Good coffee and Asian inspired breakfasts, what’s not to like? Such is the proximity of Haven Specialty Coffee to Central Station, you can actually grab a seat outside and watch the people traffic or the trains begin their outward journeys. There has been a dearth of really good coffee around the biggest station in Sydney….
Bean Drinking Crows Nest
First off, a warning, this is a coffee-only post. Much as I would have loved to have tasted the smoky bacon, the aromas which waft past me as I take a seat on the homely leather couch, or many of the other great sounding food offerings on the menu, I have a sole mission of coffee…
Cafe Oratnek Redfern
Seaweed, miso, dashi, wasabi and matcha – the flavours most associated with Japanese cuisine – is penetrating the Sydney café scene. Yes, we are seeing the eastern influences in our breakfasts and a small wave of cafes like Café Oratnek are opening across Sydney revolutionising the humble eggs or introducing elements of Asian cuisine to your…
Proud Mary Collingwood
There’s a great cover by Ike and Tina Turner, that has in the first few chords a lyric that includes “…Why now, every now and then, I think you might like to hear something from us nice and easy…”, and Proud Mary in Collingwood exudes that same feeling of the song that helped propel Tina Turner into mega stardom. I…
Cornersmith Marrickville
I first came to know about Marrickville as a teenager, watching the little Phillips colour TV in Canberra, as Jeff Fenech pounded his way to 4 world titles as a boxer. Fenech was known as the ‘Marrickville Mauler”. But it would be a couple of decades before I actually set foot in Marrickville to sample…