We met up with our Hairdresser Friend a couple of Saturday nights ago. We battled the tram replacement bus one stop to where trams were running to get to Romeo's in Toorak. The walk home from where the tram stops is at least downhill but quite long. I thought car parking in Toorak Village would be difficult but not at all. There was plenty of parking. Should've taken the car rather than the crap Yarra Trams bus replacement service.
Romeo's opened 44 years ago and is still owned by the same family. Being in Toorak, I thought it would be shockingly expensive but it wasn't, just a bit more than average pub food prices. The food was terrific. The staff were terrific. It was so lovely sitting with our friend outdoors on the warm summer evening (shooting the shit? Talking the crack?) Discussing lots of things.
We over ate and the desserts were too nice to miss. R ate more than I did and he did not eat again until the next night's evening meal.
Some low rise buildings in The Village have been demolished and a not so wonderful new building has replaced them.
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I am glad that you had a lovely dinner out despite the traffic woes and the ugly buildings. Love the echidna statue too.
ReplyDeleteEC, there are other animal statues there that I have shown before, but I missed this one.
DeleteI love that echidna statue. Looks surreal!
ReplyDeleteRoentare, surreal is a good word to describe it.
DeleteI love the sculpture but like you wonder why they can't make nicer new buildings.
ReplyDeleteWell Pat, I don't know. I've been to your city and seen a little of what works building wise and what doesn't.
DeleteI loved Romeo's, a place I would always bump into people we knew. Of course this was pre-Covid, when people used to go out to socialise *sighs happily at the distant memory*.
ReplyDeleteHels, how cool that you know it. You really have lived.
DeleteHave you been to Box Hill lately? It is hideous. I am surprised there wasn't some heritage overlay to prevent the demolition in Toorak of all places.
ReplyDeleteThe echidna is gorgeous. More so that it encourages the overseas belief that all our native animals are large and deadly!
Caro, in the back of my mind is tram trip to Box Hill and a train trip home. I see from here the high rise towers going up in Box Hill. Thanks.
DeleteWas echidna on the menu? Looks delicious. As for taking the crack, do you mean crack cocaine? Not advisable for retired transport workers. It could all go horribly wrong.
ReplyDeleteYP, apparently tastes a bit like chicken. I wish I wasn't so old and I partake of some crack that would not interfere with blood pressure, heart, movement disorder and cholesterol medications.
DeleteHad to look up echidna. Never heard of it before. Looks like a cross between a porcupine and an anteater, but I read that it's not really related to either.
ReplyDeleteKirk, I should check but I believe it is also an egg laying mammal with a pouch, an odd creature indeed.
DeleteWhat did you have for dinner?
ReplyDeleteStrayer, it took me a while to remember. Pasta amatriciana followed by crème brule.
DeleteThat echidna won't be so pretty when random yobbos stuff the quills with bits of rubbish.
ReplyDeleteI also would like to know what you ate, including dessert.
River, because it is such a posh area, not too many yobbos around there. Shop owners would clean before council had a chance. See above for what I ate.
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ReplyDeleteI can't remember now YP, but if your comment did not immediately appear, probably.
DeleteLove the sculpture
ReplyDeleteThanks TP.
DeleteI agree -- that building is dubious at best. Why can architects not do a better job of integrating new buildings into existing street themes? I love the echidna, though!
ReplyDeleteSteve, England seems to do that so much better with better quality buildings.
DeleteThat sculpture is quite sweet. For some reason the little feet caught me. They are so much like human hands. We are so much in common with every life form on this planet. People forget, but we do.
ReplyDeleteDebby, just looking a photo of a real echidna, their feet are quite striking. They can bury themselves underground in a flash if threatened.
DeleteI'm glad you enjoyed your meal. My appetite sure isn't what it was in my youth. ~shakes head~ Thank you for the photos, ugly buildings and all. lol Echidna are totally fascinating. Now I want to see if one of my favorite comedic animal commentators ever covered this critter. If interested, you can find all his Youtube videos under the name Casual Geographic (https://www.youtube.com/@mndiaye_97/videos). Be well!
ReplyDeleteDarla, I think he could have a field day in Australia. I subscribed to his channel.
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