Hell yes the wait to get to a table to feast at Cumulus Inc. was worth it! Great hearty food like the featured lamb shoulder! There's a lot going on in this photo but it really does capture the intensity of the place. It's busy, packed with people and it's all about the food! Very special experience and thanks to the friends that made it so! I felt quite at home with all the foodie talk and couldn't have been happier that night! That lamb shoulder was a must for the table and so glad we got it! Goes to show food really is for sharing!
Been meaning to do a blog post on this dining experience for way too long! I owe it to my lovely newly found foodie friends for their generosity that evening! Cumulus Inc. was a real dining experience! It's one of those trendy places where you can't make bookings (for whatever reason) so we got there enquired and were told an hour and a half. So what did we do? We didn't tell Cumulus to stick it...instead we put our names down and stuck it out! A wait is fine when you are not hungry but I sure was and getting grumpy! Anyway we made our way to near by eateries to partially fill our tummies on tapas before we finally head back and finally...wait some more (anti climax) but patience is a virtue and we did finally get a table and get to eat! Was it worth it though?
Just another shot of Pope Joan from where we were seated which is an undercover outdoor area with heating, further out the back there isn't any heating but there's plenty of seating when you combine the indoor and outdoor areas. Unfortunately I didn't take any shots of the actual food as I was too busy devouring it! nom nom nom!
Can't take credit for this photo but I did do basic editing and it was originally a colour photo. I quite enjoy the composition of the random garden objects and there's something about the way the garden hose is so randomly looped around the tap but yet it looks balanced?!
Anyways...why this photo...and why the title? Because I am completely and utterly in love Love LOVE with this cafe called Pope Joan! It's a really down to earth place, with a veggie garden out the back and decking outside. It sees laid back people chatting over coffee in a trendy but not snobby environment. Cool enough for the young urban couples but calm enough for the young families with bubs.
Clearly i am in love with this place because the foooooood is fantastic! I highly recommend the pork roll Cuban style! Say yum to pickles! Highlight was the awesome gingerbread (it's not the biscuit type) more like the alternative version of banana bread (before bananas became so ridiculously expensive and exclusive to the wealthy!). The gingerbread is so full of spice and great in a spongy bread like slice! We actually took on the waiter's suggestion of having gingerbread served with whipped butter and some pear cider to wash it down. It was surprisingly warm that day in Melbourne so a cold cider and warm gingerbread was divine!
I was so impressed with the food I went back the following weekend and can't wait to go again. It could nearly become my weekly weekend 'brunch' venue (yet to find one in Melbourne - I'm terribly afraid of committing)! Still salivating! Will certainly be back!
Another plus when i returned the following weekend the waiter recognised me and said pear cider? In time I'm sure we'll be on first name basis - well one can hope :)
Same deal here photo didn't really pop with colour so i just adjusted a few things with my very basic windows picture viewer editing tools. I actually like that you can see reflections of the bottom lights in the windows of the building. I haven't really made a conscious effort to take photos with reflections - whether it be of light, the sky or people. Might have to give that a try this weekend. I'm sure it's harder than it sounds to capture reflections. Let's see how the Leica fares!
So this photo is quite interesting due to all the architecture and the geometry provided by the pattern on the ground. I've heard that the best times for photos are the first and last 15 minutes of the day. That's not a very big window of time really. I can't say I enjoy shooting objects when the sun is setting but certainly the sky is always brilliant. You can see Eureka tower and this area is pat of the visitor centre in the Royal Botanic Garden - Melbourne which i think is such a beautiful space. Though i still love the Sydney Botanic Garden more just because you can see the harbour from certain spots - and you can't beat that!
