Mt Merapi, Java

Mt Merapi, Java
Mt Merapi, Java early one morning in May 2011

Saturday, June 1, 2013

希腊区 - Oakleigh

星期五晚上下着毛毛雨,我的另一半说不如我们去希腊区吧。我们在网上看了一遍资料後就决定去 Backbone Grill 餐。


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希腊区 is located at Oakleigh, specifically on Eaton St. After the WWII many migrants from Italy and Greece came to Australia and settled in Melbourne. The Italians in Carlton and the Greeks in Northcote and Oakleigh. I don't want to have Souvlaki or kalamki for dinner and I feel like meats. SM obliges me and we settle for Scotch fillet grass-fed beef from Launceston and she, suckling pig with lemonates potatoes and fasolakia.




Backbone Grill is warm inside even on a rainy night. We select a private table and watch the chefs prepare our meals. SM's suckling pig does not look appetizing but looks are deceiving. It is so tender and fragrant. My steak is cooked medium and goes well with English mustard.

"How did you like your meal", the cashier asks. "We love it, especially the pork was so tender!". "You know, the lamb and the pig have been on the rotisserie since 8 this morning so it is tender."

Wow, that's wonderful food. We love it.

Outside Backbone Grill, "Let's go and have dessert", SM cajoles. Righto and we duck across the pedestrian mall to a place we enjoyed going from years before; Vanila cakes and lounge.  

I am looking for my Baklava but they can't find it on display. But they have Varitou which is very similar, and SM goes for two types of desserts which I have forgotten their names. Oh they are heavenly nice. So sweet and so calming.










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