Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Mercadante restaurant @ Lygon Street

Melbourne - We walked from Queen Victoria market to Lygon street and it was a distance.  But worth the stroll on a cool Melbourne night.   You hardly will break a sweat as the weather is around 15-17 degrees.

Stop at Mercadante restaurant - an Italian restaurant serving Pizza and Pasta.

Spaghetti Aglio Olio
This was Lesley's order and he commented that there is an unfamiliar taste to this dish.   I tried a fork full, and indeed there was an unfamiliar taste but could not put a finger on what to make out of that taste.  Lesley finish his dish clean without a single strand of the spaghetti.  He must be really hungry.

Spaghetti Vongole
This Spaghetti Vongole should have been called 'Spaghetti Seafood' as it has lots of squid too.  I prefer olive oil and garlic stir fried lightly with Vongole 'clams'.   It was a big portion and could only finish slightly more than half.

Still hankering for desert, we got ourselves each a scoop of Italian Gelato from the famous Gelatissimo.   We walked from Lygon Street all the way back to our Hotel - a good exercise.




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