Spend Summer on our own shores! The Garden Social has returned again to The Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, and the Domain precinct, offering food, cocktails and entertainment in a beautiful setting which overlooks our famous Sydney Harbour, the iconic bridge and Opera House. Whilst you’re there, grab some food from the food market, with menu … Continue reading ‘The Garden Social’
Its been a year where travel has been challenging, if not a near impossibility. Almost half the year was in lockdown, and when we were not, there were limits on where we could go. Hence our ‘travels’ were limited to close regional areas. So this blog is appropriate to be 2021’s best of “out-of-town”, because … Continue reading Our ‘best of’ for 2021 part 3 – out of town
Pelican Rocks Cafe in Greenwell Point is one of favourite places to visit when we’re on a trip down the coast. East of Nowra in the Shoalhaven area of the New South Wales South Coast, it is such a nice location by the water. The award winning store has been in business over 40 years … Continue reading Our return to Pelican Rocks Cafe, Greenwell Point.
Bakeries Tuga has the most droolworthy pastries you’ll find. They’re famous for their pastel de nata (Portuguese tarts) but we are also fans of their donuts and pies. Each week there is a pastry special, think Rocky Road, Mojito or Biscoff to name a few. Bar Lucio is a great little pastry shop in Rosebery … Continue reading Our ‘Best of’ for 2021 part 2 – bakeries, cafes, coffee and more
This has taken a long time to produce, we look back on where we’ve been and summarise each to provide a snapshot to you all. Remember we all have different palates and needs, so what is our favourite may not necessarily be yours, but we hope we give you some ideas of where to try. … Continue reading Our ‘Best of’ for 2021 part 1 – restaurants, casual dining and bars
Camden Valley Farm are open to the public with sunflowers to view, photograph and take some sunflowers home. A visit here will surely brighten your day. Camden is approximately 1 hour from the Sydney CBB and the farm is about 5 mins out of town. In order to visit you’ll need to purchase your ticket … Continue reading Camden Valley Farm
Frisbee Joes is a bar and diner we found while heading out in Redfern and stopped in for a few cocktails. It occupies the space which was once Southside Chalmers. The bar is milk bar style in its set up and decor. We sat at the bar near the front door with a nice breeze … Continue reading Frisbee Joes
The famous Illawarra Pie shop is probably somewhere everyone identifies with about Robertson, having been a stalwart in the area since 1961. It’s like a rite of passage to buy a pie if you’re in the area or passing through. They’re nothing crazy fancy, but your old school pie, thin pastry filled with sweet and … Continue reading Robertson Pie Shop
We’re back at the home cooking again with our trusty food kits by The Spice Tailor. This time we’re feasting with Biryani. We’ve made plenty of the curries and Dhal and always find them to be super flavourful and easy to make. The Biryani is too! All you do is fry off the spices, add … Continue reading The Spice Tailor celebrates with Biryani
We stayed in Robertson for the weekend and drove past this little container brewing up speciality coffee. The hipster joint is serving up milk based coffee, espresso, cold brew and some food too. Good for a quality coffee when down the coast. Note: not open Sundays and they don’t do skim milk Elwrays 71 Hoddle … Continue reading Elwrays specialty coffee and food van in Robertson
