Aspro Blu (Melbourne)

We had no idea where we wanted to go for our 3 year anniversary dinner in Melbourne. We wanted somewhere nice, but more importantly delicious!!

 

A being the researcher he is, looked up many reviews and comments about lots of restaurants in Melbourne, and surprised me with Aspro Blu in Hardware Lane.

 

Something to celebrate.. he still loves me!

 

I love Greek food and A loved the fact that they had so many raving reviews!!! They didn't have a menu on their website, but A was confident enough with the reviews and booked a table (something he would never normally do, so I knew the reviews must have been out of this world).

 

Dress- Dat Girl (www.datgirl.com.au)

When I saw the menu I almost died with excitement... Everything read "definition of yum" and I wanted to order the whole menu twice, but I contained myself by remembering that the bodycon dress (by Dat Girl of course) probably wouldn't let me!

 

We started with my fav - a trio of dips!! The dips were awesome and the breads were plentiful, from memory it was around the $15 mark.

 

Calamari - A's favourite and it was delicious, fresh and grilled (around the $13 mark). A said it was the closest to what he use to eat in Greece.

 

These were fetta and I think ricotta balls? Sorry it's hard to remember but I do remember that they were delicious and the sauce had a bit of a kick to it. Also around that $13 mark. I savoured every bite of these bad boys.

After our 3 entrees we were feeling how our delightful French waiter said we might - pretty full, but it was a special occasion so we weren't stopping anytime soon!

Bring on the mains...

Slow roasted lamb. Greeks always do lamb so well and this fall of the bone and melt in my mouth lamb was no exception. From memory it was around $24. Ohh and the gravy sort of thing that came with it, well I could of drank it, it was that scrummy. yep I said scrummy lol.

 

 

Chat potatoes - I love A's mums potatoes so I can't say these were assss good as them, but they were a great side nonetheless.

 

(there is chicken underneath there)

 

Chicken with some sort of balsamic sauce that let me tell you was some of the juiciest, sauciest chicken I have ever ever eaten!! I litterally held in every mouthful, closed my eyes and enjoyed it. A couldn't get over my reaction, then he tried it.. he stopped teasing me.

A said this food rivaled his yiayias ( the biggest compliment a Greek can give) and I enjoyed every second of it.

The ambience was great, and the service was impeccable.

If your a melbournite or visiting Melbourne I suggest you try Aspro Blu... You can even take your Greek friends there ;)

  

 

We finished the night off with a cocktail or two  at Gin Palace. 

 

Jacket- ASOS MATERNITY haha

 

Twas a GREAT night.

Weekend that was..

Welllll last weekend was suppose to be a relaxing yet busy weekend with a bunch of different friends and it started of pretty darn well on track....

On Friday night, my friend Priscilla and I walked around Darlinghurst, looking for a suitable place for her upcoming 30^th birthday. We didn't find one, but we did find a really yummy Italian restaurant that satisfied our immediate hunger pains. Trovata in East Sydney was deeeliiicccious!

 

Priscilla had the Pan Fried Chicken Breast stuffed with spinach, sun dried Tomatoes and a dry martini sauce.

I had the Gnocchi. It came with walnuts, spinach, roasted tomatoes and a blue vein cheese sauce. It is by far one of the best Gnocchi I have ever eaten!! I would go back there to eat in a heartbeat.

Saturday morning, saw me rising fairly early to go with Angelo and one of our good friends, Ash, to look at potential places for us to live. We have decided that it would be more cost effective and fun for a year, to move in with a couple of our mates. We have our whole lives together, why not share a new experience together before completely settling down??

The boys checking out the backyard

We checked out two places, the first, as you can see, had an amazing view and was on the water. The boys were very excited about having a place with inbuilt fishing. Unfortunately, I couldn't look past the problems inside the building. The carpet was old, stained and smelt. The "third bedroom" was more like a quarter of a bedroom and the second bedroom was tiny with no built-in. Sorry boys, no can do.

The second place we looked at was an apartment, close to the train station, city and beach. The complex was only a few years old and had a pool, spa, sauna and gym. The apartment was a good size, all the rooms had built ins and it had a massive rooftop balcony, which would be perfect for entertaining.

The one bad thing about it?? WELLLLL…. The people who currently live there, had not moved out on Saturday and let me tell you they lived like pigs!! A tripped on a beer bottle, there was McDonalds wrappers everywhere and the bathrooms were black from mould. We struggled to NOT vomit. Even though we love the place to bits, I will not be agreeing to anything until we see that it has been cleaned properly. I couldn't even believe the agent let anyone see it in that state.

After the house inspections, I had a laser hair removal appointment at Inhouse Laser and then I took Ash to pick up a coffee table he had bought earlier in the week. On this earlier trip, I tried to convince him to buy the above bunk bed, but I guess he thought he was too old for it?? Hmmph! The below bed is one I fell in love with, I have loved white leather beds (judge me if you will), ever since we slept in one in Palm Springs, but this one with the pop-up TV is just another level. A loved it when I showed him.

After a quick nap, we met our friends at Ash's current place for pre drinks before going out. A told me to dress up, I did and well we didn't go anywhere?! Luckily these are my favourite boys in the world, so I was happy to stay in with them. After a few drinks, there were a lot of laughs and situations like the one below…

Our Best Man

Sunday morning, I woke up ready to go to Pancakes on the Rocks for my SIL's birthday and meet up with my high school friends for dinner, but unfortunately my body had other plans for me.

MIGRAINE!!! FOR 2 DAYS I was stuck in bed with a migraine :( I hate hate hate them!! A didn't know what to do to help me, but he was so cute as he helped my mum put a blanket over the window to eliminate all light, grab me a bucket when I felt nauseous and just hold me for hours as I tried to sleep. I wish I knew a quick way to get rid of them, because even 5 of the tablets I have for Migraines did not help me this time.

If you made it to this point in my post, YOU probably have a migraine now too :P

Does anyone else get migraines? What do you do to make them go away?

Today I managed to crawl back to work, still struggling to focus, but a lot better. Can't wait for the V day surprise that awaits me tonight...

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY Y'ALL!