July 7th, 2011 The horrid name of a restaurant, Vegemite, Harbour Town, and Tennis

Today, we began our day by playing tennis......in the Margaret Court (which is an Australian Open court)! Here, we played for about two and half hours. During this amount of time, I somehow got the Small Potatoes theme song stuck in my head and began singing it for awhile. Little did I know that we were being watched. Hopefully, the cameras can't hear me. For the most part, I just goofed off while playing but it was still fun.
After that, we went to Pie Face (again) but this time, I bought a spinach roll instead of an actual pie. We are now two less pies away from getting the free pie. To bad we're leaving for New Zealand tomorrow.
We then ate dim sum/Yum Cha at this restaurant that I can't remember the name of (It was called something along the lines of Green Jade. The funny thing is, I got four business cards from this place, hoping I'd be able to get at least one of them home safely and I actually brought all four home. The thing is, my dad threw it away when we were packing). This place has delicious food but the name is horrible!
Next we went to Harbour Town which is basically an outdoor mall with free tea, coffee, and water in the visitor center. This place also had this free animal "petting zoo" where they had a(n) crocodile/aligator, a turtle, a snake, lizards, a sugar glider, birds, a possum, and a wombat!

Even though this place is awesome, but had some strange signs...

What kind of town is this?!
Now, I want to talk about what Australia's famous for...vegemite. For you people who don't have a clue what this is, it is concentrated yeast extract. Doesn't that just sound lovely? Anyways, it taste salty, kind of like soy sauce but it smells...ew. I would never eat this by itself.
Okay, about the horrid restaurant name, it turns out my dad didn't throw away the cards. Instead, he told me where it was and I found it!! The name: Crystal Jade (Still a bad name...) The address:
154 Little Bourke Street
Melbourne Victoria 3000
So, that's about it. Enjoy this fail advertisement in Harbour Town.

July 3rd, 2011 Pie Face, The Melbourne Museum, and Alpino

So, for lunch my family and I came to this Australian food chain called Pie Face. Pie Face is a trendy, fashionable, light take on the famous Australian meat pie. Though the pies aren't the best, they get the job done in a light, non-messy, way
After lunch, we travelled to the Melbourne Museum. This museum is about as interactive as a potato. Actually, a potato is a lot more interactive. This place is mainly centered towards adults and only have a few things younger audiences will care for. My favorite part of the whole museum was the forest inside the museum. Even though this was my favorite part, it still had some flaws. One of the worst flaws was the fact that they had an exhibit for certain animals, yet no animals could be found. In fact, there were absolutely no signs of life in those glass cages.
Soon enough, we became hungry and started to search for a good Italian food. After carefully looking through every menu and turning down some great offers (ie, you get free wine and it's 20 percent off if you come here), we ended up in a small restaurant called Alpino Restaurant. Here, the food was to die for but relatively pricey ($35 dollars for a lobster? Who would buy that?). Here, I decided on getting the Salmon(e) and Spinach Fettucini which was about $22. This dish was SO good but there wasn't enough. Anyways, if anyone is deciding on coming to Melbourne, Australia anytime soon, here's the restaurant info.

262 Lygon Street
Carlton Vic
3053

george0758@hotmail.com
www.alpinorestaurant.com.au