do you like green eggs and ham?

It was a scorcher of a day two weekends ago, so we decided to take advantage of the hot weather and eat outdoors. Hence, Riverland.

Baked beans made with bacon, served with sourdough toast. That's a vanilla and mango smoothie on the right but it tastes nothing like your usual smoothie- I think it's because this was made with green or unripened mangoes!

My thyme baked mushroom served with fetta and brioche toast. Very yummy too.

And then we spotted a BIG, FAT RAT! Can you spot it? (Hint: It's right in the middle of the picture, on the edge of the hole)

Since the temperature soared above 50 degrees (well it sure felt like it), I went on a hunt around the CBD for a slurpee. Visited two stores and they'd sold out. Adamant to get one, we tried Fed Square and there was a queue going into 7-eleven. Turns out it was free slurpee day!!

And because we all know free stuff is good- we got 2! Hee hee hee..

And nothing goes better with beer than a barbie, or a beer garden, or hot weather, or paper, or just anything really.  Passionfruit beer- which was a tad bit too sweet but if you hate the taste of beer this will suit you just fine cos it tastes like sparkling fruit juice.

Meet pashie's sisters- Peach and berries, or was it raspberry...

Usual brekkie outing, this time at Fandango (97 Errol St, Nth Melbourne- blink and you'll miss this place) which is famous for its pesto scrambled eggs. Do you like your eggs green? I'm not a fan of scrambled eggs, I'd eat all kinds of eggs except scrambled....but these were so good. Portions are massive though so at the end you might feel like an egg yourself if you happen to finish the whole plate of food.

And this is what I had, french toast served with bacon, baked apple, maple butter, maple syrup mmmmmm delish. Hearty dish which I thoroughly enjoyed. Seriously, breakfast is not breakfast without bacon.

And then I chanced upon the BIGGEST egg tart I'd ever seen. It's the size of ten 50 cent coins.

Decided to pay Madame Sousou a visit. Located on 231 Brunswick St, Fitzroy- this joint needs no introduction.

Where is my date?

While waiting for our food we saw Marge Simpson's sisters!

My lunch serving of crispy confit duck with braised cabbage and sour cherry jus. This dish grows on you but disappoints in the end.  The jus, not sour enough and a lil too salty. I felt like I needed bread to mop it all up. And the duck was average. The red cabbage taste like asian preserved vegetables.

Swordfish steak with pesto and anchovy. I have no idea what the beans beneath the fish were. Nothing special about this either. I think the next time we head back to Madame Sousou it'll be for breakfast.

Giant babushka dolls at the playground!

And because the portions at Madame Sousou were tinier than my fist, we had to get our chocolate fix at Lindt Cafe. The iced chocolates were nothing to shout about but the Lava cake... utterly delectable. It was sooooooo good.

 Till the next weekend- have fun on your food adventures people :D