New Year's Eve 2009

This year a group of us decided to go to Melbourne for New Year's Eve. We went to

- Check out the fireworks
- Check out after xmas sales
- Check out all the food Melbourne has to offer

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!



It poured out on New Year's Eve, but that didn't stop the crowds from coming out - Sydney has better fireworks but Melbourne has better shopping. And food...well food is awesome everywhere ;=D

For those who love spanish tapas I recommend you try Canary Club. This is the sister restaurant to Hairy Canary - small cafe on Little Collins Street that has been established for more than 14 years.

On New Years night, the manager at Hairy Canary suggested we try their sister restaurant/bar located up the road called Canary Club and he kindly gave us vouchers for free jugs of sangria. We were in the mood for tapas and sangria. Upon arrival our sangria was served, it was delicious. I was munching on green apples that were drenched in the sangria to get my palate started.

To save the fuss of ordering from the menu we decide to get the banquet and for $35/person it was a fairly good price to pay. The food took a while to arrive so I forgot to take a photo of the bread and dips. We all just went for it! Of the three dips - guacamole, tzatziki and hummos, the guacomole was the yummiest. This was followed up by warm olives and patatas bravas; they didn't disappoint




Afterwards there was squid, chicken meatballs, pork, chorizos, rigatoni pasta, and this interesting watermelon dish (sorry for the lack of photos; we were all hungry hippos :p)





This warm watermelon dish was topped with pistachio nuts, cherry tomatos, rocket and dressed with a balsamic glaze. It tasted delightful. I grew up eating watermelon with rice so now I don't feel weird eating watermelon as a savoury dish. ;p

That was not all the food, our mains were now being served


Seafood Paella...mmm...mmm...mmm...so much food.
The paella was steaming hot (the way I like it) and it had good flavours to it...only thing missing was the crispy rice you find on the bottom of the pan (it's a must for one of my girlfriends when she has it)

We finished off with churros that came with a dark chocolate and orange dip. I prefer churros with dulce de leche sauce. This one had cinnamon on it so it was good just on it's own. I'll definitely be going back to this place when I am in Melbourne.



Venue:
Canary Club
Address:
6 Melbourne Place, Melbourne
03 9663 1983
Licensed/BYO:
Licensed
Info:
Mon/Tues 4-1am
Wed–Sat 4-3am
Closed Sundays (available for private functions)