Food Safari - EXTREME

After a surprising announcement that one of the pioneers of the food safari team will be leaving the group to pursue adventures (and food I assume) overseas, the remaining members decided to organize a farewell fit for a foodie. Hence Food Safari Extreme Edition was born.

So how extreme can a food safari be? How about waking up at 7AM on a SATURDAY for food? Unheard of!

First stop - Parisian Patisserie in Moonee Valley. In true food safari fashion, we went a little overboard with the food:

We started with a light breakfast donut...

followed by some chocolate filled pastry...

then devoured the delicious almond croissant...

Had a piece of the egg brioche...

then some other savoury brioche

but saved room for the blueberry...thing

and finally a traditional croissant.

So that was breakfast. All of the above. We made multiple trips to the counter to order, despite the bemused glances of the other patrons. We really like our pastries okay??

Oh, and of course we had to try each and every mini macaroon there as well.

Breakfast ended up being somewhat expensive, and not to mention fattening. We had a brief break before we headed off to trusty Curry Laksa King for lunch. With such a large breakfast, you'd think we would tone it down for lunch. Not a chance.

The infamous curry laksa

Curry Chicken with Roti.

Not pictured but definitely consumed: Beef Rendang Curry with more roti, and Char Kuey Tiew. Perfect!

So that was lunch. We then headed off into the city to check out the food festival that was apparently going on in Chinatown. This turned out to be about 5 stalls selling overpriced Chinese food, which was not something our already full stomachs were in the mood for.

Next came dinner. Those still 'hungry' decided to go check out a wood fire pizza place called Urbany:

We shared a pizza. It was alright.

The duck salad, on the other hand, was delicious.

Even better though? The chocolate fudge pot dessert we shared in the end. So rich and moist.

That was enough for one day. We didn't want to go overboard :)

Next morning, after waking up at a more reasonable hour, we headed off to Yarraville for brunch at a German cafe - Hausfrau Bakery. We didn't bother keeping track of what was what. We just pointed to anything that looked yummy. That turned out to be a lot:

The poached egg was perfectly cooked

So delicious!

Custard donut

Rhubarb tart

This tasted like shortbread.

So that was it. Food Safari Extreme Edition was over, and everyone felt slightly queasy. This is how it should be :)