After a sluggish begin to the week, things pick up with a huge Zumbo sugar high!
We’re at Adriano Zumbo’s patisserie in The star Casino in Sydney. We’ve been invited to try the new flavours he’s established for Arnott’s Tim Tams.
To begin things off, Adriano makes us all this tasty sundae integrating all the aspects of the three new kinds of Tim Tams – raspberry as well as white chocolate, milk chocolate as well as salted caramel, as well as dark chocolate brownie.
Zumbo likewise tried to produce a fourth with banana doughnuts, however he couldn’t rather get it to work. He’s included his doughnuts (with caramelised banana of course) in this cup of wonderful sweet goodness!
Zumbo’s Patisserie is typically full of the macarons he’s well-known for, however today the ingenious sushi train style service that runs best with his store is full of the three flavours of Tim Tams he’s produced. They’re all mouthwateringly tasty, however I believe we both like the salted caramel milk choc ones the most.
It’s quite awesome to satisfy Mr Zumbo in the flesh. He’s a extremely friendly fellow – as well as a great deal taller than I was expecting!
After filling our faces with the wonderful delights of Tim Tam indulgence, we choose we requirement something savoury to battle the sugar rush. We head to Sea Bay – our preferred Taiwanese dumpling home – for a quick late-night supper. like these steamed pork dumplings.
The weather condition in Sydney has been extremely unusual certainly recently. It’s just completed a huge rain storm, which has lasted all day, as well as the result is this apocalyptic sunset. Spooky, isn’t it?
We’re off early this morning. It’s a road trip down to Melbourne. We’ve chose to drive down for a few reasons – since we only chose to go down to Victoria last minute, flights were going to be extremely expensive, as well as we’ll requirement a vehicle there anyway. likewise we haven’t been on a huge drive for a while, so this is as great an reason as any.
Finally, as well as many importantly, we’re going to drink some gin!
Our buddy Caroline – a.k.a The Gin Queen – is holding her very first gin event. It’s appealing to be a great deal of fun with domestic gin distillers concerning show off their wares as well as instruct us a bit about this mysterious, tasty spirit. We’re rather excited!
While I drive (mostly) to the speed limit, Mrs romance digs in as well as gets some blogging done. It’s makes for an unusual office space, however it’s effective!
Well, we’re here! one of the most recognisable buildings in Melbourne is this one: Flinders street Station. Lovely, isn’t it? however the yellow cabs do make us desire we were back in new York.
Caroline of The Gin Queen has organised this fantastic gin event bringing four premium domestic gin makers together to share their understanding as well as products. We’re introduced to The Melbourne Gin Company, Bass & Flinders Distillery, The West Winds Gin as well as four Pillars Gin.
Even better, Mrs R as well as I get to catch up with Carly from Smaggle, Kate from trick Bloggers’ Business and Stacey from Veggie Mama! These incredible women are fantastic company. We likewise have a quick chat to Caz from Y-Travel Blog, however she’s so popular, we don’t get to talk much – just kidding, Caz
This coffee is extremely welcome indeed! Last night’s gin event was a great deal of fun – however a great deal of gin too! Thankfully Cumulus Inc. – a fantastic cafe as well as a bit of an organization right here – does an outstanding strong flat white (my coffee of choice). Mrs R has chose a quite great looking peppermint tea. on the other hand our breakfasts are on their way!
After a few lunchtime beers with Y Travel‘s Caz as well as Craig, as well as their two beautiful bit girls, we head to Gazi for a late lunch with our mates Pete as well as Rickie, who -coincidentally – are likewise in Melbourne.
This Greek restaurant is one more one of George Colombaris’ creations. The food is fantastic however we over-order a bit as well as end up with a fair bit of left-over lamb neck, which I believe is their finest dish, as well as it’s difficult not to keep eating. The food, design as well as environment right here are all well worth a visit. just don’t go in without any appetite!
Pete discovers us a cigar bar to go to, as well as his spouse Rickie as well as Mrs R go along with us while we delight in a couple of Cuban smokes. We have a fantastic time however the bar’s not as much as much.
It’s funny since the drinks they serve are fantastic (they even have one of my preferred beers from Burleigh Brewing business in the Gold Coast) as well as the service itself is great too. however the vibe as well as design of the place: not extremely impressed, I’m scared to say.
This is the view from the cigar bar balcony. quite good, I think. however even that isn’t sufficient to make us come back I’m unfortunate to say. Melbourne has a great deal much more to offer than this place… unless they totally redesign it of course!
Today – as we head north for some household time – we decrease by to see Cam from four Pillars Gin. He guaranteed to introduce us to Wilma, the business still. She’s absolutely gorgeous – as well as even much better – we get to see her in action.
The 94% proof gin that pours from her is – of program – extremely strong, however my goodness is it good. It’s like tasting a gin’s life source!
Here’s a picture of our two preferred meals of the weekend in Melbourne: the top two are of our tasty breakfast at Cumulus Inc. Mrs R had the baked eggs as well as I had the potato as well as cheddar waffle with pastrami as well as pickles.
The bottom two are from our lunch at Gazi – eco-friendly pea as well as almond flake salad, tiganites chips with feta cheese, as well as tyrokafteri poultry with white beans.
We likewise had an outstanding Indian meal at the Curry vault – however photos of curry seldom look any type of good!
Do you have a preferred Melbourne restaurant or even a particular dish? tell us about it in the comments!
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