Melbourne Bites: Hardware Societe, Lux Bite & La Belle Miette

A day trip to Melbourne and the food that was involved.

1. Hardware Societe
2. St Ali (coffee break)

3. Lux Bite

4. La Belle Miette

HARDWARE SOCIETE

120 Hardware St, Melbourne VIC 3000

Baked Eggs 

Left: chorizo sausage, piquillo pimientos sauce, crunchy almonds, queso de cabra goats milk cheese

Right: Sweet potato, thyme & jerusalem artichoke puree, triple cream brie

Charcuterie coddled eggs

cured meats, hot smoked salmon, fromage du jour, condiments

LUX BITE
38 Toorak Rd, South Yarra VIC 3141

Rainbow of macarons

Meringue Monster
Green tea sponge, pistachio, watermelon yoghurt, sour strawberry mousse and meringue

Lolly bag cake: As seen in Masterchef 2013

Almond jaconde, freckle Crunch, mandarin jaffa ganache, musk mallow, spearmint buttercream and redskin glaze

Endless Love

Lychee ganache, rose cream, lychee and fresh raspberries

Our delights!

LA BELLE MIETTE
30 Hardware Ln, Melbourne VIC 3000

Macarons
Left Column: Lavender, Earl grey & chocolate, Violet blueberry, Lemon, Salted caramel and Opera cake
Right Column: Raspberry, Pimms & pomegranate, Rose, Cherry blossom & sake, Scone, Bastille

Macarons

Left to Right: Lemon, ginger & pineapple, Heilala crème brulee, Mandarin & Jaffa, Sour strawberry, Ribena Lemonade, Coffee Candy (Kopiko), Bamboo Oolong tea and Kaya toast 

Hoard of macarons =D

Pancake Parlour @ City Centre, ACT

The Pancake Parlour is a Melbourne based family restaurant, that has now expanded to Canberra. The Pancake Parlour has been around for decades. The restaurant sells a powder form of there buttermilk pancake (like a pancake shaker) at some Woolworths stores, but I have yet to try it and compare it to the actual parlour. The great part about this restaurant was that a majority of the seating was arranged in booths. I love restaurants with booths!

Cappuccino

Chocolate Strawberry Jubilee

Chocolate pancake with fresh strawberries, ice cream, whipped cream, chocolate flakes and chocolate sauce. This is any chocolate lovers delight.

Buttermilk pancakes with strawberries

Two pancakes, vanilla ice cream, fresh strawberries and strawberry sauce. A simple start to a great day.This is an ideal sweet breakfast, basic and can easily satisfy.

Potato pancake with salad

A potato based pancake topped with cheese, and some butter. This was an interesting dish. It didn't tickle my fancy, but my friend liked it. I did like the celery in the salad, but the salad was cut into very small pieces which made it difficult to eat.

The Pancake Parlour is very similar to Pancake on the Rocks. Personally, I find Pancakes on the Rocks to be nicer and more worth for the money. For example, Pancakes on the Rocks provides 2 chocolate pancakes instead of one, and it's cheaper. 

Good food, good times!

La Belle Miette Macarons, Melbourne

Just a quick post, a friend of mine recently went to Melbourne, and brought me back some macarons from the infamous La Belle Miette (30 Hardware Lane). This is the 2nd time I have tried these macarons, and I believe they are the best yet. The Melbourne store is located in one of the lane ways amongst the city centre. I love the way the macarons are boxed, and with my favourite colour being blue they chose the pale blue box which reminded me of Tiffany and co. 

Flavours (from left to right):
**Violet & blueberry: In the centre there was a blueberry jelly and subtle violet taste. This was my favourite of all the 12.
**Mango & coconut: A lovely combination of the 2 flavours, I thought the coconut may be too sweet but it came through perfectly with the mango.
Lavender: Reminded me of a Spring day, I normally don't like lavender, but I think it is slowly growing on me.
Cherry blossom & sake: Flowers + alcohol = a bit weird. Still good either way.
Pimm's & pomegranate: I am not sure what pimm's is supposed to taste like, but there was a distinct pomegranate taste.
**Bastille: This was a champagne flavoured ganache, with a blackcurrant centre. This was another one of my favourites.
72% Cocoa Single Origin Chocolate (Venezuela): A typical chocolate macaron, nothing too special.
Hazelnut: At first I thought it had a peanut butter taste, but after a few bites I had finally realised it was hazelnut. Best hazelnut macaron I have ever tried.
**Earl Grey & chocolate: Adriano Zumbo has created a similar one before, but in comparison this was more tasty, as the earl grey flavour was a lot stronger. 
**Salted caramel: Salted caramel is a hard flavour to create, as usually one or the other is overpowering. But in this case, it was a perfect middle point. Best salted caramel I have ever tried.
Raspberry: A strong raspberry taste, which resulted in my tongue turning super red. Redskin confectionery red.
Raspberry & chocolate: A great balance between the slightly sour raspberry and chocolate.
**my favourites.

Thanks again for the macarons! =D

Good food, good times!