Eat, drink and be merry (volume two).

Delmain Providore, Balmain

The best steak sandwich I’ve ever eaten was from this place. The coffee was beautifully smooth. I recommend trying a Zumbo creation from a few doors down for dessert.

 

Bodhi, Sydney CBD

Vegan food has never been so appealing. I love meat, eggs, fish and all sorts of animally things like that (sorry if that sounds gross). But at this lil yum cha place, I don’t miss them at all. Seriously incredible selection of steamed dumplings in the shade of Hyde Park and the shadow of St Mary’s Cathedral. My six year-old cousin reckons the mushroom dumplings win, my mum would say peanut&celery, my sister would probably go with the sticky rice and I say snow-pea&ginger. The more people you take along, the more different things you can try, and when the food is this light and fresh you really can just keep piling up the bamboo baskets…

 

Ms G’s, Darlinghurst

I went here with some friends one Saturday night a few weeks ago. There are so many likable things about this trendy restaurant/bar: the DJ plays Sade (yep, that’s gotta top the list), the cocktails are served in sealed EasyWay-style cups (a machine for which is to be found at the upstairs bar) with giant straws, the modern Vietnamese food is delish, the decor is trendy and comfortable, the bartenders dance while they mix (word).

 

Pablo & Rusty’s, Gordon

I couldn’t not put my trusty everyday coffee joint in. If you haven’t been here, you’re missing out on the double ristretto flat white, the mango berry smoothie and the chocolate slice. But surely the best thing about this place is the people who work there. There might not be many spots to sit down in such a tiny coffee shop, but it’s a goodie just for a consistently good cup of coffee and a friendly chat. Oh Pab’s, you’re close to my heart.

 

Air Coffee, Castle Hill 

Fantastic coffee, roasted on-site. Best thing about this place is that on 14 November 2011 (yep, yesterday) I met Brooke Fraser here. Tash, you are my courage. Claire, you are my boldness.

 

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