Art Gallery of NSW Cafe

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…

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….

Bistro Kai

You know the age old stories in romcoms and life? You meet the perfect guy when you’re both in rebound mode, might have worked out but the timing was wrong. Maybe you circle back a year later and the timing is right, or not, maybe he’s married with a kid on the way, or in…