We booked high tea at The Westin in Melbourne for 11am today…on the assumption we would sleep in and make it brunch. That failed miserably because the beds in this hotel are a bit shit (still can’t beat the location/price though) so we were up early clothes shopping.
Anyway – back to high tea. High tea at The Westin is very fancy and there’s quite a big price range to suit different drink tastes – no alcohol, a little bubbly, bubbly on tap and a very $$ option for those who like a glass of Moët – plus the hot/iced chocolates are included which was a big plus for me.
The food was pretty good with a mix of normal food and weird stuff that still tasted good, they also catered for shellfish allergies with no issues whatsoever. The venue location left a bit to be desired (in the main lobby of the hotel) but we spent a pleasant few hours drinking herbal tea, eating tiny food morsels and people watching from the Lobby Lounge out on to Swanston Street.
After high tea, we finished the rest of our outlet mall shopping (I swear, B has bought more clothes on this trip than I have!!) including a trip out to Snowgum. I’m still considering another visit to Dangerfield but I’m not sure if the bank account can hack it….I NEED MORE SQUIRREL DRESSES THOUGH! They had panda themed stuff and I was tempted. So tempted.
Dinner tonight (post-nap of course) was at China Red which came highly recommended for cheap, easy and very tasty dumplings. I love the fact you order everything on touch screens – woo, no people skills needed – and the food itself arrived in good time and was fresh and tasty. Plus, I got a curly straw in my drink! The vegetable dumplings were so good they may have ruined me for future vegetable dumplings.
Then there was nitro lab ice cream for dessert *drooool* ferrero rocher for me and golden daytime for B. I swear I’m going to put all the weight I’ve lost in the last two months back on in this week alone! So. Much. Yum.
After dinner we had our first venture into Max Watts Comdey Club to watch Joel Creasey’s show “Poser”.
It was a bit of a shitty venue to get into (a long queue outside and one set of small stairs to cram down) but the lights and stage view were spot on from pretty much anywhere in the venue. The show itself was funny, with lots of digs at other comedians and celebrities. Plus we all got free hydrodol, rebranded as “hydro-joel” at the end which will be a very useful thing indeed for the hangover we are both expecting from tomorrow night’s adventure!
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