The Definition Of Perfection: Mercers (Eltham)

A request to catch up as a celebration. A promise that it would be something worth writing about. It was both. Here’s why Mercers in Eltham has inspired me to have a ranking list.

Location: , Melbourne
Consumed:
Entree: Beef salad: Porterhouse cured, seared and raw with honey wasabi pearls and salted egg yolk
Mains: Pig bits; belly, strudel and rib with roasted young vegetables and calvados jus
Desserts: Red velvet souffle featuring raspberry and chocolate
Drink: Water (Like you think I would mess with this?)
TDT: 5.0/5.0

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Road-Tripping to the Valley

After pushing through a long week of work a day off couldn’t just be spent with my feet up, eating large quantities of food and watching day television re-runs.
With this weekend just been marking one month since returning back to live in Launceston, Tasmania from Melbourne, I thought a day trip out to my childhood area of Tasmania – the Meander Valley – for an afternoon of Indie Folk music and (had to get it in my day off somehow) large quantities of food.

The ever-breathtaking hour long drive out my Uncle and Aunty’s cafe/the day’s sold-out music venue, Marakoopa Cafe in Mayberry, was met at the end by a fantastic group of 30+ Sunday music enthusiasts not deterred by a 13-degree day merely a week after the state (and especially the area of Meander Valley) suffered some of it’s worst floods and rainfalls in history.

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