coffee

Sal’s by the Lake, Speers Point

May 24, 2012 · 0 comments

After helping my mother move Dad’s excessive DVD collection to the new house, we met my sister and went for a relaxing, child-free(!), coffee at the newish cafe at Speers Point Park, Sal’s by the Lake.

Mum and Jen each got the coffee and cake for $7.

They look like Sara Lee cakes to me!

Tall foam! (I went back this weekend for takeaway coffee, but they’re run out of soy milk. At midday. *sadface*)

I was mid juice cleanse so I sipped my lemongrass and ginger tea, before scouting out the new playground. It looks awesome!

Tagged as: cafe, cake, coffee, herbal tea, Lake Macquarie, park, Speers Point

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Cafe de Beaumont, Hamilton

May 12, 2012 · 2 comments

Kidnapped my sleep deprived sister (and aspiring food blogger? ??) on ANZAC day for a caffeine hit on Beumont street, Hamilton.

Unfortunately, the gluten free cinnamon toast took aaages to come, and could have done with more butter. But it was great to get out!

Tagged as: coffee, gluten free, Hamilton, newcastle

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Cafe Newtown

May 11, 2012 · 4 comments

Caught up with friends for breakfast/lunch/something after waaaay to long (hey they’d been to Korea and the US in meantime!) at Cafe Newtown near the train station.

I had a delish fruit salad, and a coffee of course.

My friends split olive tapende toast with feta and a burger.

So many cafes in Newtown, so little time!

Tagged as: breakfast, burger, coffee, fruit salad, lunch, Newtown

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Things I wanna get better at – Using my KeepCup

May 10, 2012 · 1 comment

Are you, like me, the possessor of one, or more, KeepCups or other brand of reusable coffee cup? Yes?

Well, I was at an event for Kleeex the other week, and pledged on camera to use my KeepCup more often. So here we go. On the drive to Sydney from Newcastle, getting my soy latte is an attractive cup.

Step at a time!

(Hey, Mum! You can even get a Sydney Swans one!)

And, cute pics of me from the Kleenex event!

PS congrats to Jess who won the necklace!

Tagged as: AFL, coffee, keepcup

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Blue Water Pizza, Warners Bay

May 5, 2012 · 1 comment

Been a couple of years since I went to Blue Water Pizza, but it was time to go back again. They have gluten free bases for a $5.20 surcharge, but they are nice bases!

Started with a garlic crust. Which initially came out with cheese, despite a specific request for no cheese.

Vegetarian – Mykonos Pizza

Chicken and Prawn – Rio Grande (they were meant to bring out sweet chilli sauce and sour cream for it, too, but that didn’t arrive until we were halfway thru >:|)

Supposedly a greek salad. But it had sundried tomatoes instead of fresh ones, and some other roast veges from jars, and no red onion. It was.. weird. Oh and the plate was cold, so I think it had been in the fridge plated up all day ready to plonk on a table…

They did pass the soy latte making test this time though! :p

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Tagged as: coffee, gluten free, newcastle, pizza, vegetarian, Warners Bay

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Seasonal Fruit Plate, Lotus Espresso, The Junction, Newcastle.

April 30, 2012 · 3 comments

Washed down of course with a lovely latte

Tagged as: breakfast, coffee, fruit, newcastle, The Junction

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A day out in Sydney

April 24, 2012 · 2 comments

Mum came down to Sydney for the day, and we did what we usually do whenever we’re together, drink a lot of coffee and walk a lot of kms!

Happy coffee from Vivo World Square.

I also got to introduce her to the craze that is Mexican takeaway chains. This bowl was from the Guzman y Gomez in the Level 5 foodcourt at the city Westfield. I think she’s now looking forward to the Mexican craze hitting Newcastle :p

Tagged as: coffee, gluten free, mexican, sydney, vegetarian

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Bondi Massive Cafe

April 22, 2012 · 0 comments

Took advantage of my transit pass one day, and headed to Bondi for only the third time in my life (once I ran the city to surf, the other time was a job interview) and enjoyed a vegetarian brekky of Zuccini Fritters and a soy latte.

Tagged as: Bondi, breakfast, coffee, gluten free, vegetarian

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The Hardware Sociéte, Melbourne

April 18, 2012 · 7 comments

The day after the Global Atheist Convention, Rish and I went with a couple of Sydneyites to The Hardware Sociéte, tucked away on Hardware St, Melbourne, for breakfast. Breakfast extended to 11:30, awesomely for a Monday, but they are very strict with that as the cut-off time.

Rish started with an amazing mocha, basically an espresso shot, with a jug of hot chocolate. The hot chocolate itself came as a clump of chocolate in a cup, with about two cups worth of hot chocolate in the side mug. Ultra-sweet!

My soy latte was at a perfect drinkable temperature, and awesome. Two went down quite welcomely.

Rish selected one of the versions of baked eggs, with chorizo and romanasco, while Ash had the (ultra rich) baked eggs, with sausage, pesto and olives. She didn’t make it through, though you could blame it on starting with the hot chocolate!

I ate “Le Sandwich”, while Mike had my second choice, sardines on toast

The Hardware Sociéte was one of those place I’d never have found without Foursquare, and the fact it was recommended by my food blogger contacts on there.

What’s the best place you’ve found via your online connections?

Tagged as: #atheistcon, breakfast, coffee, eggs, gluten free, hot chocolate, melbourne

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Lunch at Raw Cafe, Hunter Street Newcastle

April 10, 2012 · 1 comment

There are two sites for Raw Cafe in Newcastle. One at the very est end of Hunter street, near the Backpackers’ accommodation, and the other inside the gym I’ve been frequenting while staying up here.

I stopped at the Hunter Street cafe for lunch this week, excited by their promise of a healthy chicken burger (grilled chicken breast fillet, cos lettuce, avocado, tomato and garlic aioli, with gluten free toast rather than a gluten full bun for me), with a side of chats instead of chips!