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We heard much about St. Ali in South Melbourne, and finally decided to have brunch at this ‘holy’ place.  St. Ali is located along the narrow street of Yarra Pl, mashed…

Grossi Florentino was the fourth Two (Chef’s) Hatted restaurant (, The Age Good Food Guide 2012,) explored to-date. Prior to this, we’ve been to Ezard, Lake House and The Press…

We’ve been to Nobu Melbourne for a great dining experience early this year utilizing our previous 2010|2011 Entertainment Book™. With the current Greater Melbourne 2011|2012 Entertainment Book™ (still offering 25%…

Day 02 – Oxford We departed from Pete’s Farm around late morning and were headed towards Punakaiki. Along the way, we stopped by at Oxford for coffee as I needed…

Day 02 – Rangiora We put up our first night in New Zealand at Pete’s Farm Stay. Pete’s Farm Stay is located about 45 minutes from The Flying Buritto Brothers,…

DAY 01 – Christchurch After snacking at the Coca-Cola Christmas in the Park, Hagley Park, we planned to have dinner at Tutto Bene [to-be-posted] on Papanui Road. We were surprised to…

DAY 01 – Christchurch We were driving around town and bumped into this annual event, the Coca-Cola Christmas in the Park, held at the Hagley Park, Christchurch. These were the…

This is the start of our foodie adventure ‘Around New Zealand in 16 Days‘. There will be more food than usual as there were five of us – myself, Ms….

It was Deepavali, the Indian Festival of Lights. We were at the Shri Shiva Vishnu Temple late in the evening for prayers and blessings before making our way to Mehfil…

I dropped by  MYER Melbourne CBD during lunch time to see Bill Granger giving autographs on his recent book – Bill’s Everyday Asian. Really nice guy, exactly like how he…

We arrived at the Diwali Fair 2011 held at the Sandown Race Course, Princes Highway, just after 11 am and found that the stalls were still being set-up. We decided…

It has been awhile since the last we made use of our Entertainment™ Book. This weekend, it was heavily utilized. The day before, we had a great dinner at Wantilan…

We had breakfast at CERES Café before making our way to Queen Victoria Market to experience the Malaysia Street Festival organized by Alive Group. At the time of arrival, the…

Ms. L. stumbled upon a cafe that serves organic food and drinks that sits within this environmentally friendly park while browsing for weekend markets late last year. This cafe is…

Wantilan Bali caught my attention while browsing through the Entertainment™ Book. This restaurant offers Balinese cuisine and a 25% discount off the total bill (up to $30) via the Entertainment™…

We were at the Queen Victoria Market during the weekend to witness the first ever Market Traders Cook Off. This event was held as part of the annual Market Week…

The Yarra Valley wineries is a must destination whenever we have visitors. We could easily fit in three to four wineries in a day’s trip. We had visitors this weekend…

After Badger’s Brook Estate, the next Cellar Door visited was RiverStone Estate Wines. This estate boast a spectacular view, the best of all the wineries we’ve visited to-date. We spent…

Ms. L. was the tour guide today as I was working – it was a working (Tuesday) day. She brought our visitors, Uncle P. and family, to a must-go place…

Following Dominique Portet, we went next door to Badger’s Brook Estate. We didn’t spend much time here as Uncle P. was looking for his Carbenet Sauvignon. We saw that the…