Inner Solace

Back from my horiday to Melbourne and Sydney. It was great! We successfully ate our way through both cities and have managed to collect a list of places to try next time. :P  And and and, I somehow managed to come back weighing less than I did when I left. Hooray~~! I like to think that Eric’s sister’s Wii Fit and the copious amount of walking I always end up doing in Sydney helped.

Place to eat that I can most definitely recommend (in no particular order):

• Nobu (Crown, Melbourne)
• Misuzu’s (Albert Park, Melbourne)
• Ibuki’s House (East Bentleigh, Melbourne)
• Squire’s Loft (South Yarra and Docklands, Melbourne)
• Miss Marple’s Tea Room (Sassafras, Melbourne)
• Grill’d (various, Melbourne)
• Tetsuya’s (Sydney)
• Ichi-ban Boshi (Sydney)
• Din Tai Fung (Sydney)

Sweets of interest:

• Laurent (various, Mebourne)
• Koko Black (various, Melbourne)
• Puffy (various, Melbourne and Sydney)
• Max Brenner’s (various, Sydney and Melbourne)
• Passion Flower (various, Sydney)

Also managed to catch up with a few friends, most of whom I hadn’t seen in years so that was brilliant.  To those I caught up with, that was awesome, will have to do it again! To those I didn’t get to see, I’m sorry, but will try to catch up next time!

I spent a lot of the trip recovering from a cold I picked up before I left, so I probably wasn’t as productive as I could have been, but at least it was a break. Although it’s crazy cold in Melbourne.  In comparison, I was so pleased with Sydney weather, the humidity made it possible to walk around without a jacket during the day. And my complexion improved. ^_^ It suffered so in the dry cold. :(

I’ll post more pics and stuff later. But I can’t promise Nobu photos for a while, it was dark and I was enraged at my N95’s inability to take low light photos but I’ll see what I can salvage.  On the other hand, this just gives me an excuse (not that I need one) to go back to Nobu to eat. :P All I can say for now is black cod with miso <3+++.