Under the persimmon tree at the hotel
With mum!
Really strange and random food back at Springvale
Asian central!
Mum’s amused with the token white-guy 😉
Dudes paying Chinese chess
Making fresh Vietnamese rolls
We had a lovely one with roast chicken
Checking out all the authentic Vietnamese fare like rice noodles, sweets, etc….
At Prahan Markets…
How gorgeous are these cupcakes?!
They were like $8 each or something though…
Fruit madness
At Soda Rock Diner – a USA retro-themed cafe!!!!!!! WE LOVED IT!!
Decked out with pin ball machines and booth seats
The all-American menu
1940s style (working) jukeboxes that played awesome oldies
Strawberry thick shake ($5.95)
Root beer float ($5.95) – my favourite drink in the whole world, I was thrilled to find it here!
Oh YUMMILICIOUS
Hound Dog – old-fashioned hot dog with tasty cheese, grilled onion, sweet
pickle relish, American mustard and ketchup ($8.95) – was FABULOUS
Hubcap – Our most popular burger, with a beef patty, lettuce, tomato, pickles,
sweet pickle relish, mustard and mayonnaise ($7.45) – juicy and delish!
American Pancakes – Just like Mom used to make! Two light, fluffy
pancakes with maple syrup and extra creamy vanilla ice cream ($7.95) –
they look pretty normal but OMG they were so nice and fluffy!!!
Very happy 🙂 I love Melbourne!
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did you eat any of those Crabapple cupcakes? they’re not as tasty as they look.
I didn’t, cos they didn’t look like they’d taste good.. too much icing and fancy stuff! I generally don’t like cupcakes you buy outside, unless they’re super duper moist and warm…mmm
yeah, most cupcakes that aren’t homemade are pretty foul. i’ve had the crabapple cupcakes before and it’s 50% or so of icing, so it’s sickly sweet. they’re so nice to look at, though.
did you eat any of those Crabapple cupcakes? they’re not as tasty as they look.
I didn’t, cos they didn’t look like they’d taste good.. too much icing and fancy stuff! I generally don’t like cupcakes you buy outside, unless they’re super duper moist and warm…mmm
yeah, most cupcakes that aren’t homemade are pretty foul. i’ve had the crabapple cupcakes before and it’s 50% or so of icing, so it’s sickly sweet. they’re so nice to look at, though.
$8 for that teeny little cupcake is so not worth it!
Your mum looks like she lost weight!!
Yeah sooooo $$, but so pretty!
Hehe my parents are walking around so much and getting exercise that’s why 😛
Ooh, I LOVE persimmons!
I found ’em a bit strange! But then again I don’t like fruit in general.. 😛
$8 for that teeny little cupcake is so not worth it!
Your mum looks like she lost weight!!
Yeah sooooo $$, but so pretty!
Hehe my parents are walking around so much and getting exercise that’s why 😛
Ooh, I LOVE persimmons!
I found ’em a bit strange! But then again I don’t like fruit in general.. 😛
OOh. i love root beer float too. since they no longer have any franchise on this little red dot, i make sure i have my fix when i go to msia. and your mum’s bag looks interesting!
Root beer’s hardly available in Australia too 🙁 I miss A&W so much!!
Hehe mum’s bag has this cute flip flops embroidered on it. Great for travel!
I’ve never seen ice cream on pancakes before!
really?!! what do you normally have it with? I love it with maple syrup, butter and ice cream.. mmmm
all this food. you never let up, bev. I LOVE IT. though i wish your posts didn’t make me so hungry.
p.s chris is the token white guy…
i cracked up because seriously, i am like the token ASIAN girl over here. lol
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Australia’s totally overrun by Asians… lol!
I remember trying Soda Rock once but wasn’t that impressed. And you can just buy A&W root beer from Asian grocery stores to make your own float! We made A&W coney dogs the other day, but unfortunately forgot the root beer float. Bleah!
I really like their food, plus the whole concept rocks – Sydney should have it!
Making your own root beer float ain’t the same 😉
Soda Rock! I used to treat myself there once in a while…especially after papers and before clubbing….
Awww…I just wanna move back soon!
It’s yummy! I love the whole concept 🙂
Wow, really LOTS of food! Heh. 😛
I’ve always wanted to visit Melbourne. Looks like a truly lovely place~!
We were fortunate we had nice weather, cos Melb’s famous for their crap weather (like London)… so make sure it’s nice when you visit! 😛
I think it’s funny how Chris looks so funny in the last pic. OMG, that hound dog is MASSIVE!
That hot dog looks sooooo good! The American flag on it looks so cute. 🙂
Mmmm that food looks good! And those cupcakes are gorgeous, I need to make some that look like them hehe. 🙂
I am craving for a vietnamese roll now! Used to frequent a store in Kingsford…yum yum yum!
I prefer the Viet rice paper rolls… mmm those are awesome!!
The cupcakes look GORGEOUS! But I still don’t know how on earth do you eat them x_x
Yeah they look best just sitting there looking pretty haha!
Did you eat both the hot dog and burger? How did they compare to Bite Me?
Mum prefers Sodarock’s burger ‘cos there’s more salad in it, but I prefer Bite Me ‘cos they’ve got more interesting toppings! And the hotdogs are both gooooooooooooood :)~
OOh. i love root beer float too. since they no longer have any franchise on this little red dot, i make sure i have my fix when i go to msia. and your mum’s bag looks interesting!
Root beer’s hardly available in Australia too 🙁 I miss A&W so much!!
Hehe mum’s bag has this cute flip flops embroidered on it. Great for travel!
I’ve never seen ice cream on pancakes before!
really?!! what do you normally have it with? I love it with maple syrup, butter and ice cream.. mmmm
all this food. you never let up, bev. I LOVE IT. though i wish your posts didn’t make me so hungry.
p.s chris is the token white guy…
i cracked up because seriously, i am like the token ASIAN girl over here. lol
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Australia’s totally overrun by Asians… lol!
I remember trying Soda Rock once but wasn’t that impressed. And you can just buy A&W root beer from Asian grocery stores to make your own float! We made A&W coney dogs the other day, but unfortunately forgot the root beer float. Bleah!
I really like their food, plus the whole concept rocks – Sydney should have it!
Making your own root beer float ain’t the same 😉
Soda Rock! I used to treat myself there once in a while…especially after papers and before clubbing….
Awww…I just wanna move back soon!
It’s yummy! I love the whole concept 🙂
Wow, really LOTS of food! Heh. 😛
I’ve always wanted to visit Melbourne. Looks like a truly lovely place~!
We were fortunate we had nice weather, cos Melb’s famous for their crap weather (like London)… so make sure it’s nice when you visit! 😛
I think it’s funny how Chris looks so funny in the last pic. OMG, that hound dog is MASSIVE!
That hot dog looks sooooo good! The American flag on it looks so cute. 🙂
Mmmm that food looks good! And those cupcakes are gorgeous, I need to make some that look like them hehe. 🙂
I am craving for a vietnamese roll now! Used to frequent a store in Kingsford…yum yum yum!
I prefer the Viet rice paper rolls… mmm those are awesome!!
The cupcakes look GORGEOUS! But I still don’t know how on earth do you eat them x_x
Yeah they look best just sitting there looking pretty haha!
Did you eat both the hot dog and burger? How did they compare to Bite Me?
Mum prefers Sodarock’s burger ‘cos there’s more salad in it, but I prefer Bite Me ‘cos they’ve got more interesting toppings! And the hotdogs are both gooooooooooooood :)~