The Akira Lifestyle and Foodie Blogs

Vapiano is an Italian place in the heart of the city. They have one store in Melbourne and one in Sydney and a few in Brisbane. Free lollies at the cashier. Image courtesy of RMIT Newintstudents blog Vapiano uses a chip card system. They give each customer a chip card when they come in so that its easier for each customer to pay for their own meal at the end. No need to work out as to who ate what and its good for those that have to leave early. Like MYKI you touch and then it works out what you owe in the end. The dining room is huge and you find your own seat. The booth is the best place as it is comfy in there and you can sit and read and catch up over coffee. Servicce is so-so. Some of the times its friendly and prompt and other times it can be difficult to get the attention. Pizza image from RMIT Newintstudents blog Now that summer pasta RNIS describes it as the bomb. We loved their fresh handmade pasta, but it was slightly undercooked like most of their pastas are

This Baget place has been open for some time and its the little sister of the big store. Here they specialise in banh mi and bhanh mi masterclasses. Their last one was a success. They also have a competition where if you put your business card in the box you could a meal for you and three friends and that's what I did today. The bhanh mi's are always lovely as they take such care in making these things and their pickles are nice Bhanh mi- image courtesy of RMIT Newintstudents blog Today I had the buddha's bowl and the rice vermicelli was warm which I did not like. I loved the tofu and the fresh vegetables. But the warmth of noodles drowned out some of the flavour of the vegetables. I really enjoyed the carmelised onions. The bhanh mi is always lovely as they serve it in these lovely crispy rolls which we learned to make in class. Pity though that the noodles were a little bit warm. But everything else was good. My two friends had iced coffee which was really str