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Citrus Cafe Restaurant

I’ve got a thing for beetroot in my juices at the moment, so picking this concoction was a great choice.

Citrus Cafe Restaurant

And this fruit plate, which defeated me!

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Yay! I have my netbook back! So now, before I get completely snowed under by the moving away from Canberra thing, I’m going to share some of the awesome cake and coffee yums that we had at Cream a couple of weeks ago for the bloggers’ meet :D

COFFEE:

Cream Nuffnange Canberra Bloggers Meetup

Cream Nuffnange Canberra Bloggers Meetup

HOT CHOCOLATE:

Cream Nuffnange Canberra Bloggers Meetup

(complete with choc buttons melting in the bottom of the cup)

CAKEAGE:

Cream Nuffnange Canberra Bloggers Meetup

My gluten and dairy free citrus cake.

Cream Nuffnange Canberra Bloggers Meetup

Cream Nuffnange Canberra Bloggers Meetup

Cream Nuffnange Canberra Bloggers Meetup

The popular Mars Bar cheesecake

CHOCOLATE CROISSANT:

Cream Nuffnange Canberra Bloggers Meetup

Before

and

After

Cream Nuffnange Canberra Bloggers Meetup

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Grind Darby Street

I arrived an hour early for breakfast on Sunday. Apparently the Android Facebook App is not to be relied on for important things like time of events. Mine said 8:30am, Rish’s said 2:30am. At least he could easily tell his was wrong!

Grind Darby Street

A made up breakfast of gluten free toast, bacon, tomato and avocado. What? You can’t see the avo? That’s because they forgot it.

Grind Darby Street

Here it is! An interesting mixed up avocado puree with a hint of chili, I believe.

So filling! :)

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Scope Mount Stromlo

Scope Mount Stromlo recently opened in the grounds of the Mount Stromlo Observatory. While my parents were visiting over the weekend, I took them up there for breakfast.

Scope Mount Stromlo
(Bring your woolies if you’re going to sit out on the balcony! Or ride up, like most of the lycra-clad partons on Saturday morning did)

From the website:

The café is set in an architecturally designed, award-winning building with comfortable and eclectic styling. The eating area is framed by floor to ceiling glass and a large balcony, which provides 180-degree views of the Murrumbidgee Corridor of the Brindabella Ranges. Just outside are the mammoth remains of the telescopic domes of the Observatory that make a spectacular backdrop for breathtaking sunsets almost every day of the year.

Scope Mount Stromlo
Can you spot a roo?

Scope Mount Stromlo
Soy latte, $3.80

I start with my usual soy latte – and awesomely don’t have to pay extra for soy (or decaf if that’s you’re thing!)

Scope Mount Stromlo

My parents both ordered the “Big Ben” a HUGE Eggs Benedict with bacon and sourdough from Flute Bakery. There’s a layer of bacon between the sourdough slices!

Scope Mount Stromlo
Needless to say, Mum didn’t need lunch til quite late!

I got them to put together an eggless breakky ;) Bacon, roast tomato and gluten free bread. Yum :) Should have asked if they had avocado though, it would have topped it off.

Scope Mount Stromlo

I think a nice addition to their breakfast menu would have been some sort of fruit salad, I’m sure of of the cycling crew might agree :) But they were happy to alter the combinations that morning for me.

Scope Mount Stromlo
Colours!

Scope Mount Stromlo
(I’m looking forward to them sorting out their liquor licence so I can drag my workmates up there for Friday drinks! They’re planning to open late on a Friday and get some telescopes out too! They want everyone up the hill by 8pm, but if things are kicking on, then I don’t see you getting kicked out)

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Jetty Cafe, Toronto

July 19, 2010 · 6 comments

Jetty Cafe Toronto

Last time I was up in Newcastle, Lake Macquarie council were doing something on the Toronto foreshore to the old toilet/change block at the lake baths. Seems it’s a new little cafe – selling coffees, light lunches like wraps, and hamburgers and fish and chips (of course!)
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Darby Street Eats

April 22, 2010 · 0 comments

Even when I’m only in Newcastle for a short stay, I tend to have a few meals on Darby Street :)

3 Monkeys, Darby St
Fruit salad with almond cous cous for breakfast from 3 Monkeys

It’s been awhile since I’m been to 3 Monkeys, mostly because I’ve had quite bad service there in the past. But I was impressed with this different breakfast. I don’t think I’ve had cous cous for breakfast before! and the grapes were awesome :) Good to have for breakky after dancing til three on my blistered feet after the wedding!
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Morning Coffee

September 12, 2009

Struggled this morning, got out of bed, showered, and decided on purple tights Thought they would help me with the sprngy feeling. Made it to Uni, am now the only person at Degree cafe, have eaten my raisin toast, and am now working my way through the coffee. They don’t charge extra for soy here. [...]

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A Twist at Honeysuckle

July 17, 2009

Friday night last week, a few friends and I headed into Honeysuckle (Newcastle) for the “Livesites” thing the council were putting on. This basically involved fire, music, belly dancers and us finding a place to eat! This was a chance for me to gloat about not freezing because I’ve got cold Canberra blood now, and [...]

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Depot, Darby Street

July 15, 2009

While I was in Newcastle, I went to The Depot, a new cafe on Darby St, twice for lunch. Mostly because I hadn’t been there yet, and the first time because I was by myself on Saturday and it looked like I could tuck away at a table with a magazine and eat without being [...]

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Richard Wilkins vs Blueberry Cheesecake

November 21, 2007

Just back from meeting up with Karen aka Kazza the Blank One for some dessert in Civic. I had originally suggested we head to Cream (good food, coffee, service and hot waitstaff all around), however, when I showed up, there was a large private function, with lots of girls in stiletto heels and mini-dresses, and [...]

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