.
And IA with your comment about Vitamin Water.
Bland stuff in great packaging.(Oh and. Update your sidebar links. I needs moar girly stuff to read online 8D)
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Rae Says:
December 24th, 2009 at 10:20 am<333 the last photo, and that ice cream looks delish! (Then again, I love anything violet.) I agree with you completely when it comes to vitaminwater: great packaging, but it’s just… eeeh.
Have a very merry Christmas, my dear! And be sure to post haul pics if you find any great deals
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ilyana Says:
December 24th, 2009 at 10:56 am@ shikin
You should, you should! And yes we should totally do that when I move over next year though I don’t think I can give you any tips because I’m such a n00b myself but I’ll try lol. I’m using a Nikon D90.@ Naomi
Thank you darling! how are ya?Sigh I know, I was kinda disappointed. It’s not exactly cheap so I was expecting it to taste really good.
HAHA I’ll do it by this weekend, I’m such a sloth >D
@ Rae
I love love that last shot too, so pretty. The ice cream was really good, I thought it was yam flavoured (not sure if they have yam ice cream where you live but it’s pretty common in singapore) so I almost didn’t buy it until I saw the label “COTTON CANDY” I died.You know I completely forgot to put up photos of what I bought in Australia! Silly me, I’ll post it up next. Have a merry christmas to you too! <3
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[nadz] Says:
December 24th, 2009 at 11:13 amDUDE THAT COTTON CANDY ICE CREAM OMG BLEW MY MIND AWAY.
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aaron Says:
December 24th, 2009 at 12:19 pmoh my god u forking food whore
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Catherine Says:
December 25th, 2009 at 6:01 pmAahhhhhhhhhh - everything looks AMAZING!!!!!!
I know you don’t celebrate, and honestly neither do I LOL, but Merry Christmas!!!
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Blair Says:
December 27th, 2009 at 12:58 amHappy Holidays dearie! How is your shopping trip so far?
Oh dear god, I heart cherries!!!
Mika Nakashima? You almost made me fly when I read your comment! hahaaa~
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evie Says:
December 28th, 2009 at 9:08 pmcherries!! i love cherries!!! yeah..i hate those fake cherries gives a very medicated taste..
btw abt the primer hmm the coverage of pores is okok..not very good though..hehe..and perth was great! but the shops close v early for those not in town..5 pm sharp they will close!even thou you are v willing to buy things..=.=
i love the flowers!! yum to all the food! yeah i think when i came back from perth i gain weight! sadded
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ilyana Says:
December 28th, 2009 at 10:28 pm@ aaron
you know me so well bb *tears*@ Catherine
Merry Christmas hun!! I gained 2 kilos so yeah everything looks AND tasted amazing rofl.@ Blair
Yeah your eyes really remind me of Mika’s, she’s so gorgeous and so are you ;D@ evie
I loveee cherries! Thank you for your review on the primer, you’ve been so helpful :3 Yeahhh I need to get used to all the shops closing at 5pm sigh. -
Xuping Says:
December 29th, 2009 at 1:43 pmI think i should just go there and stay…. almost all of them are my favs.. from cherries, APRICOTS!!! to muffins to those (u know it will make u fat but u still want it) pizza and Fish n chips!!!!!!!!!!!
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amy Says:
January 18th, 2010 at 9:00 pmWhat pretty pics! LOVE the ice-cream shot. OH EM GEEEEE! ^_^
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ilyana Says:
January 19th, 2010 at 9:37 am@ xuping
OMG I didn’t notice your comment dear, there’s no point going on diet in melbourne lol - everything’s sooo delicious!@ amy
Heyyy! Thank you so much for dropping by, I’m such a fan of your blog! Glad you enjoyed the photos, I had a great time feasting lol ;D
December 24th, 2009 at 11:20 am
@ nadz
dude I frickin’ know right.
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