Arrived back from the city of Melbourne last Thursday morning.
I had to work Thursday thus requiring an early flight (6:00 departure).
Unfortunately we only had a day and a half there due to time constrainst, however at the rather ridiculous price of $19.95 per way (inc. taxes) I simply couldn't resist. I would have gone just for the plane ride.
Had an excellent time over there as always. The primary two reasons I enjoy Melbourne are the excellent range of vegan restaurants and Crown Casino.
We managed to fit in a decent amount of eating during this time, going to a few new eateries...
Shakahari - http://www.shakahari.com.au/
Was absolutely fabulous, even before the food came out. Nearly walked past it as it's housed in a small cottage looking place, just off of Lygon Street. Service was fanastic by all staff and the food was second to none. Highly recommended.
Soul Mama - http://soulmama.com.au/
I've been to Soul Mama every single time I've been in Melbourne. Even when I only had a 4 hour stop coming back from Bangkok. Consistantly great. The only downside to Soul Mama is the fact that the food is precooked and on display. You choose how many choiced you would like with rice, and the staff will add the selected foods to your plate. The generally speaking quite nice, however sometimes can be slightly bland.
The staff are always a very happy and enthusiastic bunch of young people. As soon as you walk up towards the dining area you will be pounced on a lead to a table and shown how the system works if you have previously not been. Definately worth a visit of two anyway.
Soul Food Cafe'
Fantastic place down Smith Street in Fitzroy (just down the street from Vegan Wares) that's most certainly has one of the best vegan chocolate cakes I've had. Staff are quite friendly with a great arty atmosphere. Great coffee as well, using Bonsoy as standard.
We also went to a fabulous small Japanese restaurant recommended by the staff from Vegan Wares
of which the name eludes. Will update further when I get home (at work atm).
One particular thing of note however, is how I did not spot a single South Australian number plate during my stay. Indeed even Sachiko and I made a game of it to see who would spot one first, of which neither won.
The first day back in Adelaide I spotter FOUR Victorian number plates. There is only one conclusion I can draw. Victorians feel a need to travel to South Australia, however South Australians are more than happy in their own state.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
The Police and Joe Cocker Concert Photos
I went to both of these absolutely fantastic concerts rather recently; At both taking a decent amount of photos. I'm in the process of uploading said photo's, of which I plan to link into WadeBeger.com very shortly however have been rather busy of late. I hope to get them up by the end of this week (I'm heading to Melbourne tomorrow morning, so I'm unable to work on them for a few days).
The photo's from the Police concert are vastly better than Joe Cocker primarily due to being closer at the former concert. Personally I'm much more 'into' Joe, so I couldn't focus as much in taking quality shots as I was singing and moving around too much.
I will post a bit more about these concerts once I upload the photos. However, I must say the Joe Cocker concert became probably my favorite concert of all time simply because near the end of the concert people started to gather at the side of stage. Everyone was rather hyped and we eventually broke through security there to go to front of stage. I was one of the first, letting me get directly in front of Joe! I was like 1m away. Nearly able to touch him. Fanfuckingtastic.
Anyway..
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