January 15th, 2009 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
If the name isn’t already a red (white-and-blue) flag, then the Brie and Tomato Croissants and Savoury Crepe Rolls will clue you in. St Germain Patisserie may be on a Redfern street corner, but its picnic-ready display will whisk you to a small patch in Paris’ Sixth Arrondissement. The Riviera Raspberry and Lemon Mousse Cake, […]
August 27th, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 15 Comments »
If you had to graph our reaction to Sparkle Cupcakery in Surry Hills, our initial response was all off-the-chart spikes. On a less mathematical note, I might even admit to some jumping and down and perhaps the odd (totally undignified) yelp. After all, the display was crammed with colour-coded cupcakes and vivid ingredients listings to […]
August 13th, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Caketown in Newtown is probably a little wrongly named – Cakecloset might be more accurate in conveying how much measuring tape you’d use in sizing it up. Despite its XS dimensions and industrial feel, this bakery is packed with such a high eye-candy-to-space ratio that the lack of roominess isn’t such a downfall. Just make […]
June 14th, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Sadly, I’m not one of those bright, perky people who gets all hopped up about leaving the house at 6AM to “make the most of the morning”. I’m a sleepaholic, so am always pushing my luck being bedsnug for as long as possible. The only thing that can break me out of this pillowy trance […]
March 1st, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
There are no victory laps, hokey national anthems or teary press conferences about drug allegations, but there sure is a lot of good toast involved. Recently Will and I kick-started the ‘Breakfast Olympics’, an overly-dramatic name for our “breakfast-off” where we take turns making breakfast (and secretly try to trump each other’s efforts in the […]
February 18th, 2008 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Bars | Leave A Comment »
I recently had some birthday drinks and nibbles at the Opera Bar, which was really a shameless excuse to try their Vegetarian Tasting Plate ($42). Verdict? Mostly fab – except for the orange braised fennel (no vegetable quite hits the ‘uh!’ button like fennel) and over-lemony veg tartlets. The fried won-tons were incredible though, and […]