Cafe

Game Over

I took a stroll around The Star the other day. The row of dingy, foot-courtesque eateries and the dodgy old Irish pub are but a distant nightmare compared to what’s now in their place: world class restaurants with the likes of Momofuku and Black, the high-end designer shops like Chanel […]

Cafe Giulia

I love Sunday brunch. There is just something different about a brunch on Sunday; it’s informal, sacred, unfettered, real. It was real today. It was muggy in the packed-out corner cafe, that smells of sizzling bacon and big Saturday nights. Cafe Giulia on Abercrombie St in Chippendale, is great. It […]

Cow and the Moon

After reading a review in this week’s Good Living from the SMH, I hot-footed it to Cow and the Moon in Enmore, for some artisan gelato! Winning eight medals at the Sydney Royal Fine Food Show, including the prize for Champion Gelato, that was awarded to their “lime in coconut” […]

Workshop Espresso

Workshop Espresso is my new favourite mid-city coffee haunt. A sliver of a shop, barely 3m across, they make fabulous coffee. I have been there on numerous occasions and am never disappointed. As I introduced a friend to it today, he noted the intense concentration on the barista’s face as […]

Ablacadabra!

Having a craving for all things Middle Eastern and delicious of late, Elizabeth, Baby Maggie and I made the journey to Abla’s Pastries in Granville today. This is the mother of all Arabian sweet shops. Spoilt for choice, my eyes bulging no matter which direction I looked, I opted for […]

Le Monde

Today was a great day. It got off to a cracking start when I met my darling Michael for breakfast at Le Monde, Surry Hills. Having read a review in the coffee issue of the Good Living Guide from the Sydney Morning Herald last year, I had filed it away […]