More Melbourne blogging
Continuing my blogging about Melbourne.I shall try to blog about a combination of historical places, cafes/bars and things of personal significance to me. I'm sure I'll look back on these when I'm overseas and miss Melbourne a lot!
The historic Melbourne City Baths are located on the corner of Swanston and Victoria Sts, just outside the Melbourne CBD and very close the University of Melbourne and RMIT University.
The Baths now house an extensive fitness + recreation facility with facilities for swimming, weightlifting, aerobics and group exercise.
This building is a mainstay on the route from Melbourne Central railway station to Melbourne University and thus a common sight for many students like myself.
Bimbo's Pizza in Brunswick St. On weekdays and nights, it serves its fantastic set of gourment pizzas at a flat price of $4. An absolute bargain. The place is a pizzeria with a very pub feel and doesnt close til very late. In addition to the part of the pub with tables + chairs, Bimbo's also has a busy lounge section with a variety of armchairs and a small circular enclave room with carpeted walls...
Bimbo's is very popular with students, as a result of it's cheap but quality food and gets a variety of revellers from Brunswick St to boot.
Xiao Long Bao and Red Bean pancake at Noodle Kingdom restaurant on Russell St. Melbourne has a very plentiful restaurant scene, particularly a variety of different Asian restaurants. Many of these restaurants can be found on Russell St and in the vicinity of Chinatown.
There are several Northern Chinese restaurants, Noodle Kingdom being a recent addition. We found the pancake to be quite good but the Shanghai Fried Noodles were quite bland and the Xiao Long Bao were lacking in soupy goodness.
Threshermans Bakehouse on Faraday St, Carlton. Its proximity to Uni and cheap, plentiful food options makes this a favourite with the uni crowd and a variety of Carlton thrifters, despite the food quality not being great.The communal atmosphere including wide tables, cutlery buckets and stacks of newspapers/magazines gives this place a homely feel.
Labels: food+drink, melbourne
posted by LX @ 11:15 PM
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