MELBOURNE CITY GUIDE + 2024 FAVOURITES

Back in April I went on a short trip to Melbourne and I wanted to share a list of my favourite places in Melbourne! Hot tip: I always save my favourite places on Google Maps, it just makes it easier when wandering around the city. 

M U S T   S E E S

• Queen Victoria Market
• National Gallery of Victoria
• State Library Victoria
• Melbourne Skydeck
• Flinders Street
• FED Square
• Hoiser Lane
• Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
• Chinatown Melbourne

C A F E S & C O F F E E S H O P S

• Puzzle
• Two Conversations 
• Overlay Coffee
• Palette
• OKO Cafe
• Maker Lt Bourke
• Keki Milk Bar
• Miyama Melbourne
• Hikari
• Lovey Patisserie Cafe
• Bakemono Bakers
• The Butter Room
• Tori's Melbourne
• The Kettle Black
• PLOT

L U N C H & D I N N E R

• Ondo
• Hakoya Izakaya
• Seven Star Pocha
• Piccolo Panini Bar
• Ichigo
• Johnny, Vince and Sam's Ristorante
• Waku Waku
• Reine & La Rue
• The Hardware Club
• No. 100 Flinders Lane
• Bar Romantica
• Mensho Tokyo Ramen

D E S S E R T S

• The Cookie Box CBD - Cookies
• Madeleine de Proust Patisserie
• Fresh Air & Pancake - Soufflé's pancakes
• Flinders Waffles - Taiyaki soft serve and the iconic Flinders Station waffle shape
• Pidapipó CBD - traditional gelato 
• Bingsoo
• KOI Dessert Bar Melbourne

H O T E L S

• Grand Hyatt Melbourne 
• Mercure Welcome Melbourne
• Imagine Lighthouse

MY 2024 FAVOURITES 

1. Books: Almond by Won-Pyung Sohn
2. Tv Shows: D.P S2 (kdrama), Culinary Class Wars, Love Next Door (kdrama), Squid Games S2
3. Movie: 20th Century Girl
4. Youtube: Jaz Hand, smileycitrus, saranghoe, daiz, Briddy, Ondo & viviandotme.
5. Music: Christian music.  
6. Food: Kyoto BEANing Vegan Ramen from Engine Ramen and SALT BREAD from Artist Bakery (seoul cafe). 
7. Drink: Fruit ades, apple & cinnamon tea from south korea and chai lattes. 
8. Clothing: Shirts that have bows on them and alexa high straight jeans from Dissh.
9. App: Youtube & Final Cut Pro
10. Accessories: Mini crossbody bags 
11. Beauty: Manyo pure cleansing oil, lip tints from amuse, clio, fwee, lilbyred & dasique
12. Brand: Dissh, Cue, Glassons, Maje, Blue Elephant & Gentle Monster. 
13. Other: Going on long walks either at the beach or at south bank (or just anywhere). 
14. Travel: Iceland, Jerusalem & USA (New York City & Chicago). 
15. Quote: 'And the next time that the devil tries to remind you of your past - remind him of his future'
16. Sweets: Leo Coco Belgian milk chocolate & hazelnut spread from Coles, Pisti pistachio cream & Biancos milk chocolate pretzels. 
17. Wishlist: Dyson supersonic hair dryer (✔️), Cannon powershot V10 vlog camera (✔️), and Gentle Monster - Jentle Salon in Wispy GR8 glasses (sold out, regrets not buying them in korea). 

What's your favourite quote?

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FATHER JOHN | MELBOURNE CAFE

On our last morning in Melbourne, the girls and I visited a quirky cafe called; Father John, very interesting name right? The food at Father John cafe was really yummy and inside the cafe had a really cool neon sign of "Stay Curious". What I really liked about this cafe is that they were vegetarian friendly and also had vegan food options too. We arrived at the cafe around 9:30AM and it was really busy, despite the cold (7 degrees) we all enjoyed drinking our hot chocolates and coffees too warm us before heading off to do some last minute shopping and then heading off to the airport. 

At the cafe I ordered a cheese and tomato croissant (so yummy) and yet so basic (wasn't feeling too adventurous). Some of the other girls ordered smashed avocado on toast with goats cheese and cherry tomatoes which looked so good! 

What are your favourite cafes to eat at? 

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MANCHESTER PRESS | MELBOURNE CAFE

While I was in Melbourne the other week with my friends and cousins, we went too many cafes. On Sunday morning (Mother's day) we stumble across a cafe hidden in a alley way on Little Burke Street. What caught our attention about Manchester Press Cafe was their rainbow bagel and avocado smash breakfast. So we thought we would give it a try and let me tell you it was pretty damn good. Manchester Press is busy all the time and we arrived at the cafe around lunch time - so basically it was brunch for us girls.   

Manchester Press is famous for its crafted coffee and its wide selection of bagels, savoury and sweet ones.  A fun fact about this cafe is, that it was named after a printing press that once occupied the venue. The interior inside Manchester Press has very high ceilings, exposed brick facade, barred windows, low hanging lampshades and wooden tables. The food at Manchester Press is absolutely so yummy. I ordered a Peanut Hot Chocolate and a Matcha Maple which had a toasted rainbow bagel, topped with maple matcha mascarpone and fresh strawberries and Persian vanilla cotton candy. The other girls ordered Avocado and feta smash, so avocado, lemon and chilli smash, topped with Persian feta and micro herbs and also a Green Bean and Fig salad, blanched green beans, rocket, pomegranate and fresh fig, tossed with verjuice and Persian feta. 

When I go down to Melbourne again, I shall be definitely be going back too this cafe to try their other foods. What caught my eye the most was the toasted rainbow bagel, which was really good. Another Melbourne cafe review will be posted next month, so stay tuned. Also my heart goes out to everyone who was affected by the explosion in Manchester City in England after the Ariana Concert this morning. 

Have you ever tried a  rainbow bagel before?

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BIRTHDAY WEEKEND | MELBOURNE , AUSTRALIA

Over the weekend, myself and my two friends and cousins flew down to Melbourne for a short birthday weekend/girls trip. On Saturday, I celebrated my 22nd birthday and it was pretty damn awesome. Melbourne is my favourite city, it has a European/ New York kinda vibe and I love it. The shopping in Melbourne is incredible as well is the site seeing. While we were in Melbourne, we visited so many cute and quirky cafes (blog post coming soon) and saw Hosierlane and the Brighton Bathing Boxes.  

Melbourne has the best cafes ever; we saw so many cafes (lots on Little Bourke Street) in the alley ways. The ones we visited was; Manchester Press, Father John and Dex2Rose. We also went to Lord of the Fries (best vegetarian burgers) and two Italian restaurants; A25 Pizzeria and Max on Hardware.  We also went to Brighton Beach, were we saw so many colourful and quirky bathing boxes - similar ones at Brighton beach in England. 

Our hotel was located right in the centre of Shopping distract, across from us was the Emporium and 3 mins away was Melbourne Central. We stayed at Mercure Melbourne Welcome Hotel, located right on Little Bourke Street, right next too China Town. While we were in Melbourne Central we saw a KitKat Chocolatory where you can build and design your very own kitkat! We also had some yummy cupcakes at Cupcake Central which are freshly baked cupcakes in Melbourne. 

Have you ever been to Melbourne? 

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