Tuesday in Melbourne

Morning: Melbourne Aquarium

Lunch: Southbank, Bistro Vite

Afternoon: Fitzroy Gardens

Dinner: Vue de Monde for a stupendous 10 course degustation menu:

• Bisque with tartare of jamon and poached quail's egg in lettuce leaf
• Mushroom risotto with shaved West Australian truffles
• Salmon, presented smoked, mousse and as "salmon jerky", with German caviar
• Soup (prepared at the table as an infusion done in a 1950's style coffee maker, using stock, herbs and mirepoix), poured over tartare of King Fish covered in a veil of buffalo mozzarella cheese
• Carpaccio of fois gras with baby pear and fennel
• Slow cooked pork belly with a pork rillette pancake and stuffed baby apple, dried green apple strip and apple puree
• Medallion of New Zealand venison with a mille feuille of saffron mousseline and leg meat
• Goat's cheese served a curd and ice cream, with rose petal and rose jelly
• Frozen golden kiwi fruit "lollipops" dipped in mint jelly and served with raspberry jelly (we think)
• Smoked Valrhona chocolate cigar

And matched wines. I need to walk a lot for the next few days.