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Category Archives: Food
Men Rule at Scones, especially on Mother’s Day or any other day!
Men making scones. Baking & sharing scones creates much joy & happiness. In our family the men like to make the scones. It’s something that they enjoy doing on special occasions or whenever they feel like it. Great for Sundays too! It’s … Continue reading
Masterchef Scone Challenge & CWA Scone Shame.
Masterchef Series 3 Episode 2: Bootcamp – Scones. Curious that buttermilk scones were the penalty round. It certainly showed that it’s not as simple as you might think. I couldn’t find a copy of the recipe & they didn’t give … Continue reading
Scone Challenge on Masterchef tonight!!!!!
Amazing to see scones reigning supreme on Masterchef tonight. Hopefully, the world will take us seriously now & the general standards of scone baking will improve. If you missed it, there were a few tears. It looks like it will … Continue reading
Melbourne, Vic. Hopetoun Tea Rooms Revisited. Scrumptious. ****4stars
What: Hopetoun Tea Rooms Rating Today: *** 4 stars for meal & dessert. Where: Block Arcade 282 Collins St, Melbourne Ph: 03 9650 27777 When: Mon-Sat 8am-5pm. Sun 9am-5pm. Web: http://www.hopetountearooms.com.au … Continue reading
Posted in Food, High Tea, Melbourne, Tea
Tagged australasian quilt convention, block arcade, high tea, hopetoun tea rooms, Hotel Windsor, luggage, melb, qantas, quilt, Scones, skybus
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St Kilda, Melbourne. No Scones today- A Twilight Tale.
A Twilight Tale of St Kilda. Finally, we caught our breath after running for the tram & were soon off again in St Kilda. Rumour has it that there’s a world class cake shop somewhere here in Acland St, St … Continue reading
Melbourne, Tram Restaurant ****4 stars Great but no scones.
What: The Colonial Tramcar Restaurant Departs: Tramstop #125 Normanby Road, near the corner of Clarendon Street, South Melbourne. When: Lunch 1.00 -3.00pm, Early Dinner 5.45-7.15pm, Late Dinner 8.35-11.30pm. Web: http://www.tramrestaurant.com.au Value: Excellent Cost: Lunch $82.50 Early Dinner $77 Late Dinner … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Melbourne, Victoria
Tagged colonial, melbourne, st kilda, tramcar restaurant
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Melbourne – Hopetoun Tea Rooms ***3 stars for scones.
What: Hopetoun Tea Rooms Rating Today: *** 3 stars for scones. Where: Block Arcade 282 Collins St, Melbourne Ph: 03 9650 27777 When: Mon-Sat 8am-5pm. Sun 9am-5pm. Web: http://www.hopetountearooms.com.au Value: Good … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Melbourne, Tea, Victoria
Tagged haigh's chocolates, hopetoun tea rooms, Scones, serendipi tea, the block
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Melbourne, Hotel Windsor. Ancient Egyptian High Tea.****4stars
What: Hotel Windsor Rating Today: **** 4 stars for high tea. Where: 111 Spring St, Melbourne Ph: 03 9633 6000 When: Mon-Fri: 2.30pm-4.30pm. Sat, Sun & Pub.Hols: 12.oo-2.00pm & … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibitions, Food, Melbourne, Tea, Theatre, Victoria
Tagged bourke st, brunetti, egyptian, hairspray, high tea, hot tix, Hotel Windsor, madame flavour, melbourne, metshop, musical, myer, princess theatre, tea, tutankhamun
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Are Hot Cross Buns Oversized Scones?
Been considering the cosmic questions of Life, the Universe & Everything. Are hot cross buns oversized scones? Is a scone a yeast free hot cross bun? (Note: What’s the meaning of scone?)
Sydney to Melbourne-XPT Train. A Very Sad Tale.
It’s 7.00am at Central Station, Sydney. Nothing very inviting to eat around here so the cart coffee & a plastic muffin will have to do. At 7.42am the XPT train departs for Melbourne, that’s about 11 hours & 1000 kilometres … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Maps, New South Wales, Train Trips, Victoria
Tagged bakehouse, countrylink, Ghan, Hotel Windsor, map, nsw, train, victoria, XPT
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