High Tea at Conservatory, Crown

I'm a huge fan of high tea!!!! It just feels so elegant and yes, superficial and who has a problem with that? I believe if you have the money to enjoy a luxurious lifestyle, no one should be envy about it just because they can't. I'm not rich either but I still try to afford an enjoyable lifestyle according to my own standard. I don't usually spend a lot of money to afford luxury stuff. Mostly on food and sometimes for travel purposes. A few years ago, I got to try high tea in a 4-star hotel in Launceston, Tasmania. Can't remember the hotel's name on top of my head now but it is in my Spirit of Tasmania post day 1, 2 & 3.

I enjoyed the experience and I have a bit of a sweet tooth. So I love desserts and maybe small snacks like mini sandwiches, pastries etc. I just love the whole idea where a bunch of girls sitting gossiping and enjoying a cup of tea with snacks on the side. Makes you feel like a true blue-blood royal (not that I am anywhere close to that). The "high tea" term has somehow made its way all over the world now. Even in Southeast Asian countries, everyone just casually posts on their social media statuses "High tea with so and so at bla bla bla". Many cafés are also attracted to the idea of serving "high tea" usually between 3 pm to 5 pm as that is the "ideal" time for having an afternoon tea with close friends. 

There's only one reason why I rarely go for high tea in Australia. Mainly because the cost is not worth it unless you are an extremely huge fan of gobbling down 10 macaroons, dozens of cakes, pastries etc. 

It's not cheap to have a good session of high tea with your friends. At some places, it will cost a handsome $69 per head and I am yet to try that one when I get a chance or when I get to convince my binging buddies to go with me and be fat together. 

I am lucky enough to receive a crown gift card from my colleagues as my birthday gift so I decided to use it for high tea in Conservatory, Crown, Southbank. It usually costs $50 per head and if you want to add unlimited champagne, it costs $75 per head. Good news is, it is a buffet style so if you decide to go, try to make use of the value and devour all the sweets as much as you can!! 

I love the set up in Conservatory inside out. Everytime I visit Crown, I would go and check this place out because it just looks so elegant and the colour scheme is mainly dominated by white so it feels like you're in a wedding or you would want your wedding set up to look like what Conservatory looks like. I've been telling so many people I wanted to visit this restaurant and voila! I got what I wished for!! 

Does it not attract you to be like "Come in~~~ Come in~~~~ "

We were greeted professionally by well groomed staff and one of them escorted us to our seatings. Oh did I forget to mention that you have to book it in advance before you go there and to also advise them of your dietary preferences. (i. e. If you are lactose, gluten, wheat intolerance or whatever else you're allergic to). 

Tea or coffee will usually be offered to you as soon as you are all seated and ready to rush to the buffet area. 

I was behaving very well as to not act like people who have never visited a buffet restaurant before and take 10 plates at a time. No, that's not the strategy. The strategy is not to overestimate how much you can eat and to sample different types of food in a small amount at a time.

A glimpse of how the interior looks like from where I was seating.

Although these photos were taken using my humble iPhone5, I hope they are not too disappointing for you guys. I think my humble iPhone5 has done a decent job in capturing the colour scheme inside Conservatory. I love the high ceiling design and the colour. How I wish I could have white colour interior for my future house as well but I know I am not an OCD-ly tidy person (Yes, I just let out my biggest shame publicly). So I know I won't be able to maintain the colour in the long run. I can imagine the cost of maintaining interior like this will pretty much bleed my saving so let's save it when I'm a millionaire in a million years (You never know!).

Even the seats are créme-coloured. It made me nervous just sitting down drinking my tea/coffee and eating my cakes just in case if I spilled anything. Luckily I didn't! Imagine as well if you come here with your infants/toddlers. OMG make sure they don't spill anything onto the chair! Not that it will be embarrassing or anything but man, I would feel sad for the chairs. I can imagine the staff there have to make sure the furnitures are cleaned immaculately at all times.

There are a lot of patrons who were there for special occasions such as birthdays, corporate functions, etc. Not many people with very young children, mostly teens, mostly posh looking patrons who just finished shopping at Crown. For those who don't know, Crown houses many luxury brands, such as Louis Vuitton, Prada, Bvlgari, Burberry, Versace etc just to name a few. So people who shop there are not your average people. Hence, the hefty cost for having a session of high tea here. In fact, many restaurants here in Crown are top notch fine dining restaurants such as Rockpool bar & grill which I had the opportunity to visit the other week before this post.

The first thing I saw on my left when I started walking to the buffet was a selection of adorable looking cakes!!!!!!!!! OMG, I felt like I was in heaven. Heaven of bad sugar but I simply couldn't care less!!

Just look at those attractive colours!! I felt simply......................... ALIVE!

I sadly didn't try every single one though because I just couldn't find a way to fit everything without having to throw up in the toilet then come back. <----------- didn="" do="" i="" it.="" nbsp="" p="" t="">
I must say though and I have to be honest as I am writing a post on this without being paid for it just because I want to share my experience with others. So, I MUST be honest, the green one which I believe to be pistachio mini cake, disappointed me a little bit simply because it was a tad too dry and the flavour just didn't go well altogether. HOWEVER, maybe because my taste buds were clouded by too much sweetness from the rest of the stuff that trying on pistachio flavour just didn't work out too well. What I'm saying is, other people might find it tastier than me.

The chocolate mousse cake was quite rich so anyone who loves rich cakes must try it. Something that I didn't take a picture of, which was just located next to these selection of cakes was ice cream! They came in two flavours, one was dark chocolate which tasted so amazing for me. Love dark chocolate and definitely can live with dark chocolate everyday. The other one was raspberry flavoured sorbet which was my least favourite. First of all, I think because it is a sorbet, it melts very easily combined with hundreds of people opening and closing the lid, scooping and placing back the scooper in hot water (to rinse the flavour so other people can use the scooper again), all these activities interfere with the ice cream container's ability to preserve the coolness of the sorbet. Therefore when you scoop your sorbet, all you get is a scoop of halfway melting sorbet which is just not a very nice experience when you're in a 5-star-looking restaurant. I do understand that they do this for hygienic purposes but they probably should come up with something else to resolve this issue. Maybe even replacing the sorbet with a gelato style ice cream instead as the dark chocolate one didn't show any sign of melting at all.

This section serves some "pastries" selection. I took this picture because the stack of raisin buns look nice.. no? Anyways, the ones on the top left hand side are duck wraps. They tasted quite nice actually. I didn't expect to see duck wraps whilst having an afternoon tea? It was a pleasant surprise nonetheless.
The dumplings were also quite nice. After overloading my tastebuds with sweetness, I needed some saltiness to balance it out. Anyone else agrees with me?

I didn't try the buns because, ..................... they are just raisin buns. I could expect how they were gonna taste like. If for some reason, somebody tells me they are one of THE best buns available in town, I am willing to fork out another $50 to go back there just to try the buns. Well, maybe I am exaggerating a little bit but you get my point.

They also serve some party pies and again, I didn't try the pies because of the same reason above.
I didn't want to get full easily and fill up my stomach with food I can easily access anywhere else. You may argue the same applicable for cakes. Cakes for me, are resulted from individual crafting and require immaculate skills. Same goes with pies BUT, my belief is, if you are looking for the best pie in town, then this is not the right place for you. You must find a place specifically serves one of the best pies, such as the café I visited in Queenscliff or Pie in the Sky in Dandenong ranges (which both I have covered in my past posts).

On this corner, they serve fruit mixes such as pineapples, oranges & strawberries. There are also grapes on the other corner, picture will come through separately. Look what I also found... Just next to the strawberries are marshmallows!! MARSH - Freaking - MALLOWS~~~~~~ Oh My God, could it get better than that???? And what do we do with the marshmallows? Look next to it, a freaking chocolate fountain flowing life right in front of you! You may choose to dip the fruits with two options, milk chocolate or white chocolate just on the other side of milk chocolate. They were super delicious!

I was so tempted to just stand in front of the fountain and just drink the whole thing but of course I refrained myself from doing so. Save the embarrassment.

There you go, my abovementioned grapes picture. Just why the grapes are on the other corner next to the cheese & crackers platter and not with the rest of the fruits continues to perplex me until today.
Maybe for the sake of food decoration. I'm not the expert in how to display food to attract people so I'm not making any comment on this. Anyhow, it looks pretty sitting next to dried fruits & dried bananas.

Ta - dah~~~~~~~ Cheese platter!!!! Um ok, so there's no name as to which cheese is what cheese. I'm again, not a cheese expert. In fact, I just know cheddar, tasty, goat, blue & mozzarella cheese. I have no idea what those are in the picture. I just tried each one of them and one of them tasted horrendous. It had such a strong odour too and I can't remember which one now but it just put me off straight away and I couldn't get rid of the taste behind my throat even after drinking a gallon of water & tea. It tasted foul.. not the kind where it tasted like rotten cheese just tasted like you have chewed on dusty wood. Ok, maybe not quite. Anyways, it was simply foul tasting.

Back to pleasant looking & tasting cakes. The chocolate mud cake was extremely rich as expected from a chocolate mud cake. I couldn't finish it halfway through. So was the cheesecake. Very rich and creamy too although it tasted amazing but I the repeating rich texture over and over again in my mouth that I felt a bit sick afterwards. There's only so much of sweet stuff you can swallow. I couldn't bring myself to try the carrot cake because I am actually not much of a carrot cake fan. I tried many times in the past but I just never develop a liking to it. For me, I don't mind it but if I was asked to choose, I wouldn't go for it. Ironically, carrot cakes are probably a healthier option compared to the rest of the selection out there.

In the display jars are some macaroons and some selections of marzipan. I didn't try them too because by then I was so full that I had to consider skipping dinner which I did :(

I know I probably didn't take many photos that I should of but sometimes when I was taking photos while people queuing to get access to the food behind me, I felt embarrassed because it was as if I was blocking them and in their mind, I was probably some typical Asian with their food-photo-taking obsession and sometimes I just don't want to be "that girl" (Dat girl). I probably should learn not to care too much. I am at times, too sensible.

It was overall, an amazing experience and I would like to thank my kind colleagues who have given me one of the best birthday gifts I received this year and I am very thankful to be surrounded by great people who have shared very positive influence in my life while I'm abroad.

Thanks to Conservatory who has provided an excellent service with their friendly wait staff continuously checking on patrons to ensure everyone was taken care of and enjoyed a relaxing time with their loved ones.

Birthday Week at Rockpool & Queenscliff

This year is probably one of my most exciting years when it comes to celebrating my birthday.
Yes I can proudly say that I am 26 now and yes I am feeling old, although almost everyone frowns at me when I say I feel old. I mean, I don't feel physically old but I just think mentally, I have become more mature in recent years and hopefully in the coming years, I will become even wiser and more mature. I suppose I can't help it.. When you leave your parents at the ripe age of 18,  you are somehow forced to become mature quickly and you learn to be fully responsible for your own actions. Through my many rises and falls, I have learned to always rely on myself and never trust anyone too quickly or think that when you treat others nice, they don't always treat you nice in return. They might still shit all over your face (excuse my language). That, of course is not applicable to everyone you cross path with in your life. There are still people who are genuinely nice to you and will always be there to help you without expecting anything in return.

A terrific example is my housemates, they are out of this world. I live with kind hearted husband and wife. They are one of the most generous couple I have ever met in my entire life. I was searching for a place to live after I was kicked out from my rented unit last year as the landlord's son was moving in. That period of time was one of my toughest one. I had to clean and move everything by myself. At that time, I was on the verge of giving up to stay in Australia because I thought to myself, life is too hard without having anyone to rely on or any family member nearby. I was literally all by myself and thanks to one of my best friends who was the only one who helped me. We were the men in the house dismantling furnitures, painting, cleaning etc. As i was searching for places to live, I came across an advertisement saying there is an available room in the city. I quickly contacted the owner and made some time to inspect the room.

It was a tiny room with built in robe, small study table and a small single bed. I thought to myself, how was I gonna move 4 years of my life into this tiny shoe box sized room??? I figured because the monthly rent is really cheap, I just had to compromise and who was I to compromise? I literally had no choice and I needed to live in the city because of the convenience especially when you are single and from overseas. Little did I know that the husband of the owner whom I met and made contact with all along is disabled. I thought that it was odd to have a sliding door for the bathroom instead of the normal doors and I found a wheelchair in the bathroom. The wife informed me before I moved in that her husband had involved in a car accident 10 years ago and is now permanently paralised waist down. I didn't feel uncomfortable and still decided to move in as at that time, I urgently and desperately needed a room.

After getting to know each other more, they are the loveliest couple ever and they have been treating me like their own family. They very often cook and spare some food for me, we buy each other presents for big days like birthdays and Christmas. Through them, I learn the courage to hold on to what I have, never give up in achieving what you want in life and that when the hurricane is over, you'll always see a rainbow illuminating the sky. They love and support each other in times of pain and joy like what most vows say. Whenever I feel like giving up, I think of them and be shameful of myself because they have more courage and strength than me when I am a full able person. His wife works extremely hard and the disability doesn't stop her husband from doing what he loves and he is still able to work and earn money to pay the mortgage together with his wife. What they have is admirable and inspiring for me to always believe that your future is determined by your attitude and action.

I came home from a facial spa treatment on the day of my birthday to find a cake in the fridge for me from the wife.

Well, the "A" is missing from my name but that's not the point. The point is, the genuine intention that's hard to find in a person nowadays. On top of that, she came out to me, hugged me and handed me something that I could pretty much guess straight away what that was and before I even opened it, I couldn't help but to have tears running down my cheeks straight away. I have no family here and the closest people you could share your joy with, are the people you live and encounter with on a very regular basis.

It's a 22-carat gold pendant that was customised for me. I feel blessed to have received such love from my flatmates and couldn't ask for anything more. I've lived with all sorts of people in the past and even had my room ransacked when I was away on a holiday. Therefore, to finally meet the "perfect" flatmates is a blessing. I received many other presents on my birthday but I felt greatly emotional receiving a gift from the heart from my flatmates. As husband and wife, they have faced countless obstacles and more to come in the future, but their strength and courage have proven to beat all the odds.

Let's go back to when I mentioned that I went for my facial spa. That was the first time I had a facial spa done in Australia. Back at home, a facial spa is unbearingly painful. Your entire face is squeezed with no mercy until all the blotted oil, pimple & black heads popped out, then they apply all the good creams and massage your face. You do feel extremely clean afterwards though, however here, it's completely different. I managed to squeeze in a 30-minute quick facial spa as no. 1. I wanted to have it done on my birthday, no. 2. They were unable to squeeze me in any appointment longer than 30 minutes. Oh, by the way, I went to Ella Baché spa treatment centre in Melbourne Central. As it was my first time, I thought I might try something that I know of and not too expensive. The first shop I visited was in Melbourne Central as well but a lot more expensive. $130 for a microdermabrasion and I think it's a 30 minutes treatment. I had the quick Triple Expresso Facial for 30 minutes for $70 in Ella Baché. For a beginner like me, definitely try a 3-in-1 deal as you get to "sample" a bit of everything just to give you an idea of how you're gonna feel. They started with cleansing your face, a bit of massage, exfoliate your skin with their products afterwards, then they leave your face steamed with their advance facial treatment devices (Hey, I am no expert. Hence, I'm not dwelling into the technical terms).

Alas, 30 minutes went too quickly! I felt rejuvenated and my skin felt silky smooth! I was overall very satisfied with the treatment and walked out with my face glowing. I also ended up buying their moisturizer as I was looking for a lighter form of fluid as my moisturizer. I have a combination skin and my current moisturizer is way too creamy and heavy on top of the night serum I use every night, it feels like my skin weights 5 kgs. I have not noticed much result yet except that my skin feels lighter now and less oily. I bought the detox aromatique range for $69 which is quite affordable.

I pretty much went a bit too crazy on my shopping on the day of my birthday but hey, your birthday is only once a year, so treat yourself a little bit! (or maybe a bit too much)

The rest of the afternoon went too quickly and I was so busy doing some shopping that I forgot I was going out with the girls.

Birthday Selfie No.1. I am allowed to take and post as many selfies as I want because I can!!! :D

Birthday Outfit No. 1. Dress is from a random shop on Swanston st. Clutch bag on the side is from Forever New, the heels with bow ties at the front are from Wittners and the plastic bag I was holding is just a present from a friend :) Necklace is from a kiosk I visited in Sydney about 3 years ago.

The girls and I decided to go to Touché Hombre on Lonsdale st. Dinner was not fantastic I must say. Don't get me wrong, the girls ordered blue eye fillets whilst I ordered beef ribs which was quite risky I should've known better. You see, I don't know about you but I like my ribs to be tender and juicy not stone hard. The sauce was spicy and just right to my liking but the meat ruined everything the sauce had to offer. The sauce was made of fried herbs, red peppers & aioli. The ribs were too tough to chew and the texture was like eating beef rendang. For those who don't know what beef rendang is, it is a staple food in Malaysia and Indonesia. An absolute "must try" dish. I wasn't all very impressed with the ribs to say the least but the blue eye fillet was fantastic! Unfortunately, I didn't take the photo of the blue eye fillets, don't be disappointed!! The sauce was the true winner. It was made from spicy salsa roja and bean salad.

DINNER NUMBER 2

The rest of the night went pretty quickly. Before we knew it, we went to crash somebody's birthday party. As a start, we didn't even know there was a birthday party going on as a friend of a friend invited us to catch up altogether and he only mentioned "there would be a few other guys" and when we turned up, there was this small section in the bar reserved for birthday boy's guestlist only. Went there, ordered some free drinks, showed our faces around and moved on to dance the night away. What a great way to end the night (sarcastic thought). Key important thing for me was that I was able to spend the night with a few close friends. 

P.S: I don't post many photos of my friends solely for privacy purposes. First of all, none of my friends knows I write a blog and second of all, that's the only reason. I don't publicise my blog enough because I think my blog is not "mature" enough in a way that there is still many works to be done in further future. 

Anyways, I was more excited for my second dinner because it was going to be at ROCKPOOL!!!!! 

Funny enough, last year also during my birthday, I intended to celebrate with my fellow birthday mate at Rockpool in Sydney. Yes, there is a Rockpool in Sydney as well. One of my best friends shares the same birthday with me so we celebrated together last year by going to Sydney together and we almost went to Rockpool. I for whatever reason, cannot remember why we didn't go there. Instead, last year we celebrated at an Italian restaurant in Southbank, Melbourne instead. 

Me preparing for my birthday dinner number 2 outfit. 

Selfie number 2....

Outfit number 2... Dress is from Bardot, faux leather jacket is from a random shop in Sydney about 3 years ago, heels are present from Korea (Charles & Keith) and clutch bag that you can't really see is from Forever New (yes, I do have a lot of clutches from Forever New. They're just cheap and chic).

Dinner starts from 06:30 pm at Rockpool so when we arrived, there were dozens others waiting outside the doorstep. When the door opened, we were escorted by professionally dressed waiters and waitresses with men who look like they should be working at luxury retail brands. We were guided to our table efficiently by one of the professional good looking waiters. Their suites definitely look like they came out straight from the laundry service, all pressed & clean. They all look so fine from head to toe and I swear to God the way they talk and serve you are like out of this world. Their service overall is very impressive and second to none.

They even split your meal equally and bring out 2 separate plates if you choose to share your meal!! No more digging your fork and spoon in an ill-mannered way when you're eating at a 5-star restaurant! If it is gonna be your first date, this is definitely the place to be. They pretty much do everything for you and all you have to do is to dress up elegantly and be a lady & gentleman for the night. Your date is definitely gonna end up well that night. Oh and maybe if you're not sure if she/he is quite into you, then this place is a big no no as you may be forging out some fortune dining in there but it's so worth it!!

This good looking waiter with a handsome French accent was our waiter for the night and he came out with a few recommendations. As a start, we ordered a hand cut linguini with spanner crab & spicy prawn oil. The linguini was so perfectly cooked and not too oily. It was definitely very seafood-ish and aromatique. I really took a great joy devouring it.

Pardon my very amateur photo as I didn't take my camera on the day, so I had to live with my humble iPhone5. Way too much noise in the photo due to poor lightning :( Anyways, just live with it. This portion is half of the original portion as we chose to share the linguini so I suppose the chef did all the work saving both of us from halving it ourselves. Looking at the linguini photo now makes me want to go back for more! You can never go wrong with Linguini when you don't know which pasta to choose. Oh wait, maybe you CAN go wrong if you go to the wrong place :)

Second recommendation is free range Aylesbury duck with grilled figs & apple balsamic. Duck is my least favourite type of meat but considering how much my dinner partner likes duck, I was willing to try their duck. To my surprise, their duck is superb and the meat was really tender & juicy. My dinner partner loves the duck.

Second main was Wagyu Rib Eye on the bone 350g 63 days. I love the steak here, you really get what you pay for. I asked for Medium rare and I had my steak with spicy English mustards and bearnaise. I love mustards sauce, weird I know as probably most people go with barbeque or creamy mushroom sauce for steak. You could taste the quality of wagyu which was of premium quality.
Um, yes I don't have a photo of the steak simply because it was divided into 2 separate plates as well and there were only a few pieces in one plate so it wasn't very much of a picture worthy. Besides, I suppose steak looks very generic across various restaurants, it is the taste that separates one from another and brings it to the next level like one in Rockpool.

We also ordered a couple of sides such as roasted pumpkin and sweet potato with garlic yogurt and burnt butter. This one for me, is a winner. I loooooooove it!! The garlic yogurt went super well with the roasted pumpkin. It tastes so creamy and rich! After a couple of slices though, it got a bit too filling because of the rich texture pumpkin and yogurt have to offer. Don't forget the buttery taste added to the richness. If you like rich sauce, this is definitely a "must try". If not, still try maybe 1 slice and share the rest with your company.

The other side dish was onion rings. It was probably one of the biggest onion rings I have even seen and tasted in my entire life. I hate onion and garlic and as long as I can't taste onion in it, I'm happy to take the risk. I stared at the onion rings nervously and cut it in half with my knife. As I peered nervously into the hole, I could see the cooked onion covered by a layer of battered flour. It cringed me to think that I was about to eat onion rings as all of my life, I tried to eat onion rings and I never liked any of it. HOWEVER, I love this one because it doesn't have that strong onion smell. It pretty much tasted like as if I was eating fries except it wasn't too starchy like french fries. I was glad I liked it.

We ended our feast by sharing just one dessert as we could barely fit anything else. We were recommended to try coconut sorbet and shortcrust with strawberries and lime yoghurt. We decided on the sorbet because we were already pretty full and wanted something light instead of something too heavy and rich such as cheesy or chocolaty dessert. It turned out to be just right for us and the sorbet was so light that I could easily fit a second serve!

The dinner was fantastic and the service was exceptional. I was extremely happy with this treat for my birthday this year and although the bill sets you back a little but everyone deserves a little treat on their special day, don't you agree?? Those people who work there truly show that they are extremely passionate in delivering the best dining experience possible for every patron and truly make you feel like a royal family for the night. Well, when the clock hits 12:00 am, I'm back to become a commoner again,


The next day, we decided to drive down to Queenscliff just a little bit past Geelong. I've been to Geelong but not Queenscliff. Queenscliff is a smaller town compared to Geelong city and the residents there I believe, spend most of their weekends engrossed in water sports such as fishing, jet skiing and whatever else people do with their boats. I'm always fascinated with boats and jet skis. I haven't tried many water sports but I have tried jet skiing before. The ocean is vast and is beautiful yet dangerous. I can never answer the question of whether I am a mountain or sea person because I love both!! If you haven't yet read my post on my trip to Tasmania, go and look at some photos I took there, the mountain was breathtakingly beautiful and pure. Pretty much the only reason why I love Tasmania. Other than that, it is dead boring if you're not an outdoor type of person.

Queenscliff is about 1.5 hours drive from Ascot Vale (It varies depending on where you live, eastern, western, southeastern or northern suburbs).

The pier at Queenscliff. It was a bit cloudy and rainy that day, such a sad weather but somehow offers its own beauty. This is where everyone launches their boats, jet skis etc.

Looks like a storm was about to break. I love this picture I took the most (sarcasm). Just a few people standing by the shore with the clear blue sky water sweeping through the sand. Looking at the ocean and listening to the sound of calm waves makes me feel so much in peace. If only I could live by the sea.

After taking in some admirable sceneries, we moved on to fill in our protesting stomachs by checking out the Queenscliff Inn not too far from the beach and pier.

I probably should've taken a closer photo but I simply couldn't be bothered to cross the street again. When I just came out, it started raining so we had to seek a shelter. Anyways, just to give you an idea on how it looks like from the outside. A typical historical Victorian Inn style.

Had a mussel risotto & fish and chips with rocket salad. The food is amazing and fresh from the ocean (literally).

The risotto was really good. Creamy and just right not too rich and paired really well with the mussels.

My fish was really fresh (I wish the fillet was bigger)

There was a tiny bit of drama going on in here that day. This really grumpy and unhappy patron was complaining about the service and how she had to get water by herself and about something else (I didn't manage to eavesdrop the entire conversation). She also complained about the Inn not having enough staff working on the day which I think one of the employees just cooly replied "why don't you get me someone to work tomorrow". It was so awkward when you're sitting in the middle of two people having a small altercation. In any ways, it didn't bother me because it was not my problem and the food was great so I had nothing to complain about and as long as I don't step on anyone's toes, I would expect them to do the same to me. A lot of patrons don't know how to put themselves in wait staff's shoes. They only know how to complain and not the reason as to why was there a problem that caused a complaint in the first place. Anyhow, I felt for the employees as I was once a wait staff too.

We also had one of the best pies in town and apparently won an award last year as serving the best pie in Victoria. Go Figure! We had the chunky beef pie which indeed serves the purpose of the name being Chunky beef! The pie was indeed very beefy and the beef was very tender! I'm not a pie lover, so I'm not going to give my opinion on the pie because I am not someone who appreciates pies so, for me it was just a pie except the beef was exceptionally chunky and the pie had rich ingredients which was amazing compared to those frozen pies you buy from the supermarket that have only 10% of beef quantity and 90% gravy. Unfortunately, I forgot the name of the pie eatery. I'm sure if you google best pie in Queenscliff, there is only 1 place that comes up in the search engines.

Overall, I had an excellent birthday weekend and this year I am just going to count my blessings instead of counting my miseries. When you think of how many blessings you are given, the world just seems so much worth of living!

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