August 29th, 2011 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Cafes | 6 Comments »
Just when you thought Surry Hills was at maximum cafe capacity, along comes another great new addition: Joe Black. With a mural showing the evolution of human caffeine dependency, this place takes its coffee ultra-seriously. The blackboard offers two Single Origin special brews a day and a house blend, there are take-home packs galore and […]
July 30th, 2011 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Bars, Cafes, Travel | 11 Comments »
As my parents could tell you, getting me interested in maths is a losing battle (for years, my brain and trigonometry enjoyed pretending the other did not exist). Here’s one calculation I enjoy making, though: taking a holiday and dividing it into maximum mealtimes and snack breaks – with no remainders left over. So this […]
April 16th, 2010 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Cafes | 3 Comments »
One of the neverending joys of having a food blog is the number of tip-offs you receive from friends, happy to give you joint-custody of one of their favourite cafes. The funny thing is, the exact day that Clare told me about her “must-try” local – Moose in Redfern – the place closed up for […]
October 25th, 2009 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Cafes | 11 Comments »
A brilliant breakfast menu is like a knockout second album by a band you love: different and original enough to leave the critics a little dizzy, but familiar enough to ensure everything that drew you in the first place hasn’t been reprogrammed out of existence. So, you want eggs, sides, toast and the comfort of […]
August 31st, 2009 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Cafes | 8 Comments »
The folks behind the ever-popular Clipper in Glebe have opened a new cafe in Enmore. A few weeks back, Sally tipped me off about its impending arrival, and with it slated to open near Lisa’s house, all of us had been on new-Clipper-watch for a while. It was meant to open last Monday, but the […]
February 17th, 2009 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Cafes | 5 Comments »
Hot chips are the edible equivalent of The Simpsons. It’s weird to know of anyone who doesn’t like either (although “later seasons” of hot chips probably don’t attract as many For & Against arguments as that 20-year-strong cartoon does). I’ve only ever heard of one person who could reject a bowl stacked with long, crispy, […]
May 19th, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Cafes | 5 Comments »
If Betty & Veronica lived in Chinatown, I think they’d hang out at Norita Cafe. Located in the Sydney’s Spanish “quarter” (could a quarter be any smaller?), it seems to be a magnet for young folks wanting to sip on freshly-blitzed pineapple juices, crash out on an oversized couch and break out the board games. […]