what venues can't be missed in melbourne

[Tahoose]

Go further up lygon street untill you get to brunswick, Woodstock pizza is your traditional wood fired pizza place. Hope your enjoying our wonderful but weather erratic town.

 

[billygoat]

Will get over to South bank today hopefully. I walked along there yesterday but didn't see the Munich place, must be upstairs.
Cheers

The Munich Brauhaus isn't along South Bank its at South Wharf and it is at ground level.
If you walk along South Bank, keep walking westerly, past the Convention Centre and a few other bars and restaurants and you can't miss it.

 

[WarmerBeer]

There is also Hophaus, which *is* on Southbank. Second floor, directly opposite Flinders St station as you come across the diagonal bridge (the one with the bar underneath the bridge)

 

[chopdog]

I've enjoyed a few - it's just the proliferation (can't go anywhere without pulled pork and smoked brisket) and the ethos ( masses of meat and bread) nothing that isn't brown and zero delicacy or subtlety of flavour anywhere. Servings so large you're either stuffed to the point of being sick or leaving loads of dead animal for the rubbish. Fancy hanks was the worst example for me - overdone on the flavour, rip off on the value, like a smoky mcdonalds full of fat kids and bogans.

I love meat, I love chilli and I love smoked produce but to my palate, they get most of it wrong. I have no ethical issue eating meat but I do have one with unnecessary excess waste of something that was slaughteted for my plate.
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This makes you sound like a massive **** mate!!!!

 

[manticle]

Super.
Sorry to dislike something you're into.

 

[chopdog]

No worries

 

[big78sam]

If you're happy to take a train trip to woodend (maybe just under an hour but a nice trip once you get through the suburbs) I can highly recommend Holgate. A nice laid back pub in the counrty with a brilliant range of beers they brew on premises. They don't do a bad beer. Start with a tasting paddle then move on to ESB from the handpump, the temptress is a wonderful porter and IMHO the hopinator is one of the best IIPAs I've had.

 

[Moad]

I had temptress last weekend and couldn't agree more.

Found cookie which was great. A bit pricey but a good range and atmosphere, knowledgeable hipster dude serving us was nice.

Made our way to Berlin bar for a beer, played some piano and made docks of ourselves. Out for dinner now...

this has turned into a holiday blog!

 

[Liam_snorkel]

This seems to be the most recent Melbourne thread...

Any recommendations for Chinese in the CBD, and a good place for beers (CBD) for a few hours before hand?
Previously been to cookie, beer deluxe, young & Jackson.

What's deja vu like? Or penny blue? I'm talking friday afternoon here so the afterwork crowd might be an issue, although we'll be on QLD time and hitting it rather early.
Cheers.

 

[Spiesy]

This seems to be the most recent Melbourne thread...

Any recommendations for Chinese in the CBD, and a good place for beers (CBD) for a few hours before hand?
Previously been to cookie, beer deluxe, young & Jackson.

What's deja vu like? Or penny blue? I'm talking friday afternoon here so the afterwork crowd might be an issue, although we'll be on QLD time and hitting it rather early.
Cheers.

I think Penny Blue is predominantly bottled beers - but a great range.
Mrs. Parma's is also worth a visit (specialises in Vic craft beer). European Bier Cafe (if you're into Euro beers). Apparently Belgian Beer Cafe on Southbank now represents craft beer well, I haven't been for some time.

There's plenty of great Chinese places to eat at in China Town. Perhaps check out Urban Spoon and/or Trip Advisor for some ideas.

I've had some nice food at Shark Finn House before, but the last time wasn't so amazing.

 

[Forever Wort]

Most of the cheap Chinese restaurants in the CBD will allow you to bring your own beer in, so if there's a decent number of you I would book an upstairs table, load up on craft bottles (or home brew) and get nasty with the pumpkin cakes and xialongbao. BAM.

 

[Liam_snorkel]

thanks guys. Yeah cheap authentic Chinese sounds like the go. It will just be the wife & I so I'll try to get to a semi-decent bottle-o beforehand. Will just scout around China Town I guess.

 

[WarmerBeer]

The dodgy dumpling place (it has a real name, but everybody calls it dodgy dumplings) in Tattersalls Lane is good food, cheap, and allows BYO beers.

 

[Liam_snorkel]

this one?

 

[buckerooni]

Camy Shanghai Dumpling & Noodle Restaurant is the one I'm pretty sure.

 

[Liam_snorkel]

ok cool, same place by the looks. Conveniently located to Cookie too. Ripper.

 

[manticle]

Shanghai dumpling inn.
There's also a decent place on swanston near lonsdale - think it's dumplings plus.

 

[WarmerBeer]

Nope, if you get to the blue painted place, you've gone too far. As Manticle rightly pointed out, it's called Shanghai Dumplings. There y'go, you learn something every day.

 

[Liam_snorkel]

cheers boys, I was wondering why that last place had such rubbish reviews

 

[mugley]

semi-decent bottle-o beforehand. Will just scout around China Town I guess.

Vintage Cellars on Lt Bourke between Swanston and Russell. Small but good craft section, cluey staff, and has Chevalier and Trois Monts in the big fancy bottles for those BYO "wine-only" places.