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April 14, 2017January 15, 2018

Betty’s Burgers & Concrete Co, Melbourne

When asked for the food that first come into mind in Melbourne, I personally would say burger (without doubt!). Maybe because we had a few burgers more in Melbourne than anywhere else we have travelled to. But in my defense, there are indeed many burger joints in Melbourne CBD alone; so it makes sense that I correlate burger with Melbourne 🙂

Anyway, having walked past Betty’s Burger joint multiple times and it always seems busy we decided to have an early lunch on a Saturday. We went there around 11 am and it sure was not busy because they just opened for the day:P Yay for us: no long wait and plenty of seats available.

Love those potted plants and fairy lights on the ceiling 🙂

Upon looking at the menu, I knew right away which burger to get. And why I even made a point of this is I usually couldn’t decide to get which one, most of the times I have at least 2 options I really want to try. But in here, I knew the one I wanted to order in one glance of the menu.

Here are our orders:

The Shroom Burger was awesome!!! Very nice delicious indeed with gooey melted cheese sandwiched between two huge crispy skin mushroom. It is a sinful and yummy treat 🙂 Hubby had Betty’s Classic Stack and he said the beef patty was good, not too dry. But we both agreed the shroom patty is the best part of the burger (っ˘ڡ˘ς)

Betty’s Burgers & Concrete Co.

97 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Phone: (03) 9642 5823

Email: infomelbournecbd@bettysburgers.com.au

www.bettysburgers.com.au

Update 15/01/2018:

Betty’s Burger is now also open in Darling Harbour, Sydney. It has opened since June 2017 apparently, but I had only seen that last week when walked past it. And here is their address:

E04/14 Darling Dr, Sydney NSW 2000

Phone: (02) 9212 7773

October 23, 2016August 25, 2023

Patricia Coffee Brewers & Mr Burger

I think during our stay in Melbourne, we probably had too much coffee per day. But then again, how can you resist those little coffee shops with long queue? Another coffee shop we found from online review is Patricia Coffee Brewers and as it turned out also located nearby to City Tempo, we decided to go.

A short walk from the hotel and thanks to the trusted Google Map we reached this little coffee shop. There were already many people lining up in front of that tiny door for their morning dose of caffeine. And so were we joining in the queue, which didn’t take too long at all. By the looks of it, a lot of the customers are regulars that all the staffs seemed to know their names. Love such places, don’t you? The cafe is small and only standing room (no seating area inside as far as I can tell) and only few chairs outside. The staff will serve sparkling water to waiting patrons, which we think was a great service.

A friendly lady at the cashier took our orders efficiently and since we couldn’t decide which coffee blend we wanted, we just ordered one of each. And both single origin and house blend were very nice, one is smooth while more fruity taste on the other. Service was really quick, coffee were at good temperature, everything was just spot on.

patricia — Look at people lining up in front of that tiny door!

patricia2 — Glimpse of coffee counter from outside, it was too crowded inside to take pictures 😛

From here we walked around to Queen Victoria Market then took a tram back to city centre and walk through shopping arcades and lane ways. It was a fun walk, so much to see and got excited about! Suddenly we came out on Flinders Stations and decided to take the tourist tram and complete a full city circle ride 🙂 The ride went up to Docklands and then made a way back to LaTrobe St, which then we took off near Swanston St.

queen-victoria-market2 — Our most favorite place of the market – the deli section! Super clean, no any funky smell or whatsoever. And seriously look at those cheeses and antipasto, bread, pasta, and the list goes on – beautiful!

queen-victoria-market4 — Even wines and tea and coffee…

melbourne-alleys — The arcades and alleyways

We headed to Mr Burger, a place we spotted on our first day arriving at Melbourne. This one is located on corner Swanston St and LaTrobe St. There are about five or six tables in front of the “truck”with couple of high tools surround each table. Hubby chose a Mr Hot; whereas I got the Mr Chicken, still not sure why I made that choice. We also shared a large Trucker Chips, which was sooooo yummy…..

The buns are soft with a very slight hint of sweetness that balances the sauces and meat really well. They are generous with the sauces and yes it always messy when you eat a good burger. The chicken was actually very succulent with crispy on the outside, but we felt it was just ok, nothing to rave about. Hubby’s Mr Hot was really good, with crispy bacon and although it says Mr Hot, it was not very spicy at all. The chips are great, lots of spicy mayo and cheese with tiny bits of bacon, we were over the moon ~(˘▾˘~) (~˘▾˘)~

Patricia Coffee Brewers

493-495 Little Bourke Street (Corner Little Burke and Little Williams St), Melbourne VIC

Phone: (03) 9642 2237

Mr Burger

Melbourne Central

Corner Swanston St and LaTrobe St, Melbourne VIC

mrburger.com.au

October 16, 2016December 25, 2022

The Grand Trailer Park Taverna, Melbourne

We were dropped back in Collins St after the Yarra Valley winery tour around 5-ish and decided to walk around while deciding where to have dinner. Hubby had been wanting to have burger and so the final decision was to go to Grand Trailer Park Taverna. It is close by and we read many positive reviews of the place before, sounds like a good choice, right? The weather was miserably cold and windy, plus I was truly in need of greasy food after all those wine 😛

grand-trailer-park-taverna1 — The front door and staircases leading to seating area, ain’t that cool?

Honestly, I was a little skeptical when looking at the front door. It looks cool but at the same time reminds me of old style pubs where people got drunk 😛 Then I looked up on the ceiling and saw all that fairy lights and it made me feel better about this place.

grand-trailer-park-taverna3 — One side felt more retro, while the other side has a more rustic old barn feels (in my opinion) 🙂

Maybe because we came in a little too early, it was not busy at all when we got in. But by the time we started eating, we can see more people came in and seats were filling up soon.

Hubby decided to have Francis Underwood with a beer, while I opted for the Atomic and we had a large beer battered chips to share.

grand-trailer-park-taverna4 — Francis Underwood Burger and Beer Battered Chips

grand-trailer-park-taverna5 — Atomic Burger

grand-trailer-park-taverna6 — The beer with our table number …

I like the Atomic burger, very flavorsome and tasty. Beer battered chips was also very nice, crisp on the outside and fluffy on the inside. Hubby thought his burger was super delicious and that creamy cheese macaroni croquettes was a bomb. Although he reckons that next time we go there, he wanted to have a burger, chips, and cheese macaroni croquettes by itself.

Definitely a place that we will go back to next time we are in town! I’d love to try their shakes with alcohol, they sound really interesting with unique flavor combination.

The Grand Trailer Park Taverna

87 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC, 3000

Phone: (03) 9972 3699

Email: info@grandtrailerpark.com.au

http://www.grandtrailerpark.com.au/