and i’m back from boxing day sales! my gosh, the queues at Guess, Jurlique and Swaroski stores were so long! and i dare say 80% of them were Asians hahah!

anyway, i am really back(b)logged so i’m gonna write about my Melbourne Trip (Pt 2). My favourite meal of the day (in Melbourne) definitely was breakfast. The warm toasty smells of the cafes, i shall never forget! For my very first breakfast in Melbourne, Chung decided to bring me to a nice quiet cafe called “Auction Rooms”. It has really beautiful decor and a very rustic feel towards it. i LOVED it!

and here, you can choose to sit beside the quiet roads!

chung’s chai latte

my very very yummy breakfast!

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and we went to Toki for lunch! it’s a small jap restaurant, good nonetheless.

i had the toki platter! looks huge, but was just nice can you imagine the size of my stomach now hahahah!

chung’s unagi rice i think.

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and for tea, we went to san churros! my fav churros ever.

churros in all its glory! and the amount of milk choc the boss gave us was just amazing. i love it!

simple chinese dinner because

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we wanted to go for dessert! KOKO BLACK!

the platter! good combination. i love the mousse and ice cream the most!

and i’m missing the hot choc oh-so-badly!

that’s all peeps. i took quite a bit of time resizing the photos then uploading them. will try to blog Pt 3 as soon as possible. stay tuned!

it was a really last minute trip. basically, i booked my tickets a couple of days before departure date. i was so stressed and i felt as if everything was going to crumble. i needed to go away for a little while, just to rest my mind and get my ‘magic’ back.

it was quite an eye-opener, or rather mouth-opener. full of beautiful culinary delights and little shopping experiences!

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i arrived sunday afternoon and melbourne happily welcomed me with blowing cold wind! what a change from the 35 deg hot Brisbane! i was so pleased with the weather throughout the whole trip.

Took a bus to the CBD and the journey began! Chung was a really really nice host (i can never emphasise this enough). He first brought me to Melbourne Central as Calvin Klein was still having some pretty sweet deals. And look at this!

beautiful bag isn’t it?

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one of the best parts i like about melbourne is the beautiful architecture. very nice victorian-styled buildings everywhere! even the public library is a yummy building to look at. it’s a very interesting change from the modern buildings in brisbane.

throughout the trip, I made a lot of use both my legs. we walked everywhere (although we did cheat by using the trams to certain ‘unreachable-by-legs’ destinations). it was a different perspective althogether when I slowed down my own pace and took everything in around me slowly. very very nice.

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the first night, we went to a very special restaurant. a ferrari restaurant roar! and a very yummy one at that too! it’s located at the famed lygon street. it’s definitely a must see and a must try if one goes to melbourne. lygon street is very famous for their delicious italian food and gelati. yay!

monaco pizza was it?

quite yummy, except for the raw onions. which i hate!

fettucine carbonara, my all time fav!

fettucine marinara! look at the generous amount of seafood!

yums

and the night ended with a high note! IL DOLCE FREDDO!

look at all the different selections! they even have the pungent durian! no doubt, this is the best gelati that I’ve ever had hands down.

roche and baileys! absolutely yummers!

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will continue writing about the short getaway soon. sorry for the long absence. I’ve been really busy with summer school. take care peeps!