October 10th, 2010 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
My first introduction to Room 10 in Potts Point was via Twitpic. Last week, Good Living contributor Carli Ratcliff snapped an image, pitched it onto Twitter and talked up the new cafe’s “cracking brekky” and “sensational brews”. Only three weeks old, this XS-sized joint is a new venture for Daniel Jackson, who you may recognise […]
January 11th, 2010 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 10 Comments »
Sometimes you can’t reduce why you like something down to one particular reason. Often, you end up overcrowding your explanation with lots of adjectives – the same way you do when justifying a crush to friends (where you talk someone up as “funny, smart, cute, talented, thoughtful” etc etc, piling on the praise until your […]
November 7th, 2009 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Today I was on Anna Burns’ excellent Weekend Lunch show (on FBI 94.5FM) talking about my favourite Sydney breakfast places. I say ‘favourite’ and not ‘best’, because as soon as you use that word, you end up baiting people into disagreeing. Favourites are a personal thing. Mine are (in no order really):Clipper Cafe, GlebeRuby’s Diner, […]
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 […]
June 1st, 2009 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Uncategorized | 16 Comments »
Sometimes you like a cafe from the very first millisecond. And then – several cleared plates, sipped-clean glasses and much cafe-lingering later – your initial instinct is proved right. So here it is, Clipper Cafe in Glebe, my latest big cafe crush. OK, so I didn’t quite stumble into this cute little terrace eatery by […]