After spending the night going back and forth from my bed to the bathroom (too much to drink - ack!), I was starving in the morning! We headed to Chinatown and found a restaurant to have Dim Sum (Yum Cha).
While at dim sum, it began raining so as soon as we located the theatre Spamalot was playing at, I headed off to find a cafe to while away some time before the show. While I was sipping my mocha, Long called me and asked what I was up to. Rather amused, I replied 'Uh...I'm sitting in a cafe having a coffee in Melbourne".
Spamalot was well worth travelling all the way to Melbourne to watch again!! I could barely refrain myself from singing along to all the songs! Being a matinee show (2pm), my stomach was begging for food when we got out. I had a craving for Vietnamese, so headed to Swanston St where I knew there were a couple of places serving Vietnamese cuisine. I ordered the Beef Noodle Soup and threw in lots of chilli. I also had a delicious Jackfruit Smoothie.
After the late lunch, I did a bit of shopping and then headed back to the hotel to change before hitting the Crown Casino. Once there, I wandered around getting lost for a while before I found a bar to get a drink. I played on the Rapid Roulette and was on a winning streak but cashed out once I won $22. That's less than what I won when I was at the Crown a few years ago but it was better than nothing. In good spirits after my little win, I went in search of somewhere to have dinner.
I decided to wait in a queue for about half an hour to get a seat in the Watergrill restaurant for some seafood. The staff there were so friendly and welcoming to me. Throughout my travels in America, I found that travelling on my own (and it doesn't hurt to be a girl!), it makes me stand out and the staff go out of their way to look after me. It makes me feel special! =P
main: Half a Lobster with Garlic Butter
dessert: Creme Brulee
I sat at the bar overlooking the kitchen so you can watch the chefs preparing all the food. It makes you feel like you can eat more than you actually can when you're watching dish after dish get plated up. Yes...my eyes are definitely much larger than my stomach. Rather unfortunate =/
I spotted this really odd looking creature amongst the display of seafood. I asked the manager what sort of fish it was and apparently it's a Wrass. It looked like a dog. Is there such thing as a dogfish!?After dinner I headed back to the city and met up with Liz - one of the medical scientists I met while on the Haematology workshop in Egypt last year - and she and her husband, Phillip, took me back to their home for a cup of tea.
All in all...a really long but awesome day!
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