LuxBite

Melbourne!

Last Thursday, I was lucky enough to finally go to Melbourne since I've actually never been. On our agenda was clothes (i.e. Topshop) and food. Though I brought my camera with me everywhere, I really couldn't be bothered taking photos but I did take photos of our visit to LuxBite. I have really bad memory so I can't remember what most of the stuff was but I can kinda guess. Oh wait! Found the menu. IMMA GENIUS.

Affrogato - Vanilla ice cream topped with a shot of hot espresso.
Yes, I am copying straight off the menu. Do you have a problem with it? Huh? Huh?

Mango Tango - Passionfruit tart, pineapple jelly and a mango flower

It was okay. Tasty, but nothing mindblowing though the pastry was quite good. It was really hard trying to identify the different parts because I had already forgotten what the label had said once we sat at our tables and started eating.

Stoned Meringue Monster - Pistachio sponge, raspberry yoghurt and creamy apricot

I liked this one, the inside was really soft and delicate, not what I expected. And meringues are always delicious anyway. Again, couldn't really remember what I was eating not that that was a bad thing. It was nice but we were just too nooby to figure it out the separate parts.

Our box of macarons! We bought the twelve pack, so four each for the three of us. We bought kaya toast, sour strawberry, rose & lychee, ribena lemonade, salt caramel and peanut butter & jelly, doubling up here and there.

Ribena Lemonade

Rose and Lychee

Okay from memory...

The kaya toast macaron didn't really taste like kaya. It had a little bit of butter in the middle which was pretty cool but was otherwise, disappointing. Ooh! This reminds me that I should probably make some kaya sometime soonish. I think we have some pandan leaves. Huh. I'll check tomorrow morning.

The peanut butter and jelly one was good but most peanut butter things mostly are. It was hard to taste much of the jelly, it's a tiny little block in the middle.

Ribena Lemonade...I don't remember much.

And the rest I didn't try.

Yes, I am a really bad reviewer. I'm more of a 'this is tasty', 'this is not', 'this is weird' and 'this is kinda sorta okayish'.

LuxBite will be on the 'this is tasty' but slowly nearing the 'this is kinda sorta okayish' side. Like I've said, it was good, but not spectacular. The presentation was lovely though and the shop was nicely decorated so I suppose it is also about the overall experience of the meal.

Oh and I almost forgot.
Clara and Amelia's toast with a poached egg because they felt like something salty.

And end post with a picture of the really nice macaron box with the shop's website conveniently printed on the end which then directs the reader to the site to further browse through more pictures of food and menus. Or click on this link. www.luxbite.com.au