A Canberra foodie's adventures
Around the corner near Dickson’s Share Tea, is small family-owned restaurant Flavours of Jiangnan. The owners speak Mandarin plus another dialect that I don’t understand (I should ask what it is). What I love about this place is the handmade thick flat white hand-pulled noodles. There’s actually so much to choose from the menu – […] Read more…
Note: We were invited to dine in at East Row Specialty Coffee, however all opinions are my own. I’ve also been back twice to try some other dishes and paid in full. Right on the corner of the Civic bus interchange and London Circuit is East Row Specialty Coffee. The all-day menu looks great – […] Read more…
Note: My friend and I were provided with a complimentary brunch at Bunny Beans, however all opinions are my own. Last year, my friend told me about Bunny Beans Cafe at the local Kippax shops. I had meaning to go try it but I was either busy with other things (and heavily pregnant) or eating […] Read more…
I’ve never gotten around to blogging about Malaysian restaurant Madam Lu, but have dined there multiple times. So here it is. There’s a two-page lunch specials menu available Monday to Friday with dishes starting at the $10.50 mark for various noodles, rice dishes, nasi goreng and more. The specials used to be available on weekends […] Read more…
The former Sweet Tooth Society has rebranded into Poked Cakes focusing on selling their tres leches cake. What is it? It’s basically a sponge cake soaked in three types of milk – condensed, evaporated and cream. I was kindly given a sample of the classic tres leches in a ‘to share’ size. The torched meringue […] Read more…
Note: I was invited to visit Spilt Milk Bar in Dickson, however all opinions are my own. Spilt Milk Bar is originally from Orange, NSW, and opened its second store in Dickson, Canberra, back in November 2020. I remember really looking forward to it opening after seeing some amazing flavours (like hojicha!) on their Instagram […] Read more…
Located on Bradley Street outside Westfield Woden, is Dumpling Social. It’s a slightly more upmarket dumpling joint with a pretty cool fit out including bar. I can never walk past a restaurant that has someone hand making dumplings at the front window. Note my first time dining here was some months ago. I always try […] Read more…
I wrote about Canberra’s Top 10 Dessert Destinations back in 2015 (wow time flies) and I thought it was about time for an update. There are so many new places, so here’s another 16 desserts to try! In no particular order… The Bite pretzels I first came across The Bite on Instagram where you could […] Read more…
Asian Taste is a Malaysian restaurant at the Mawson shops. There’s been a bit of chatter and excitement about it, so I couldn’t wait to try it out myself. Mr FPJ, bub and I headed in for lunch one weekday. The restaurant is tiny, only fitting 3 tables inside with 4 tables outside. It was […] Read more…
Dumpling King at Garema Place in Civic specialises in handcrafted dumplings and hand-pulled noodles which I cannot resist. Xiao long bao ($8.80 for 6 pieces) is on the menu so of course we had to try that. These actually aren’t too bad with a thin dumpling skin and good portion of mince and soup. Not […] Read more…