Melbourne Food Crawl & Mornington Peninsula Vineyards
From coffee to cake to craft beer, Kate Springer takes a bite out of this famously foodie city. Here’s a wining and dining shortlist for your next trip down under.
Grab your Myki travel card and hop on the Melbourne tram, because you have some work to do. The foodie scene in the capital of Victoria, on the southeastern side of Australia, is a gourmand’s playground.
Melbourne: a gourmand and graffiti artist’s playground
Polish Cakes
Order: You have to get the Kugelhupf—don’t try to pronounce, just point! While you’re there, dig into a Polish cheesecake too, which is made with a 100-year-old recipe.
This is what a Kugelhupf looks like
Spanish Tapas
Find your way through the graffitied laneways for Spanish tapas at Movida (1 Hosier Lane, (+61) 3-9663-3038, movida.com.au). This long-standing favorite is a Melbourne institution, with four iterations and counting in the city. Each branch is a little different, but we’d recommend the original spot off Flinders Street. Expect a mix of creative bite-sized tapas and bigger ración to share.