南北緯37度空間遊走

我這種以食物留念的旅遊習慣，既然都跑到ST. KILDA，當然不會傻傻沿著海灘走上一趟就搭車回家...，絕對得找出點食物來讓我加深對ST. KILDA的印象，抱持朝聖的心情朝著ACLAND STREET前進，這條街以販售猶太及東歐風味的糕餅聞名，號稱猶太糕餅街，別擔心不只是賣糕餅，想吃漢堡也有GRILL'S啦!!

路過糕餅店櫥窗時路人無一倖免通通被可愛的糕點吸引注目光，至少我就脫不了身，朋友卻興致缺缺....只點了杯LATTE陪我吃點心。

我先點了一塊黑森林蛋糕及一塊BAKLAVA，黑森林蛋糕口味很一般，醃櫻桃的酸中和了奶油的膩，至於BAKLAVA就.....

我對BAKLAVA的好奇心源自於"MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING"電影中男主角父母拜訪女主角家人短短出現幾秒的一幕場景，讓我對它念念不忘，RUSSELL STREET上也有一間希臘糕餅專賣店，但櫥窗上五花八門的甜點多到讓我難以取捨，所以我一項能避則避!!

BAKLAVA是一種以千層薄皮，內裹蜂蜜、胡桃、肉桂、開心果等製成的傳統糕餅，口感討喜但有點太油膩也太甜，要是份量再大一點可能會感到噁心。

解決兩種甜點後心有不甘，就不相信在這家店找不到好吃的甜點，所以又加點了份PECAN TART跟一杯解膩的咖啡，PECAN TART雖然有點黏牙但味道還不錯。

看來這走東歐風格的糕餅的特色是:油+甜+膩....

結算總金額:黑森林蛋糕+BAKLAVA+PECAN TART+COFFEE=20.95AUD

明明叫猶太糕餅街我怎麼光點希臘甜點??人生就是這麼一回事，專程跑去LYGON STREET吃泰國菜也不是沒做過!!

Acland Street is a street in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda, which enjoys great popularity as a recreational area, mainly due to its many restaurants and its proximity to the entertainment areas along St Kilda beach

Acland St is named for Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, owner of the schooner Lady of St Kilda, after which the suburb of St Kilda is named. It runs on a north-west to south-east axis from Fitzroy St to Barkly St. It was one of the first streets laid out when St Kilda was surveyed in 1842. A plaque on the corner of Acland and Fitzroy Sts commemorates the first land sales at St Kilda, which took place near the intersection.

The north-western end of the street is largely residential, and features many fine houses from the late 19th century, some of them converted to flats or other uses, such as the Linden Gallery. Only from the intersection of Carlisle St to its termination in the south-east is it a commercial street. The section of Acland Street between Barkly Street and Carlisle Street is a tram zone where route 96 terminates.

In the 1930s and 1940s this part of St Kilda was the centre of Melbourne's Jewish community, and Acland St featured a number of shops and restaurants catering to the Jewish community and offering eastern European cuisine. Acland St's well-known cake shops also date from this period. Since the 1950s, however, the centre of the Jewish community has moved eastwards to Caulfield, and Acland St has lost its distinctive Jewish ambience. The 1950's Scheherezade cafe lingered until 2008 but a few great cake shops still remain from that era. Today Acland St has many restaurants offering a variety of cuisines, including Vietnamese, Indian, Italian and Malaysian. A large McDonalds now stands on the corner of Acland and Carlisle Sts.

The junction of Acland St and Barkly St is known as the Village Belle, after the Village Belle Hotel, one of the oldest in Melbourne, which stands on Barkly St at the end of Acland St. Near the junction of Carlisle St and Acland St is Luna Park, one of Australia's best-known amusement parks, which attracts large crowds during the summer. Almost next door is one of Melbourne's oldest theatres, The Palais. Also on Acland St is the St Kilda Army and Navy Club, which has recently been renovated and become a popular gambling venue.