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One of the best things about Melbourne is finding new places to eat in places you might never expect.  Cookies is a good example of this, located in Curtin House, the entrance looks like the front of a gig venue, which I think it is as well.

It is home to a range of restaurants, plus a rooftop bar and open air cinema.  Shame the lift doesn't work after 7pm.

Cookies is at 252 Swanston Street, very Golden book in decor.  Image is from some of the wall decorations. 

Food is tasty and it has that great Melbourne vibe.

Huge range of beers and you could spend a while reading the wine list, which is hefty.  Food is Thai influenced.  Definitely worth a trip.

Cookies

Another place we tried, (still carrying on with the Asian theme and in the groove of bunnies and rabbits.  The icons seem to be all over town, even down to the busker who was wearing a rabbit outfit), was Chin Chin.  Visit the website and you'll see what I mean.

This is a tad more upmarket and indeed, extremely popular.  No reservations taken and when we rocked up on a Friday night the wait time for a table was 2 hours.

However, we were offered a seat at the bar, which suited us perfectly.  You can have lots of little tasting plates and if you can't make a decision they'll choose for you.

Asian theme with Thai influences and it felt a tad Malaysian as well.  We had kingfish sashimi, dumplings and a massaman curry with roti, so we really toured the Asian region.

Chin Chin, 125 Flinders Lane, Melbourne.

I'd definitely be happy to return to both of these restaurants.

Also, another place to grab a bite to eat before a show is My Mexican cousin which is adjacent or inside the Melbourne Recital Hall.  Cnr of Sturt Street and Southbank Boulevard.

Another place where they don't take reservations, unless there are more than 4.  My friend tells me they can be table nazis here.

They serve Mexican influenced food.  We had some rice and a chicken curry and whilst we thought it was pricey, really these two dishes could have fed two people quite easily. 

A good option for a pre or post theatre bite.