Nyonyachef goes Melbourne (Part II)

The next day! Enough of Asian food let's check out what the Australian eat

We took a tram to Victoria Market 10 minutes from where we stay

Pizza, Minestrone soup & Cappuccino for breakfast ? This is what the locals have for breakfast ?!

Let's move in deeper into the wet market. Well, I always loved to go around the western wet market.

It's clean, air-con/hot-con, the things are neat & tidy and the people are very friendly

All the food stuffs are so well presented, looks delicious and so appetizing. 

Temptation forced us....

...to have the "Second breakfast" !...there's one stall you have to pick and make your own sandwich. Frankfurter with sauerkraut (finely shredded fermented cabbage) and Prosciutto (aged, dry-cured Italian Ham) with cheese and greens. Satisfaction guaranteed ! Average price $3.50 each

Too full to eat anymore,....so we decided to check out the Melbourne streets, besides eating, shopping, sight seeing,....let's see what Melbourne has at their backstreet !

A backstreetglutton ?!....One of my purpose to Melbourne is to check out the famous Jamie Oliver's restaurant called "Fifteen" It was shown on TV how the restaurant started, how they hired the cooks..etc. I was amazed by his intention. Arghh! I was too early,...not prepared yet. Too bad !

What's there to eat in Melbourne ?....tried almost everything,....exotic food ? 

Let's see...

Decided to go the Vietnamese restaurant,...Mmm...Pho with "Bone Marrow" !

I don't know whether it's normal or not,...you be the verdict

I have eaten, drunken, what else to do besides spend money,...?

Make money...!

Walked down to Crown Hotel where the casino is owned by our Uncle Lim.

Haha I made my first $100..haha..first time in my life holding the casino chip. 

Not a gambler until.....

The next day...another 3 chips..$300...haha...

Who says eating trip is just spending money !?....think how to make money too! 


Well, by now you should know how I spend my time the next few days....

Nyonyachef goes Melbourne (Part I)

Well, a lot of my friend said that Melbourne has some good Curry Laksa & Assam Laksa. So let's check it out ! I went on a eating trip, no sight seeing just eat and eat.

Approximately 7hrs ++ or 8hrs,..I think, we reached the First Stop...breakfast

They say this restaurant is quite famous for it fast food. Opened 24hrs.

American breakfast ! Bacon, sausages, eggs. Price $6.99

Australian Steak Burger. Just beef & egg. Price $5.99

Simple light breakfast, taste good maybe we were hungry after the 8 hrs journey

Next stop ! Thai restaurant ?

They mentioned Thai restaurant but they serve practically everything, Thai food, Malaysian food, Vietnamese food, Japanese food....etc

We tried the Pho Bo for a start,.....at that time it wasn't even 10am.

Very tasty, aroma of the basil leaf & well prepared with the beef slice medium rare. Never expect to have such tasty Pho in Australia. Even better than the few stalls that I've tried in Vietnam. Price $8

What's next......

Need a Beer to wash down the food. We walked down south to the Yarra River.

Beautiful ambience with nice view. Well, come to think of it still something is missing....where's all the topless ??? Erh....not in the city of course. Mmm. 

Can't have everything in one place.

As time goes by, one beer after another....it's time to check out some of the food again. We walked back to Spencer Street to some of the famous Penang, Nyonya Malaysian food.

We tried Curry Laksa in one of the food court near to a college. Rated so called the top in Melbourne. The taste is sweet, creamy & the curry smell not so strong. This is how the westerners like their Curry Laksa. We do not expect to have pungent & spicy like the one in Malaysia but just to understand how is their taste like when they say it's good.

That afternoon we had visited 6 Curry Laksa stalls, and we tried 3 different version, cooked & prepared either by Singaporean, Malaysian (To be exact,...Ipoh mari punya) or Vietnamese

The Singaporean version are much tastier than the rest ! It has more aroma and the paste is much stronger yet acceptable to the locals. Price $8

Enough of eating for the next 4 hrs,....we should continue what we do best....

Xplore more of the Australian beers ! We had 6 different brands, Crown was good but....

...after a few beers,...we lost count. Erh,....which...is which !!???? They all taste the same. Ha ! That goes our survey,...down the drain ! We should have more gluttons with us rather than merely 2.

Next stop....purely Malaysia food.....Assam Laksa & Lobak

We patronized the Penang/Malaysian restaurant in China Town.


It doesn't look like Assam Laksa, taste a bit alike, but the preparation was out. They used can sardine, don't know what happen to the vegy.....soggy !

The Lobak has been pre deep fried, put in the fridge, and deep fried again. Resulting the texture is tough. Not good at all.

Price: Assam Laksa $9 and Lobak $11


The next day...(Part II)