Multicultural munch
There are over 100
types of coffees that you can sip with an equal number of dishes.
There are cafes, takeaways, drive-ins and fine dining
meals. Melbourne is among the food capitals of the Southern Hemisphere. A
stroll down the bustling streets of Central Business District (CBD), shows you
how settlers from across the world have brought in their own food influences,
set up shops here and started dishing out their unique cuisines, adding to the
fun, edgy and eclectic mix of flavours!
MORNING CUPPA
You cannot miss the strong coffee culture of the
city. A fresh baked doughnut with a better than usual latte, espresso or
cappuccino, is an ideal start to the day. All for just $1.99! You can also have
an ample dose of long black, flat white, batch brew and filter coffee. One can
smell the city’s love for coffee everywhere.
People love to walk around with their takeaway coffee
glasses. Old warehouses and workshops have been turned in to coffee shops. On a
food tour across the CBD, our guide informed that there are over 100 types of
coffees that you can sip with equal number of dishes.
SIMMERING POT
Italian, German, Polish, Irish, Indian, Southeast
Asian, Middle Eastern or Indian, you name a cuisine and you’ll find it here.
Preparations here are truly contemporary and presentation styles are American
meaning you get familiar flavours served in big portions. The best bit for us
was that even popular Indian preparations such as butter chicken, paneer tikka
or dal taste superior due to fresh ingredients being used.
SOAK UP EXPERIENCES
Do not overspend on your stay and spend instead on
food experiences that are just a short drive from the city – like vineyards,
chocolate factories, honey farms and cheese cellars. There are experiences such
as ‘choose and use’ best carrots or visit to a strawberry farm to pick your own
berries and have it prepared as the way you like it! You can also try your hand
at Mexican cake making or learn the history of Italian and Greek cuisine in the
city. There are options such as visit a kitchen garden next to your restaurant
and pick your own ingredients or decide which cheese will be the best topping
for your pizza. One of their most popular city tours is in fact enjoying a
three-course meal on a colonial tramcar turned into a restaurant as you
navigate the city.
TL 11MAR18
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