Proves that value-for-money does NOT equal to no quality

I found out about the Vue de Monde group a few days ago on one of the Australian travel shows and after doing a bit of poking around, decided, well before I go splurging a couple of hundred on dinner, I'll go see how much I like the food at their cafe first - after all, if they can't even get the food at cafe level right, what more a gourmet dinner?

So off i went today, with Barbara and Nick tagging along and I am happy to report - they do not disappoint. Service was excellent, the food was amazing and very well priced. Coffee was delish which, to me means more than anything in the world most times. I have to have good coffee with my first meal of the day otherwise, I'm pretty much crummy.

Nick and Barbara had the Vue Burger which came with fries served on wooden looking chopping board kinda thing. For 10 bucks, it came with a thick and juicy beef patty and freshly baked, sesame topped, toasted buns and served with fries which was cooked on the spot. When you ordered it.

I had the Vue Lunch Box, which for 15 bucks came in a very pretty red box, that kinda reminded me of my Ferragamo shoe box and it contained an entree (Tabouli Salad), a starter (Smoked Salmon rilette), main course (hare and pumpkin tart) and dessert (caramel slice).

Everything was done to perfection and you could taste the quality of the ingredients that went into the different courses.

The coffee wasn't burnt and didn't cost more than regular coffee.

It was definitely a good way cheer me up from what happened on Monday - good food, good weather and good coffee.
I'm heading back to try the food at the bistro which by the looks if it, is not going to disappoint.

Vue De Monde
430 Little Collins Street
Melbourne
Tel: +61 3 9691 3888
www.vuedemonde.com.au

Reservations are necessary for the restaurant and the bistro.