The Australian Food Diaries: Cairns
Cairns is a coastal city and our hotel was practically sitting on the beach, so you’d better believe that I was going to get some good food along the pier. The area around our hotel was overflowing with restaurants, cafes, juice bars, gelato shops, and take away counters. It wasn’t hard to find some really good food spots here!
Bellocale
Most of us were trying to budget how much we were spending on food, but my friends and I decided to go out and have one really nice dinner while we were here. Our mission was to find a place with two key things: seafood and pasta. We came upon Bellocale, a small but upscale Italian seafood restaurant just a few streets away from our hotel. I got fresh scallops with herb, garlic, and lemon. IT WAS DIVINE. My friends got an assortment of seafood linguine and other pastas and I got to taste test them all. Bellocale does good work, I’d give it a 12/10.
Grill’d
This place is a buzzy burger joint right on the pier that has a variety of healthy burger options, not to mention they donate to charity for every meal ordered. I ordered a standard cheeseburger with avocado fries and herbed mayo dipping sauce. One thing to take note of is that in Australia, all burgers come with a big slice of beetroot which I found out after my lips starting turning bright purple. It was nice to come back to a classic burger after being hard pressed to find one anywhere else. The burger was really fresh and tasted better than some I’ve had at home, while the fries were just the right amount of spicy and flavorful. Too bad we don’t have any in the states!
Mooz and Gellochio
Alright, we’ve already been over the fact that I LOVE dessert. Which is why I had gelato almost every night that we were in Cairns. There are tons of gelato and ice cream spots all along the pier, but Mooz was right around the corner from our hotel and had the best gelato at the best price. They had the best cookies and cream gelato I’ve ever had and I went to Italy last summer so that’s saying A LOT. Just a few shops up from Mooz is Gellochio, another gelato spot but their claim to fame is their amazing fresh fruit popsicles. They had all sorts of flavors like mango, passionfruit, kiwi, lychee, and so many more. they even had ice cream popsicles dipped in chocolate. I got a little overeager and took a few bites out my kiwi popsicle before taking the photo which may have ruined the esthetic, but I was too excited/hungry to care.
That’s my last food post for Australia! Next stop is Japan, which will prove even more interesting because I love to try new foods. Over and out for now!









