A Week in Melbourne

A Week in Melbourne - Part 4

Our 4th day in Melbourne was pretty laid back, we walked around the CBD area and visited a friend at his cafe. We were scheduled to move hotels that day, so we checked out of Radisson and checked in at Ibis Melbourne. Through a friend we were able to get a very good deal at Ibis, and frankly, it was not worse than the Radisson. Except that they did not have any toothbrushes for their guests. The location was very good, and it was very easy to get around.

DH started with a latte at a cafe nearby called Stax Cafe and Miss Kiki had hot chocolate there. The owner was a French lady and she just loved Miss Kiki. There's definitely an advantage to being cute, she got a couple of Lindt chocolate and a kitchen tour from the kind lady.

From there we took the free tram and headed down to Flinders Ln. I promised my friend to visit his cafe nearby. It was about 5 minutes walk to Cafe Andiamo and it was crazy busy! The cafe does not have the best rating on Foursquare nor Google, but I'm not sure what they were complaining about. Between Miss Kiki and I, we had a babyccinno, latte, mocha, warm chicken salad, and penne carbonara. All of them are good, in fact, it was the best penne carbonara I've ever had!

It was so good to see my friend again, I haven't seen him since I graduated from high school!

Meanwhile, DH decided to roam around the Flinders Lane himself. He passed by this burger place that looked good so he stopped to try. He said it was good.

Then he stopped for coffee at the Duke's Coffee Roastery. He said it was okay.

My latte at Cafe Andiamo

Babyccinno at Andiamo

The long lost friend

After lunch we continued to browse the Flinders Lane and area, and in one of the arcade shops I saw this really cute display I had to take a picture of it!

Then DH decided that he wants to get a shave...

So for dinner we went to try Menya Ramen that is famous for the Gyutan Don. It was located right next to the Rose Garden we went to the day before. DH opted for the Unagi Don. Our verdict was... it was good, but not that great.

Unagi Don

Their infused water

Gyutan Don

Then we past these on the way back...

Brother Babba Budan at night

Hardware Ln.

Blok M Express, full of Indonesians.

Up next: Part 5

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