Tag: coffee

Black Star Pastry

It was a gloriously sunny day yesterday; perfect weather to take Sesso Bici, my lovely new bike, on a little trip to Newtown. Half the fun of riding such a beautiful bike is the conversation it creates. If you do not want to talk to strangers, do not by such […]

La Grande Bouffe

I have passed La Grande Bouffe many times, and it is always full of trendy breakfasters and their designer pooches. Mum and I, minus our designer pooches, went for a light breakfast here today and it was lovely. Although we just felt like a gold old croissant, the creations that […]

Three Blue Ducks

After the joy of the breakfast in a pan at Circa, any panned breakfast is going to have to be mighty fine to come close. Three Blue Ducks in Bronte, just won the Sydney Morning Herald award for best food at a café, so I was expecting big things. It […]

Circa

Parramatta. It doesn’t exactly scream awesome, hipster cafe… In fact, it doesn’t even whisper it, but today, I became a believer; there are fab, trendy finds west of the border… Circa is a wonderful oasis with brilliant coffee and even more brilliant food. The fit-out is shabby-chic, bric-a-brac cool and […]

The Grounds of Alexandria

When spring comes to town, there is nothing better than casting off the shakles of weekday-itis and having an al fresco luncheon somewhere fabulous. That somewhere fabulous was The Grounds of Alexandria. One of Sydney’s latest warehouse conversions, The Grounds of Alexandria is a stunning new development amidst the industrial […]

Three Spoons

“Coffee makes us severe, and grave, and philosophical.” Jonathan Swift Next time you feel like being severe, grave and philosophical, do it over a cup of coffee from Three Spoons. Located in Concord West, Three Spoons is a quaint suburban café that makes a flat white that is creamy, well-mannered […]