Recalcitrant's rantless recommendations
Here are my picks for stuff around Melbourne that I like to do/go to:
Eating and Drinking
Grumpy's Green - it has Mountain Goat and lots of local beers on tap and best of all the food is vegetarian so yay I can get my eggplant parmagiana. its also really good food and they are also into trying to keep their carbon footprint as neutral as possible.
Mrs Parmas - Again as a veggo I miss out gettting a parma and pot at most pubs, but here I can get an eggplant parma. Its a bit pricier that i'd like to pay for eggplant ($18 vs $22 for the meat ones) its still yum and they have awesome microbrewery beers on tap.
Union Club Hotel, Collingwood - really good pub food with a seperate vegetarian menu so we don't miss out on good pub grub and have to choose from salad and salad
John Curtin Hotel, Carlton - good pub food (again eggplant parma..i love my parmas) and good live music
East Brunswick Club - good pub food and good live music and they have an extensive choice of vegan/veg food
Mountain Goat Brewery - open nights on Wed and Friday nights, place of my fave beer
Terminus Hotel (the one on Victoria St in Abbotsford) - nice good and good fun drag bingo and trivia nights.
Shanghai Dumpling Village (Lt Bourke st towards exhibition) i love the dumplings there and you can buy them frozen (i think its like $12 for $5.50)
New Kum Den - (chinatown towards the top end) there are lots of dedicated veggie dishes here and hell who doesn't want to eat at a place called the "kum den"
Menulog - for food delivery - no more dealing with trying to talk to someone in a loud restuarant or dealing with language issues as is wont to happen with certain types of cuisine
LIttle Cupcake - expensive but who can be fucked to make their own? I can't so its a nice treat
Houptoun Tea Rooms in the arcade off collins st - like a trip back in time, I love having scones and cream there
Boreks (Vic Market deli section where all the cheeses are sold) - $5 salads which are yummy and distinctive and $2.50 boreks YUM
Pets
Ingrid's Haven
Attractions
William Rickett's Sanctuary and surrounding Olinda shops to just wander around like Gepetto's and Oracle bookshop
Hanging Rock (and around Woodend, Kyneton, Mt Macdeon region)
Healesville and the associated wineries
Dight's Falls in Abbotsford
Abbotsford Convent
St Andrew's Market
Queen Vic Night Market - I don't really like the day one much, it has too many stalls of the $2 shop variety (eg cheap shit made in China) but i like the night market as there are way more artisan stalls where its actually made here from locally sourced stuff
What are your recommendations?
Eating and Drinking
Grumpy's Green - it has Mountain Goat and lots of local beers on tap and best of all the food is vegetarian so yay I can get my eggplant parmagiana. its also really good food and they are also into trying to keep their carbon footprint as neutral as possible.
Mrs Parmas - Again as a veggo I miss out gettting a parma and pot at most pubs, but here I can get an eggplant parma. Its a bit pricier that i'd like to pay for eggplant ($18 vs $22 for the meat ones) its still yum and they have awesome microbrewery beers on tap.
Union Club Hotel, Collingwood - really good pub food with a seperate vegetarian menu so we don't miss out on good pub grub and have to choose from salad and salad
John Curtin Hotel, Carlton - good pub food (again eggplant parma..i love my parmas) and good live music
East Brunswick Club - good pub food and good live music and they have an extensive choice of vegan/veg food
Mountain Goat Brewery - open nights on Wed and Friday nights, place of my fave beer
Terminus Hotel (the one on Victoria St in Abbotsford) - nice good and good fun drag bingo and trivia nights.
Shanghai Dumpling Village (Lt Bourke st towards exhibition) i love the dumplings there and you can buy them frozen (i think its like $12 for $5.50)
New Kum Den - (chinatown towards the top end) there are lots of dedicated veggie dishes here and hell who doesn't want to eat at a place called the "kum den"
Menulog - for food delivery - no more dealing with trying to talk to someone in a loud restuarant or dealing with language issues as is wont to happen with certain types of cuisine
LIttle Cupcake - expensive but who can be fucked to make their own? I can't so its a nice treat
Houptoun Tea Rooms in the arcade off collins st - like a trip back in time, I love having scones and cream there
Boreks (Vic Market deli section where all the cheeses are sold) - $5 salads which are yummy and distinctive and $2.50 boreks YUM
Pets
Ingrid's Haven
Attractions
William Rickett's Sanctuary and surrounding Olinda shops to just wander around like Gepetto's and Oracle bookshop
Hanging Rock (and around Woodend, Kyneton, Mt Macdeon region)
Healesville and the associated wineries
Dight's Falls in Abbotsford
Abbotsford Convent
St Andrew's Market
Queen Vic Night Market - I don't really like the day one much, it has too many stalls of the $2 shop variety (eg cheap shit made in China) but i like the night market as there are way more artisan stalls where its actually made here from locally sourced stuff
What are your recommendations?