Eclipse

I thought I have one more year in Melbourne but I have not. I have to move to Sydney. So, I start to visit as many cafes as I can while I stay here as a part of saying goodbye to Melbourne. I started a day by going to The Cupcake Family, a cute little cupcake shop in QV.

Cupcakes there 're ok, moist and quite sweet. It also offers a good deal, 4 mini cupcakes for $7. So, I grabbed green tea cake, strawberry-chocolate cake, almond-orange cake, and blueberry cheesecake to share with my friend.

After finishing cupcakes, we went to Eclipse, a coffe place at the rear of Intercontinental Hotel. I couldn't find a place when walking along Flinder Lane so I had to walk through Intercontinental Hotel from Collins Street entrance.

I was still not sure whether I came to the right place but I didn't hesitate to go in since I saw that Panama Geisha 's the single origin of the day, lucky me :DYes, my friend and I came to the right place. I started with house blend latte, which I later knew that it 's called 'coffee junkie' blend. Yes, I can imagine I addict to this blend, it 's a smooth and strong coffee that go along well with latte. I was happily drank it while enjoying the view :D before ordering a second cup, Panama, ofcourse. I think it 's a pleasant coffee. It 's earthy, woody, chocolatie, with a hint of sweet and mild punchiness.

Eclipse: 7A/495 Collins St, Flinders ln entrance, between King St & William St)

Kenzan@GPO II

Yes, I like Kenzan @GPO. I always go there if I can't decide or don't know where should I eat while in CBD. This 's another time that I been there, grabbing sushi and ramen for my lunch. I quickly chose salmon&mango sushi because it 's the last one along with spider roll. I confess that I grabbed salmon&mango because it 's pretty to an eye. It 's surprisingly turned out to taste fantastic. The sweetness of mango 's well balance with salmonAnother fantastic dish, seafoods ramen with real bamboo shoot!

Coffee Place

Serious coffee cafe
Used Veneziano coffee beans

Monsieur Truffe

hmm.....
(Silence) .... umm... hmm...
yumm....
3-course dessert degustations($45) at Monsieur Truffe by Pierre Roelofs

My only regret 's these pictures can't do the desserts justices :(

Bar Etiquette

408 Sydney Road, Brunswick
Tel: (03)9387 3843

While LS and I studied drinking menu outside Bar Etiquette to see if there 's anything that interested us, there was a guy walked out of the bar who told us that there is no coffee here. LOL, as it isn't obvious enough... it 's a bar :DDD We went in anyway, browsed around.... beer garden at the back, rooms upstairs... I like the room with lots of umbrellas on ceiling most. Surprisingly, this bar serves coffee as well. It 's an espresso shot with sherry cocktail ($16) It tastes like a mix between coffee and butterscotch... yumm.. It 's not in the menu, though. It turned out that the bartender is developing his menu :)))

After read through a menu, I found out that it 's only 4 dishes on the list. LS found out later that this bar 's a BYO food!

Le Triskel

32 Hardware lane, Melbourne
0466 406 404

I never write about Le Triske before though I should write about this lovely creperie long time ago... It 's always the place I bring my new friends there.
If I go there before 11 a.m., my favorite 'd be a 'Bol de Cafe au Lait' with either French Tartines or Pain au Chocolat. I never have to choose just either since I always share both tartines and pain au chocolat with my sis. She went back to Thailand and I can't finish it alone :(

I 'm so inlove with tartines because it 's a toasted bagutte with butter and marmalade jam on top... after taking a bite, you 'll feel the crust, follow by melt salted butter which 's a lovely compliment to marmalade. Pain au chocolat also good... fluffy crossaint with chocolate inside.

What 'll I have after 11 a.m.? Crepes, ofcourse :D My favorite savory crepe 's the last one on the menu which contains blue cheese, walnut, and apple. Basically, it 's a waldorf salad in crepe version :P For sweet crepe, I like a simple lemon and sugar crepe.

No... this crepe 's not crepes I mentioned about. This 's as you can guess, a picture of chocolate and banana crepe.

If I can lure my friend there on Friday's evening, I 'll do a cheese plate... very yummy one...Swiss Gruyere, Fleur du Marquis(the one near bread), Sevre&Belle Caprifeuille (blue cheese) and Fourme d'Ambert (round shape one).

This 's le Triskel's name card and also act as a loyalty card... cute little stars on the name card indicate the number of coffee I drink here. If I have 7 stars, I 'll earn one free cup of coffee :D

Farmers' Market @ Collingwood Children's Farm Part II

I went to the 2nd week farmers' market again in August with friends, it was a very lovely sunny day with clear blue sky. The market 's as busy as usual with lots of people, kids running around, and dogs.

I didn't realize before today that there 's another part of a farm in the back of the market... I think I always busy buying vegs and fruits.. and enjoys to much, lol. So, we went there and surprise to see worm's farm. Yeah,... worms..the one that live underground and help vegs to grow...After that, we went to see pigs, not just a normal pig but a breed called, Berkshire. Yes, it 's the one that very yummy... lol I really like this sign... we, human, suppose not to touch pigs in order to prevent them from catching a flu from us, lol