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Cake is never just cake to me. It's an excuse to celebrate something, anything, even if that something is just a Tuesday.

So here's the list of cakes that have earned a permanent spot in my rotation.

📍 ENZE, Ryde / Barangaroo @enzebakery
📍 Grena, Rhodes / Alexandria @grena_patisserie
📍 1989 Cakes, Insta only @1989.cakes
📍 ONU Cake, St Peters @___onu.cake
📍 Riso Cake, Rhodes @risocake.official
📍 Nienie Cake, Insta only @nieniecake
📍 Tiramisu Lab, Surry Hills @tiramisu_lab
📍 LeTAO, Town Hall @letao_australia

Which one deserves the next celebration? Or is there a cake spot I'm missing that should be on this list 👀

#sydneycakes #sydneydesserts #sydneyeats by @cafesdownunder

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2 months ago

Recent eats in Sydney and yes, carrot cake ended up being the unofficial theme 🥕

📍 Kyu, Darlinghurst @kyu_by_kyue
Back for the gyukatsu, good as always. Got talked into the kushikatsu (their signature assorted tempura skewers) and don't regret it. Great spot for drinks and a chill catch up too, the sake wall alone is worth a look.

📍 Penelope's, Redfern @penelope_bakeryandroastery

📍 Luca Bakery, Castle Hill @lucabakery__
The hyped bakery in the hills lived up to it, mostly. Carrot cake was massive and generous with the cream, texture read more banana bread than cake but I liked it.

📍 ENA, Crows Nest @ena.sydney
Went in for the carrot cake and it delivered, loved the texture and there's a little zest running through it.

📍 Humble, Surry Hills @humble_sydney
Cinnamon scroll here was decent but a bit dry. Keen to try it again fresh out of the oven before I make a final call.

#sydneycarrotcake #sydneybakery #sydneyeats #darlinghurstfood #castlehillfood #crowsnestcafe #surryhillscafe #sydneyfoodie #sydneycafes by @cafesdownunder

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📍 August The Old Place, Mosman @augusttheoldplace

Did you know you can get proper Chinese food and brunch at the same place? Yeah, I didn't either. Not until I ended up here.

This is August The Old Place in Mosman. Old heritage building, high ceilings, antique tiles everywhere. Honestly felt like I'd walked onto a movie set.

What we had:

• Egg Benedict
• Chinese Peking Duck Pancake

Brunch classics and proper Chinese dishes under one roof, in a room that feels like a film set.

Save this for next time you're torn between the two 👀

#mosmancafe #sydneycafes [invite] by @cafesdownunder

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13 days ago

Sansan's winter menu had me at the first bite 🥪

What we had:

・Steak Sanga
・Truffle Prosciutto
・S'mores Iced Matcha
・Brown Sugar Cookie Iced Coffee
・Creme Brulee Pudding

Both sandwiches came with that soft, bouncy bread, but the truffle prosciutto sauce is what really got me.

If you love a good gourmet sandwich, Sansan at Randwick needs to be on your list. They've got a few other locations around Sydney too, so no excuse not to try it 👀

#randwickeats #sydneyfoodie #sydneysandwiches #randwickfood #sydneyeat [invite] by @cafesdownunder

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19 days ago

Recent eats that have been living in my head rent free 🍽️

📍 NOM, Darlinghurst @sake_nom_restaurant
Cosy izakaya that feels like eating at someone's Japanese family home. No music playing, which threw me at first, but honestly I think that's part of why it feels so homey.

📍 Knotted, Burwood @cafeknotted_au
📍 Sakura House, Martin Place @sakurahousesydney
📍 Doodee King, Castle Hill @doodeeking
📍 Ting Hao A, Chatswood @tinghaoa.chatswood
📍 ENA, Crows Nest @ena.sydney

Which one are you trying first? 👀

#izakayasydney #sydneyeats #sydneyfoodie by @cafesdownunder

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Not going to pretend I know my way around a degustation menu, but Sixpenny made it easy to just sit back and enjoy it 🥂

Tbh I felt slightly out of my depth walking in, my usual flavour vocabulary maxes out at yummm and niceee, but I'd definitely say from the customer service, the careful explanation through each dish, and the beautiful plating, it really makes for a dining experience worth going to.

For anyone who hasn't been, this is a proper seasonal degustation, the kind where the menu changes with whatever's good that week and the kitchen leans hard into fermentation and koji. It shows in almost every course.

Here's the full spread:
• Roasted Jerusalem artichoke, celeriac miso
• Lacto-fermented pink turnip
• Grilled fioretti, fresh corn miso
• Cucumber, sunflower seed cream
• Blue mackerel tart, oyster emulsion
• Smoked eel pancake, saffron pickled swede
• Housemade sourdough
• Rocky Point cobia, fermented green tomato, almond
• Roasted quail, sweetcorn, burnt apple
• W.A marron with coral trout butter, served with bread
• Aged lamb rump with eggplant and fermented milk.

Dessert:
• Salted banana ice cream, coffee, hazelnut
• Mead vinegar custard, frozen raspberries, strawberry consommé
• Birthday addition, chocolate mousse
• Madeleines to finish

📍 Sixpenny, Stanmore
@sixpenny_au

#sixpennystanmore #stanmoreeats #stanmorerestaurant #sydneyfinedining taken in sixpenny by @cafesdownunder

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Recent eats around Sydney! This time it's been a mix of nostalgia visits and new obsessions 👀

📍 Igniis, Potts Point @igniisbakenroast

Came here purely for the cinnamon scroll and it might be my favourite in Sydney. Moist all the way through but with a crunchy base, the kind of contrast that makes you go back for seconds.

📍 Juan, Redfern @juan.redfern
Went back for the katsu again and it's still holding its spot as one of the best in the city.

📍 Common, Epping @commonepping
Quickly becoming one of my favourite cafes. Chill enough that you could sit with a coffee and a book for hours and not feel weird about it.

📍 Humble, Surry Hills @humble_sydney
Was craving carrot cake and this place delivered exactly what I needed.

📍 Ice Kirin Bar, Chatswood @icekirinbar_aus
Tried the biscoff and Greek yoghurt flavour and honestly, no complaints.

📍 SUKE Sushi and Poke, Surry Hills @sukesushiandpoke
My go-to for a work lunch poke bowl. Portions here are no joke.

Six spots, six very different cravings sorted. Which one's making your list?

#sydneyfoodie #sydneyeats #surryhillsfood #sydneybrunch by @cafesdownunder

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Bondi’s been on my list for way too long. Kept telling myself I’d get to it “eventually” but finally smashed through a chunk of it in one weekend crawl.

Where we went:

• Sundays, @sundaysbondi
• Blackwood Bondi, @blackwoodbondi
• Coco & Bean, @cocoandbean

@sundaysbondi lived up to the hype, which doesn’t happen often. Softest cinnamon scrolls I’ve had in a while, just be ready to queue for them.

Blackwood was the real find though. Portions, taste, vibes, all ticked. Dessert looked better than it tasted, but that’s a minor gripe when everything else is this solid.

Coco & Bean is your spot if you’re after a proper brownie and chocolate combo.

Which Bondi spot have I still not hit? Drop your recs below 👀

#bondicafe #bondieats #bondibeach by @cafesdownunder

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2 months ago

Order Lemon's new strawberry series, tried and ranked 🍓

Went in for the new drops and came out with a clear favourite. We tried:

• Sweet Strawberry Pop
• Premium Jasmine Strawberry Cheese

The Premium Jasmine Strawberry Cheese was my personal fav! Fresh strawberries, jasmine tea, it was fruity, floral and creamy all at once and somehow none of those flavours fight each other.

The Sweet Strawberry Pop is more of a refreshing sparkling tea, sweet and vibrant with chinks of strawberry inside!

🎉 PS - just in time for Chinese Valentine’s Day! From 17-23 August, buy one get the 2nd 50% off on both new strawberry drinks.

📍 Order Lemon, Burwood @orderlemon.au

#orderlemon #burwoodeats #sydneybubbletea [invite ❤️] @vivifeanmedia by @cafesdownunder

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2 months ago

Another Recent eats!

New favourite cafe alert. 👀 Blackwood in Bondi has MASSIVE portions and genuinely good brunch, the kind where you leave stuffed and still thinking about it the next day.

The Schnitzel Sando is worth building a trip around. The Tiramisu French Toast was the one I actually went in for though, and it didn't quite land. It lacked coffee flavour and ended up tasting more like a sweet cream french toast than a tiramisu. Good french toast? Yes. Tiramisu french toast? Not quite.

Also finally caved and tried Sundays. I hate waiting in line but this one was worth it, and warm made all the difference to how it tasted.

📍 Blackwood, Bondi @blackwoodbondi
📍 Sundays, Bondi @sundaysbondi
📍 Beta Coffee, Central @beta_coffee
📍 An Viet, Eastwood @anviet.fresh
📍 Marys, Moore Park @marysgetfat

#sydneyfood #sydneybrunch #bondicafes #bondifood #sydneycafe by @cafesdownunder

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2 months ago

Vitelli's Upstairs kept coming up on my feed so I finally booked a table.

Upstairs in Redfern, velvet booths, moody lighting. Cosy but with a bit of polish to it.

What we had:

• Grilled focaccia, whipped ricotta, black truffle honey

The ricotta was excellent. Bread was tasty but a touch too oily for me, worth trying but not essential

• Porchetta-crusted ribs, shaved fennel
The crust was the highlight here. Worth ordering

• Vodka pasta with chicken parm
The best dish of the night by far. The sauce really made it

• Baked winter greens & ricotta rotolo, pistachio pesto, red sauce

Something a bit different, worth trying if you want to branch out from the usual pasta order

• Black cocoa & feuilletine tiramisu, strawberry-misu

A solid way to finish

📍 Vitelli's Upstairs, Redfern @vitellis.upstairs

Have you been? Let me know what to order next time 👇

#redfernfood #italianfoodsydney #sydneyeats #sydneyrestaurants taken in Vitelli's Upstairs by @cafesdownunder

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2 months ago

Save this if you're planning to test your own limits at an all you can eat!

📍 @fujitori_sydney, Neutral Bay offers:

There are two buffet options:

🌟 $68pp Standard

• 97 kinds of dishes
• Appetisers, sushi, tempura, grilled skewers, mains and dessert

🌟 $88pp Premium

• 132 kinds of dishes
•Everything in Standard, plus hand rolls, fresh sashimi, non-alcoholic drinks and 30% off alcohol

What we got through:

• Handmade hand rolls (usually $25 each, so we ordered one of every flavour)
• Yakitori skewers, straight off the grill
• Sashimi, sushi and tempura
• Dessert, because apparently there was still room

Salmon belly and tuna were the standouts on the hand rolls. Chicken thigh and wagyu did the heavy lifting on the yakitori. And the caramelised sweet potato at the end nearly finished us off in the best way.

Everything came out fresh and properly juicy, not the sad reheated version you sometimes get with all you can eat deals.

#neutralbayeats #sydneyyakitori #eros_marketing_mdncc #eroscreator AD Sponsored erosinfluencermarketing | [invite] taken in Fujitori Yakitori & Sake Bar by @cafesdownunder

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