Cocktails in an old Hydraulic Power Station.

If you know me well, you'll know that I love all things quirky and strange. I am obsessed with old, shabby, abandoned buildings so when I found out there was an old power station in London that has been converted into a restaurant I was desperate to go there.
My bf and I went into London and caught the tube to Wapping to go to the restaurant. Once we entered it definitely lived up to its expectations. The huge area was filled completely with old equipment from the power station along with modern white plastic tables and chairs, all which had large white candles sitting on top.

Food Review: Time Out.

Time Out Cafe.
Corner Swanston St and Flinders St,
Federation Square.
Book on: +61 3 9671 3855
Phone: +61 3 9671 3866
http://www.timeoutmelbourne.com.au/home.php

Time Out will always be mine and Jai's restaurant in Melbourne. It's a place we've enjoyed going back to again and again, simply because the food is simple yet tasty, and we have fond memories of our very first dinner out together.

I still remember everything about that night. I ordered a pizza and was mortified to see it was covered in lots of chopped up fresh herbs and Jai ordered the chicken parmagiana.
Anyway, so we went back there quite a few times after that night over the next couple years and reminisced about our first night out there and looked back on how far we had come since then!

The photos from this post was the last time we went back which was for our two year anniversary!
Jai ordered a pizza with leg ham, bacon, cheese and pineapple. And I ordered one with olives, tomato, cheese, ham, mushrooms, garlic and oregano.
We got a couple drinks, one of which was my Super Lucky Lady cocktail which is definitely in the top three cocktails i've ever tasted. It was tangy but so refreshing at the same time.
On the menu it is described as "All things tropical in a fortunate combination of 42 Below passionfruit vodka, passionfruit pulp & lime, alongside pineapple juice."

The waiters and waitresses have always been really pleasant to us there and we always got our food relatively quickly, although time does fly when you're having fun so I didn't actually keep track of how long it took!

Food Review: Madame Brussels.

Madame Brussels
Level 3, 59-63 Bourke St, Melbourne,
Australia
(03) 9662 2775
http://www.madamebrussels.com/

I had heard about this interesting cafe on the internet when researching things to do in Melbourne so I'd been dying to go there. Finally I went with my best friend Tegan & it definitely lived up to its expectations!

It took us a while to find as neither of us are good with directions, but also because the building itself was not the easiest to find.

We found the lift that led up to Madame Brussels & caught it to the third floor. We walked out on to the most interesting and pretty place I've ever seen.

We walked out on to a path surrounded by fake grass, comfy couches and garden chairs & tables.

When we went we were the only people there so it was really quiet and there was not much atmosphere but we enjoyed it all the same.

The food was simply, but really, really tasty and the cocktail list was quite good as well.

 

Food Review: Balsamic Lounge.

Balsamic Lounge.
Shop E1, L3, Eastland Shopping Centre,
Maroondah Hwy, Ringwood,
Vic 3134, Australia
Tel: +61 3 9870 4888
www.balsamic.com.au/

I have been out to Balsamic 3 or 4 times. The very first time I went I didn't have a good experience as my sister, sister in- law & I all ordered some form of noodles and they just wern't any decent at all.
I went again with my lovely mother, then my boyfriend & then the photos from this post are from when I went with my friend Stacey.

After realising the noodles wern't any good at all, I stuck with pizza the next 3 times I went and had no problems!
Although the pizza is quite plain they are still quite tasty & a decent sized portion.