A Excellent Day In Melbourne, With Melissa Leong
We’re closing out our latest video collection in partnership with Go to Victoria with an apparent – but maybe, shocking inclusion – Melbourne!
As you most likely know, I’m a Melbourne lady via and thru, and my love of our lovely, inventive metropolis is effectively documented. However it actually was such a pleasure to discover our honest metropolis via another person’s lens! I spent the day with meals author, TV presenter and choose of MasterChef Australia (!) Melissa Leong, who led me throughout city, sharing a few of her absolute favorite spots within the CBD. What a deal with!
Mel is a star, in each sense. She has an aura about her that you would be able to’t assist however get swept up in! Her ardour for Melbourne’s meals scene and tradition is infectious, and he or she’s a fierce advocate for the native hospitality trade, particularly throughout what has been a really difficult time.
I assumed I knew Melbourne so effectively already, however there’s nothing like re-discovering a well-known place, with recent eyes. So, please be a part of me, for A Excellent Day in Melbourne, with Melissa Leong.
Nationwide Gallery of Victoria
If there’s ONE cultural establishment that may be a must-see in Melbourne, arguably, it’s the NGV.
Mel and I spent the morning on degree 2 of the St Kilda Highway gallery, within the NGV Salon, the place greater than 140 work from the 1800s and early 1900s cowl the partitions from flooring to ceiling, salon-style! The house has such an unimaginable ambiance, with its epic scale and regal grandeur. Head up the escalators to degree two, and switch proper to be transported to Europe – with out ever having to depart city! When you’re there uncover the Australian-first exhibition, Gabrielle Chanel. Trend Manifesto, from December 5, showcasing the spectacular breadth of one of the vital influential designers of the 20th century.
It’s additionally price remembering NGV’s second website, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Fed Sq., which showcases among the greatest Australian artwork from throughout the nation. They’re displaying a very astounding exhibition by Yorta Yorta/Wamba Wamba/Mutti Mutti/Boonwurrung artist Maree Clarkem referred to as Ancestral Recollections, and it’s on till February 6, 2022. (Revisit our story on this unimaginable present right here).
NGV Salon, Degree 2
Nationwide Gallery of Victoria
St Kilda Highway, Melbourne
Tipo 00
Tipo 00 is THE restaurant for lovers of genuine Italian delicacies in Melbourne. This intimate, unassuming little restaurant on Little Bourke Road is a agency favorite with these within the know – for good cause. This place is all about good quaint Italian hospitality, wonderful fuss-free service, a buzzing ambiance, and naturally, impeccable meals.
In keeping with Mel, Tipo 00 make the perfect bowl of pasta within the CBD. You possibly can’t argue with that!
Tipo 00
361 Little Bourke Road
Melbourne
Emporium Melbourne
Past her passions for meals and tradition, Mel is – let’s face it – a vogue icon within the making! So the place does one of the vital trendy girl on Australian TV store when she’s on the town? Emporium Melbourne!
With its deal with native labels, Emporium Melbourne is a one-stop-shop for thus many Australian designers, all beneath one roof. Mel’s prime picks right here embrace Aje when she’s on the hunt for a glam night look, and Bassike for trendy on a regular basis fundamentals.
Emporium Melbourne
287 Lonsdale Road
Melbourne
Bar Lourinhã
Once we first began working with Mel on her itinerary for this Excellent Day in Melbourne, Bar Lourinhã was a non-negotiable inclusion! This a lot cherished native establishment has been round for 15 years and counting, serving up a menu of Mediterranean impressed tapas and wonderful wine in an intimate bar setting with a lot character. It’s been Mel’s go-to spot for dinner or drinks for the previous decade, and we will see why!
Revered chef Matt McConnell is the chief chef and co-owner of Bar Lourinhã, and it’s no shock the meals is really elegant. The menu is designed to be shared, with each morsel so completely thought of, and simply the appropriate stability of zesty, savoury flavours.
However actually, Bar Lourinhã’s best asset, is kind of merely, the ‘vibe’. Because the signal within the window says, this can be a ‘good occasions’ zone, assured.
Bar Lourinhã
37 Little Collins St
Melbourne
There’s by no means been a greater time to discover Melbourne. Keep shut, go additional and plan your subsequent go to right here. Bear in mind, tourism and hospitality companies have doing it powerful currently so, take into accout, to #travelkind.
