a day at MorningtOn, Melbourne

*blush*

it's time for me to blog about my Aussie trip after pending for few months...

was so occupied for the past mths...

busy with works... team building...

dearly grandma passed away  :'(

bestie wedding... and etc etc

this post is about the outing to Mornington on the 2nd day of my Melbourne trip backed in Apr~

Mornington Official Website

a nice place to visit... bout an hour drive from Melbourne...

along the way, there are vineyard, beaches, sight seeing and etc...

always love there~  ^^

we dropped by somewhere to get some take aways coffees to kick start the day~

Eunice & Khai bring us to Montalto Vineyard for lunch...

it was my first time to there...

reckon the wines there are OK but Pizzas are awesome !

it was Sunday, thus kind of crowded.. gotta queue for tables ~

Khai invited some frens to join us for lunch too !

brought stewpig for some walk along the wineries...

too bad.. it's autumn... thus couldn't get to see the beautiful views of grapes everywhere~

very good weather...

sunny day + cold wind = beautiful !!

the beautiful blue sky just like a blue wallpaper !





me lub this pic !   :P





there is a restaurant, indoor, air-conditioned, more to Fine Dining in this vineyard...

we chose to have our lunch at The Piazza and Garden Cafe which serves yummilicious Pizzas~

sat at the wooden table dat nearer to the yard....

enjoy the cold wind under the sun~   ^^

we had Rose Wine and Riesling White Wine~

the Riesling is nice !

Salad as starter ~






Simple Salad with Rocket, Red Onion, Tomatoes, Balsamic Dressing

 






Soup of the day - Cauli Flower and Cream
ooo.. this is fantastic !! creamy yet wouldn't be too milky... smooth and nice !!!

 






Pizza ~ Lamb, potato, bacon & rosemary - $18

 



Pizza ~ Lamb, potato, bacon & rosemary - $18






Pizza ~  Smoked Salmon, onion, citrus mayonnaise & capers - $20

 



Pizza ~ Salami, mushroom, bocconcini & fresh rocket - $18

yum yum Tiramisu~

Homemade Chocolate Brownie with heaps of Peanuts, served with Cream

the cake itself tasted not bad but we all find it quite weird with the peanuts part...

wondering why they chose peanuts instead of walnut or macadamia... not for our liking !

cont our road trip~

Khai stopped by here.. where I got no idea where is it...

part of Mornington Peninsula of course...

came down for the cars, and had some chit-chat on the goodie weather ~

Aussie life is just so relaxing ~ expecially on a Easter Sunday~ hahaha

our ride throughout the trip~

Mornington Beach...

to snap some photos with the colourful tiny huts along the beach...

the nicest huts are actually all at Brighton Beach instead..

but we were bit lazy to drive there for picture...

the huts are mainly to keep the boat, or some ppl call it bathing boxes...

off to Sorrento next...

also my first time to here...

it has a pier with  many boats...

people came here for fishing, dolphin sea trips and etc...

we had a quick tour at Sorrento thus didn't know much bout here...

but definitely a nice place to visit....

click here for more info~

this pastries shop is famous with selling the BEST Vanilla Slices ...

they selling foods, sandwiches, varieties of pastries, and beverages...

but alot of ppl purposely travel there for their Vanilla Slice...

Vanilla Slice

it's filled with Vanilla Custard, usually has only top and bottom of pastry layer... The sweet is often dusted with icing sugar... we were kinda disappointed... as the slices did not impress us at all..

according to Eunice, it rily dídn't taste as nice as it used to be... found several pastries shops in city that served nicer slices...

don't mind to give it a second chance... could be caused of the busy weekend...

as after that day, I still see many frens visitting there for their slices...   :)

the sky was getting dark, and we off to Springvale for some Vietnamese foods as dinner.. which i gonna blog in other post~   :)

42°La bohéme penang

Last weekend, I dragged stewpig to go "cafe-hopping"wif me again...

hehe

there's another new heritage cafe in town...

situated at Sri Bahari Road, opposite Feng Wei Restaurant, further down from The Ship...

it doesn't have a big sign board up to attract the passer-by...

looks exactly like a normal house dat alwiz-forgot-to-shut-da-gate...

walk up closer, you'll see a Small sign board written " 42 La Boheme " and it's the Name of this French Caffe !!!  ^^

So happee to found this simple caffe that selling French Patisserie ~~~

the lady boss, Huvi met the French Pastry Chef, Matthieu, during the holidays to India and here started the love stories~  :)

Matthieu learnt bakery since the age of 12...

being the Pastry Chef in UK, France, Italy and etc before...

experienced enough for them to kick start this little caffe to provide chances for Penangites to enjoy yummie French Patisserie and affordable rates !!!

* hop-hop-hop-jump~

simple deco, with some antique furniture to maintain the heritage building...

not air-conditioned but fans...

it's not hot in there due to wide space and tall ceiling like the old Penang houses used to have !

creative beverages menu that printed on Recycle-brown-bag~

** GO GREEN **

Brewed Coffee is not available but only the normal Black Coffee...

varieties of teas are availble...

Refer on the wall-board, Fresh Fruit juices and Iced Lemon Tea selling at rm 6

varieties of Pastries are available daily !!!!

they taste as nice as how they looked !

price range around rm 6 - rm 10

I can say the pastries here definitely tastier than those serving in E&O High Tea session !

can beat the standard of desserts in Delicious !

( but their availability are different... so no compete ! )

despite the cold desserts, they bake nice bread daily...

Almond / Chocolate/ normal Croissants, Cinnamon Roll, Sultana Roll, Chocolate Roll and etc...

price range:- RM 5 - 6

I so wanted to try !!! sultana and crossaint always my favourite ( i know i got too much of fav foods.. i just a foods lover ! but i can hardly resist breads !!! )

I will go back for this !!!!  :D

the varieties of beverages not much...

I had Apple Flower Tea, RM 8 and stewpig had Earl Grey, Rm 6

served in pot, I'm not sure if they allowed for refill...

I was there for a piece of sweet dessert during Tea...

but when I saw "Quiches" written on the board !

I just hmmmm... yes it's also mah fav... with one of my old fren since college time !

I TRIED not to order...

as i know stewpig wont help me eat this ! but when it served to table next to us...

i just can't say no to the nice out-from-oven-smell !!!! 



Fruits Tart - Strawberries and Blueberries

Stewpig and I love this too !!! when we were so hesitated and struggled to pick Only One dessert from the list... we spotted this beautiful berries...
without 2nd thought, stewpig said... go for this ! hehehe
there were some more with other fruits (eg, kiwi/ peaches)
the custard filling tasted just nice, won't be too sweet.. and the crust are well done as well !
rm 8



42° La bohème

 42, jalan sri bahari, 10050 Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

+6017 – 9762153

Tue-Sun, 10:00am – 6:00pm

http://42-laboheme-penang.blogspot.com/

 

I'm sad...

in fact, mah intention to go there was for the Macarons !!!

but all been sold out ! even mah fren that went on the day after, also no luck to get one ! as the customer in front of us, sapu all the 3 boxes !

I will be backed !

i hope it can ease my crave for dearly Jean Paul Macarons I used to buy in HK !!!!

grrrrr

Macarons available here in La Boheme at only rm 1.50/ each

(orange/strawberry/green tree/lemon/cranberry)