We were sitting around at home one day thinking about where we could go to eat, which is a pretty normal activity for us. As we worked through the list of places we felt like visiting, the talk turned to some of the restaurants we hadn't visited in Melbourne yet. The talk intensified and before I new it, we were at the computer booking some flights down to Melbourne and had mapped out a clear line of attack. Four days in Melbourne and each and every meal for breakfast, lunch and dinner mapped out for the entirety of our trip. Sweet plan.
We'd picked an early flight, one that would get us to Tullamarine airport with enough time to get into the CBD for lunch, but not so early that we had to get up at 4am. I called it our 'goldilocks' flight as it was juuuuuust right! The big question when going to the airport is do we drive and park short term (hoping that the car is still there) or cab it, with our eventual decision to cab being the smart move. There are lots of stories about flights being delayed and baggage being lost, but this is not such a story, in fact we arrived in Melbourne right on time with baggage in tow.
After jumping in a cab and taking a seriously different route to our hotel, we deposited our bags in our huge hotel room and hoofed it towards Flinders Lane, one of the coolest streets in Melbourne and our final destination. I'd been dying (not literally) to get to Chin Chin for a long time. Not only is Chin Chin one of the most popular restaurants in the country, it's also over a wicked little bar called the GoGo Bar, a place that I had in fact been to a couple of times. Amazingly it was much easier to get into the GoGo Bar than Chin Chin, with each time I'd visited the bar noting the ridiculously long queues and absolutely pumping vibe at Chin Chin.
