tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160107767470714402024-03-13T21:44:56.202-07:00Pedestrian & Passengerpartly food partly travel mostly randomChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07056637965342533210noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616010776747071440.post-87035501408840580962014-07-06T06:15:00.001-07:002014-07-06T06:23:33.484-07:00Fordham's Milk Bar @ CamberwellFordham's Milk Bar<br />
Sorry for the lack of update, was busy and got a new phone that's not very photo update friendly, meant to update this months ago... <br />
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Milk bars are always interesting for me.<br />
They always have that mysterious feel to it with that old retro deco and the usually wooden looking shop keeper with all those contrasting colourful confectioneries and lollies in jars and cheap toys which usually make people wonder who on earth would actually buy them, nonetheless still manage to open for years and remains a popular spot for school kids. However, I do remember getting a cap gun with 20 pack red caps which i never ended up finishing and a packet of water bombs from a milk bar when I was in primary school...or perhaps in high school...but definitely not when i was at uni, dont think I have even been inside one since Year 10 or something....so it is very much a childhood memory.<br />
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Yet <b>Fordham's Milk Bar</b> on Fordham Aveunge (dah...) is more than a milk bar, whom offers much more than those horrible sandwiches and old potatoes cakes that you get from most corner shops. They have brilliantly convert an old retro milk bar into a cafe, which the original idea of milk bars did provides some sort of fast/hot food to offer a non-alcohlic alternative to pub, hence the name milk "bar" (yeah learn that from wikipedia)<br />
It is a bit of an oxymoron: it is a publicly located hidden treasure: Walkable distance from the tram line (I have proven it is walkable since I walked from the tram) and located right opposite of Hartwell station, yet most people wouldn't know about this place unless you are a local.<br />
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It is a conveniently located cafe in a small little suburb. At the time I arrived, the outside sitting is full of locals whom appears to be afternoon joggers, old couples and people who finished work early (i.e: me)<br />
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The guys are very friendly, smiling when I was outside, greeted when I got in and general small chat when I ordered and brought me my forgotten sunnies just before I left.<br />
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As the kitchen was closing at the time I was in, around 3:30ish, I could only order the food from display shelf, where there was bacon and eggs roll and chicken schnitzel wraps, etc which I ordered a sausage roll.<br />
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The sausage roll is great, where the the texture of the meat inside is actually like a sausage where it is not those soft mince meat mix. <br />
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Again another iced latte, but they let you mix it yourself. As you can see from the photo<br />
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An old milk bar transformed into a popular local cafe with nice coffee and food, but
still sell lollies, soft drinks and milk and oh, yes...you can top up your Myki here too.<br />
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Can't remember was this last Saturday or the one before...<br />
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<b>Manchester Press,</b> another awesome cafe well hidden in the middle of a laneway at CBD, nonetheless had enough people to look up this hidden cafe treasure to make it one of the top cafe in Melbourne cbd. It is highly recommended by a lot of people for breakfast and brunch, which I had found out why by having breakfast there a few times before, but this time I was there for a afternoon tea/post-lunch coffee at late afternoon and luckily they are one of a few cafes that open till 5 PM daily (yes not 3PM or 4PM...it opens till 5PM) even on the weekend.<br />
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After my not so great late lunch and with a time gap till I have to be at my next appointment, I walked pass a few cafes that I wanted to try/go and they were either closed or closing at that time...<br />
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The old vintage deco of the cafe provides a hips atmosphere yet comfortable enough for you to sit around either by yourself (like I do) or with friends (like the others in the cafe). And this place must be well introduced on travel websites, as I could hear Japanease, Chinese, French and some European language that I am not educated enough to pick up around me, for the duration of me being there which was only the time of me consuming a muffin and coffee.<br />
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Once again i ordered an iced latte. It is just the perfect form of an iced coffee: No excessive milk, No uncontrolable sweetness from syrupy or ice-cream, Not oversized that will make you sickly full after. Just a shot of coffee with a bit of milk and a few iced cube. It sounds simple, but takes a bit of skills to perfect so the end result is still strong and rich, like an chilled coffee, and not a latte that watered down by the ice and cold milk...<br />
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Staff are friendly and attentive.(i need to learn more adjective to describe services, tho these words are best to describe their staff) Greeted and seated once I step into
the cafe, bottle of water delivered and menu in hand when I ordered a coffee. In addition, one of the
staff from behind the counter had came over to make sure I was ok while I
was holding the menu and looking around, which embarrassingly I was
just thinking about how I can take photos around the cafe at where I sat...<br />
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Ordered a pistachio and berry muffin to go with my coffee. The soft muffin is not overly sweet even though it has got cream on top of it. You can still see and taste chucks of berries in the muffin and it is enhanced with the scent of pistachio, which add another layer to the taste of the dough of the muffin. <br />
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though this doesn't bother me, I do remember there's a lady asking about this when I was here for breakfast last: The only problem with Manchester Press is that if you don't like bagel, they don't have other bread on the menu, (although they are famous for their bagels)<br />
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have a variety: open bagel, closed bagel, toasted bagel, plain bagel,
bagel with salmon, etc etc but yes they are all bagels, their cakes and
sweet on display is probably the only baked goods alternative they have. And speaking of bakes, their baked eggs are also fabulous... <br />
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Anyway something simple at a cafe that's simply good, a little muffin and coffee just made my Saturday afternoon....<br />
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8 Rankins Lane <br />
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Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07056637965342533210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616010776747071440.post-67740307342447098162014-02-23T18:04:00.001-08:002014-02-23T18:48:12.426-08:00Min Lokal @ FitzroyA happy discovery for a pedestrian...<br />
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You wouldn't thought there would be a cafe there, but not only there's a cafe but also a pretty good one, well known cafe for the local of fitzroy/collingwood (I always get confuse which suburb i am at when i am down that end of town...)</div>
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To avoid some random hustling people, whom I passed twice already, an alternative route that I never tried was taken to get down from Smith Street to the parallel Brunswick Street. Passed through suburban houses after houses, then i saw a happy couple with their a pup just sat at a table outside a house that seems to be a shop, the only shop at the block. Sort of tired and thirsty I actually turned back and have a look at this little shop that I expected to be a milk bar or sandwich bar of some sort but turns out to be a cozy little cafe - <b>Min Lokal</b></div>
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The deco is quite minimal with a feature wall on the back of the counter. Plain white walls and wooden furniture and floor has create a chill and relax environment for the diners, which is great for a lazy start of a morning or in contrast, to start doing your work in such a quiet environment. Tho I heard this place can get rather busy earlier in the day for breakfast/brunch, especially for the limited space of this small cafe, which only have two communal tables, two window bunches and two tables outdoor on the pavement. <br />
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To add to the clean and plains style, little pot plants in glass jars were placed around the cafe such as near the window and on the communal table. Some even have a tiny toy rabbit in it. <br />
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There was a choice of ordering a bottle juice or fresh juice or an organic lemonade, but how could you not order an iced latte when it is available on the menu and only $3.8. And conventional iced coffee as in the one with cream and/or ice-cream is also available.<br />
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The iced latte was smooth and rich and hasn't been weaken or water down cause of the ice. And the size of the glass is a relatively good size as it is slightly bigger than a normal latte glasses which allows some room of the ice.<br />
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<b>Min Lokal</b> is a cute little local cafe located away from the busy main street and sit well in the residential side of collinwood/fitzory area. However, the standard of the coffee they provided is greater than a small local cafe would usually offer, I guess after all it is resided at a suburb with a hugh competition of cafes and eateries. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">03 9417 0333</span><br />
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It always reminds me of some time ago when a number of people protested about
safety at night time and wanted to reclaim the city at night.<br />
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There's this one night, you feel safe in the city even late in the night cause all the people
around you, tho at some point, for the same reason you will feel unsafe cause all the
people around you when you are one in the thousand of people happens to
be near flinders street. However, all those people who gather for this festival had find a mutual way of moving (although very slowly) and allow people to pass through any direction (again very slowly) without any major incidents....<br />
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This is the one night when everyone are out to enjoy arts (but for me I found the people more interesting) and more importantly to enjoy our city<br />
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All these people i observed in the few hours I was out in the White Night Melbourne: The queue of men at nandos for the toilet cause it is the only place accessible on flinders street even theres only one cubical for men; Little kids whom have never seen this many people in their entire life(so far); Elderly people with walking stick admiring the transformation of the station with projection; Hotel patron who try to get out from the car park and needed the event staff to make a trail for them; Motorcyclist ended up having to push his bike among the crowd; Excited teenagers who got ready to party for the night; People who normally out on a saturday got slightly annoyed cause of all the people out there; people who run into long lost friends; friends who tried to look after or look for the friends they came with; people trying to meet up with other friends,etc etc <br />
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Anyway, it is nice to see our city looking bright and alive and fill with people who enjoy it :)<br />
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Yet another Tuesday that I have to work till late.<br />
Didn't bother to travel all the way to the city and still wanted some decent breakfast and coffee, so Camberwell it is. <br />
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Camberwell, sort of the middle point between where i live and the city. With three tram routes passing through and a major station for Belgrave/Lilydale and Alamein (Train) Line, shops and eateries has grouped around the central area of Camberwell, which offers a trendy eatery area with a great range of choices for the eastern suburbs.<br />
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<b>Prospect Espresso,</b> a small little cafe that's tucked away from the busy Burke Rd of Camberwell, among all the eateries and cafes, yet still as busy or even busier than some that located on the main street. And it is one of my favorite at camberwell for its coffee, which it seems to be a popular spot for coffee takeaway for locals.<br />
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menu is also available from 11:30am. So yes, they do cater breakfast for non-morning people as well. Nothing is more annoying than getting to a cafe, wanting to treat yourself with a nice breakfast to start your day and got told they don't serve that anymore,even tho it is 2:15 in the afternoon... </div>
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While I am still deciding what to order from the small yet choiceful breakfast menu, my iced latte has arrived and as usual, it is very enjoyable. <br />
Tossing between a few different items on the menu, the waitress recommended the Truffled Brioche and told me that it is the most
popular item on the menu, though her personal favourite is the Chorizo Croquetts and table next to me suggested The Breakfast Roll,which they both ordered the same thing.<br />
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Wasn't disappointed at all with the Truffled Brioche. It is very similar to a vegetarian version of egg benedict,but with more layer of taste to it. And I much preferred brioche than english muffins, cause it is softer and not as dry.<br />
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The brioche is puffy and filled with the sweetness and scent of butter/pastry and topped with all the other ingredients then covered in hollandise sauce. Im not good with describing taste,but just look at the photo...<br />
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As I said, the cafe is small, nonetheless it still provides a rather relaxing environment where you can have a lovely chat with your friend or set up for a date (pretty sure there's a few couples around me) and most importantly the staff are friendly and not pushy and try to rush you off at all, which I had experienced at other busy cafes, particularly at the CBD before. <br />
Although I wouldn't think it would be too kids-friendly due to the physical size of the cafe, it seems that they are very accommodating for mothers, as I said the staff are very friendly. And for the
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As most cafe, other than the food on menu, there's a small selection of sweet and treats at on display at the counter and their muffins is also very nice. I brought one to work for early dinner and it still taste wonderful at 4PM, which it was still moist in the middle. So it is also good for afternoon tea or just a pre-lunch treat/coffee spot.<br />
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As a lot of hidden food treasure at Melbourne CBD, it is located at a side
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Yet it is close to Bourke Street and the popular
wedding photo location and excursion kiddies sitting spot: The Parliament House of Victoria, and of course,
Parliament Station. (See my map at the bottom)<br />
Ever since accidentally discovered this place, when taking a short cut to Parliament Station, had always wanted to try it for its specaility of Soba, the traditional japanese buckwheat noodle. <br />
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There's a growing number of Japanese restaurant and Japanese style cooking/cuisine at Melbourne, but handmade and with the stone-ground machine in store, <b>Shimbashi </b>not only is an authentic japanese restaurant but also possibly the only soba specialist at Melbourne. <br />
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Once sat down, I ordered a can of iced green tea to cool the "sweating me" down a bit, while they have given me a small complimentary salad as a starter. Being a 30 degrees day, I have ordered the chilled soba, Seiro, a
popular way to eat soba espeically on a summer day, although you can still order in it in soup. Nonetheless, other
than the specialising soba, there are all sort of Japanese dishes, from
sushi to sashimi to beef tataki (which i ordered as
entree and ate and forgot to take a photo...well yes it was really good
and yes i was really hungry) and other japanese tapas, so don't worry if you are not a fan of soba or noodles.<br />
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A light,sweet soy based dipping sauce to dip a chopstickful (if it is a word) of soba and then just slurp it. It is a light and refreshing noodle dish as it is chilled, just have to be careful of the sauce not going onto your shirt, if you do occasionally slurp the noodle a bit too hard/fast like i do. <br />
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<b>Shimbashi</b> is also a sake bar, as stated on their door sign along with "soba", so assumingly they are as proud and specialised in that as well. A variety of cocktail, beer and sake listed on the wall. The cocktail they offered is named after different bands and pop group.<br />
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Along with the menus, the wall is full of old posters and japanese style deco, with the wooden/bamboo furniture and fixtures it has successfully set it mood to create a <span class="st"><i>izakaya,</i>japanese</span><span class="st"><i> </i>taverns, sort of atmosphere. It was further enhanced with the number of japanese diners at the restaurant, which also is a good indicator of the taste and </span><br />
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<b>Shimbashi</b> is a great cultural and dinning experience that you don't find everywhere at Melbourne. It would be great for a few friends to catch up, enjoy some japanese food and a few drinks. But probably best to book a table due to the size of the restarunt. <br />
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And they open for lunch at 11:30am till 2:30pm, which is great for a early lunch (like i did) and re-open at 6 for dinner.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Shimbashi Japanese Soba & Sake Bar </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Location </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">17 Liverpool Street </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Melbourne Vic 3000</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">9654 6727 </span><br />
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Yes it took me a while to sort this all together and it is a story of my Tuesday. <br />
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Having to head to the CBD to get a few things in the morning before work, which means I have to be quick as it takes an hour to get to work on public transport from CBD, <b>Mr Tulk </b>had suddenly became my first choice over the other cafe that morning basically for one reason: its location.<br />
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entrance of the State Library of Victoria. Surrounded by trams and next to a train station (See my map at the bottom), it is conveniently located and accessible for any pedestrian and passenger going to CBD and don't be bother walking anywhere more than 50m from Melbourne Central for a decent cafe/food. <br />
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Being honestly with you, I forgot the name of the cafe or maybe didn't even know the name of the cafe till I finished my meal. All i remember was that there's a cafe right under the state library. <br />
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The cafe area is not overly big, but reasonable size with a communal table in the middle surrounding by a few smaller tables and a couch at the dining area.<br />
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Serving alcohol as well and open for happy hours and dinner on Friday, it has a rather spacious bar/pub like area around the cashier <br />
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Being in the center of CBD and early morning just before office hours, there's a good mix of business looking people and people with a I-have-got-something-planned-today sort of face with a number of causal breakfast eater at the cafe. One table with three man in suits were even having a breakfast meeting there.Nonetheless, whether they were staring at their Mac, reading their Financial Review, trying to do the Sudoku or having a post-workout breakfast wearing Lorna Jane, they all seems to enjoying their coffee, which always a good sign. <br />
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The decor of the place is typical Melbourne cafes these days: modern with some sort of arts around. Though doesn't have that vintage or retro mood that some cafes try to create even though it is attached to the century old State Library. It is also reflected on the menu with a good selection of classic small breakfast treats such as muffins and banana bread to something more unconventional like cornbeef hash (something i had last time) and of course the good old egg on toast with extra sides at your liking<br />
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The usual deal when get into the cafe: greet by a friendly waitress,
asked to sit wherever you like and sit down at the communal table as I am just by myself and get a glass water and order a coffee to
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The staff are very friendly and generally attentive, but the one who sat me down had forgot to give me a menu after I order my coffee. However, the food was relatively quick once I ordered and that's when the attentiveness was shown, when I got a menu from another staff whom realise i didn't have one. <br />
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Not a huge list of choices but a good mix of a variety with one or two unique and special items, which is the way i preferred, rather than having a long list of breakfast items which often are just a mix-n-match of same ingredient combination. Hence at the end, I decided ordered something that I don't usually see at other cafe and which I was glad that I ordered and tried it.<br />
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<b><b>Coffee Price: </b> Regular $3.7 Large-$4.5 </b><br />
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<b>MR TULK </b><br />
<b>Location:</b> 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne VIC, 3000 (enter via Latrobe Street)<br />
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<b>Opening hours:</b> Mon - Thurs, 7am–5pm Friday, 7am–8pm Saturday, 9am–4pm <b> </b><br />
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<b>Phone:</b> 03 8660 5700 <br />
(Yep copy and paste the contact info from their website...)<br />
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Oscar Wilde once wrote: "<i>Only Dull People Are Brilliant At Breakfast</i>".<br />
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Not sure am I a brilliant or a dull person at breakfast, but I do want my breakfast to be brilliant.<br />
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A bit of background story: I have to work night shift once a week, so I have these hours to use before work starting at mid-day.<br />
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Frankly, not a huge fan to work irregular hours and/or till late, but hey i guess it is depends on how you see it<br />
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So <i>is this half full or half empty??</i><br />
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Why wasting time to think about a coffee that's not even yours? Therefore I go and get my own.<br />
Thats what I do, which I would go out for breakfast/brunch or do something in the morning so that I won't feel like I spend the entire day at work.<br />
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And yes I tried to in-cooperate the phase <i>is this half full or half empty </i>here cause I have that photo :P and yes I know it doesn't fit that well...<br />
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Anyway will update my breakfast trip soon, once I have time to sort out the photos.<br />
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C. <br />
<br />Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07056637965342533210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616010776747071440.post-74610953685374278372014-02-09T07:52:00.001-08:002014-02-10T03:20:05.087-08:00Pedestrian & PassengerCliche as it is, I am writing about why I am writing in my first post. It almost sounds as ironic as the unit I did in uni, where i had to write an essay about how to write an essay.Anyway...<br />
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As a part of my list of new years resolutions (yep another cliche), one of the recurrent items, which I clearly didn't achieve, from last year or maybe the year before is to start a blog. <br />
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Encouraged by a number of people after I flooded my facebook with coffee and breakfast photos, I decided I should start writing about places that I visit. Since I don't drive (hence the name of the blog), I hope my posts can give some help to other pedestrian & passenger when visiting and traveling around Melbourne. Well, let's face it, Melbourne public transport is pretty horrible but driving sometimes can be worse. And of course, other than food I probably will be writing about random stuff I do while I am not eating, so this won't be just a food blog.<br />
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Will try to write and update as much as I can...<br />
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As for now I shall prepare for work tomorrow, by actually going to sleep now. Goodnight.<br />
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