Friday, January 30, 2015

Australian Open and the Arena cafe


RNIS was invited by Study Melbourne
As part of Bupa's best blog competition for 2015

The Australian Open is on again this year and I had heaps of fun watching Kei Nishikori play as well as Raonic. They both won their matches. Raonic played Becker and beat him and Kei beat Steve Johnson. It was their third round matches.

The rules were explained clearly and there was a clear scoreboard. For challenges it is 3 per set per player and if it is a tiebreak then the players get an additional one each. A set has about 6-7 games and the first of six wins.
The fresh food sign

In Garden Square

Seating area

Free sausage

Cooking stage

Menu



We also had the chance to visit Garden Square and the Woolworhts pavilion. Here was so much fun and games that everyone can participate in. A ground pass is $54 in the first week but you can do so much in between matches and plus you'll get to see whoever and whichever matches you want. Now of course there is lines, but if you are in a hurry you could push in. There were huge queues on Hisense arena but luckily we prebooked seats to the Kei Nishikori match which was 2.5 hours long (they played four sets).

A cafĂ© worth relaxing in is Arena.  It is just outside Hisense arena. Here they are a lovely bar as well as a restaurant and a lot of people ordered champagne and pizzas. They don't do pot of teas which is what I was hoping for for $4.10 and then I can have as much as I want. But I did order a really good looking pistachio mousse and green tea cake ($5 for a mini). The base was store bought but the mousse was lovely.
My cake

Cake display



The service was just ok. Not too attentive and not too friendly.

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