It’s the first Saturday of winter and I’m sitting in the Art Gallery of NSW cafe eating a sausage roll. It’s not just any sausage roll, it’s a smoked jalapeño beef sausage roll with bush tomato relish ($14). It’s boujie, easily one of the most delicious sausage rolls I’ve had, and my go to favourite…
Category: Cafe culture
The Grounds of Alexandria
The decision to go to The Grounds at peak brunch hour on Saturday is a … choice. It’s not just The Grounds cafe specifically, it’s the whole experience. It is trying to find a park in a parking station where almost every spot says you aren’t allowed to park (and some have scary cartoons of…
Shuk Chatswood
Sometimes you just have to give things a go. Unfamiliar place? go there. Unknown people, meet them. Untried food? Order it. And so I find myself on a Saturday, brunch-time, rolling up to Shuk in Chatswood, low key, relaxed, and the perfect casual and low pressure place to meet a rando bloke from the internet….
Avner’s Bakery
It’s been a while since I posted here or wrote anything for my blog. Truth is, I sort of lost my way. I wrote the blog every single week for three years, and then Covid hit, and I moved countries, and I was trying to find my feet, and then Oct 7 happened and the…
Hardware Société
I have one morning alone in Melbourne to eat a delicious breakfast and a friend has recommended Hardware Société. If it has her stamp of approval then it is bound to be good, so I don’t need to be told twice. The Hardware St location is down a side street and up a few stairs….
Brunch at The Allotment Kitchen
Sometimes its fun to have brunch with a side of pig, and not the bacon kind. I speak of my brunchtime visit to The Allotment Kitchen at Stepney City Farm, so perhaps it’s not ‘on the side’, adjacent maybe? Either way, what a lovely Saturday morning activity. I guarantee you that looking at chickens happily…
Hartbreakers – Brooklyn
When I was in New York I met up with an old school friend (to clarify, by ‘old’ I mean I’ve known her a long time, she’s not old, that would make me old, and i’m not old, i’m in my prime. Baby… ok, rant over). She’s vegan, so we went to check out a new vegan…
Bakers & Roasters – Amsterdam
Lovely relaxed and modern New Zealand cafe. Simplistic clean decor with a splash of colour. We were promptly seated and our coffee order arrived quickly as if they had ESP’d our need of it. The coffee is good, I happily drink it down, all the while watching askance as my friend slurps down a vanilla…
Omelegg – Amsterdam
First morning in Amsterdam and I really fancy an omelette from Omelegg. It has great reviews, looks cosy and is a very convenient five minute walk from my hotel. I message my friend and tell him the plan ‘Good recon!’ He replies, ‘I’ll see you there’. Half an hour later I am standing in a…
Maitre Choux – South Kensington
Sunday I decide to pay a visit to Maitre Choux. The branch in South Kensington is a small space with very limited seating and hardly any character save for a few interesting hanging lights and the eclairs themselves lined up to attention like colourful soldiers. That’s fine, for a first visit, the eclairs really are…
e5 Bakehouse – London Fields
The e5 Bakehouse is in a cavernous space under the railway arches of London Fields. One arch, where the counter and a smattering of communal tables are, leads to another, and then another, through a series of larger arches all the way to the back of the bakery. At the counter I am torn on…
Omelette Arnold Bennett at Balthazar
Sunday morning I meet friends for brunch at Balthazar. We are promptly seated in a cosy booth next to a quartet devouring some deliciously flaky looking pastries. Coffees are ordered, and champagne. Our neighbours second course arrives at the same time as our coffee. They place their pastries to the side and hoe into their plates…
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