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Lemon twist café, surry hills
Schibello coffee. Chilled, but with bright yellow floor, this place is memorable from first sight. Lunch and breakfast options, and the complimentary water comes with a slice of lemon.
Coffee is good; pleasant temperature, perhaps a little thin, but a good accompaniment to breakfast, which is served [...]
In the café, chatswood
Café molinari coffee. Across the road from chatswood chase shopping centre on archer st, this café has a relaxed atmosphere, and allows you to watch the busy foot and motor traffic go by.
Coffee is smooth; almost velvet-like in texture, and the latte is milky in texture. This [...]
Pablo’s vice, surry hills
Numero uno coffee. Hard to miss once you look down the right street, this café blends indoor and outdoor seating with a galley kitchen. Two chess players stare intently at a board, chilled macy gray music drifts acros the ill-lit indoor area, and other patrons chat happily. Eggs [...]
Kawa café, surry hills
Single origin coffee. Amazing old house that’s been converted to a breakfast and lunch café with rustic furniture and daylight abounding. Art - on sale - adorns all the walls. Lots of organic food.
Coffee is smooth, good strength, good flavour. Worth a visit.
Café la rosa, Sydney cbd
Calima coffee. A positive vibe, lots of hustle in the morning rush, while breakfast diners relax at the indoor and outdoor tables. It’s the kind of place that has sprung up to fill the void between the more formal office meeting places, and the casual [...]
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Hot dogs for lunch!
Originally uploaded by cafedave.
Ah, college lunches. After weeks of food from various nationalities, we’re on to one of my guilty favourites: hot dogs.
There’s something about hot dogs that sets them apart from all other foods. We were musing at lunch as to what the [...]
New Apple laptops are out - the macbook: available in white (1.83GHz/60GB/Combo Drive), white (2.0GHz/60GB/DVD burner) or black (2.0GHz/80GB/DVD Burner, more expensive, ships later): 13.3″ intel laptop, 2.36kg, shared graphics memory. Around $2000, depending on customisation.
toy car
Originally uploaded by cafedave.
There’s something incredibly relaxing about trying to get a toy car to move around the remote controls: this one is small enough to get some momentum and turns (sometimes) on a 20c piece!
Tony’s espresso and quick bites, north sydney
Schibello coffee. Just opened on berry st, a range of pies, slices and pastas cooked off-site, and a polite, friendly owner serving up the coffees. Indoor and outdoor seating, overlooking a busy road.
Coffee has a good temperature, moderate strength. A safe choice: neither a poor [...]
duck with coffee three
Originally uploaded by cafedave.
Thanks to everyone who made it to my 30th yesterday: it was great to spend time with so many people. Special thanks to those who made it for the entire crawl, from 9am to 11pm: Kel, Jonathan, Chan and Jord, and [...]
blog dedicated to to-do lists: scans of hand-written lists on a range of topics.
If you’re here because you’ve forgotten where the cafe crawl is, then you’ll want to call my mobile to find out… see you on Glebe Point Road!
Update: thanks to all who attended: I managed 12 coffees in total (just like the twelve on my t-shirt). More detail soon.
This is my favourite iron chef t-shirt.