A Canberra foodie's adventures
I was so excited to try out A. Baker which just opened up this week. A. Baker is an artisan bakery, cafe, restaurant and speakeasy bar, open from 7am-11pm every night of the week. After trying out the 10 Yards pop up restaurant by the same people, I was eager to see this new business […] Read more…
It’s moon cake season! What is a moon cake you ask? They are small usually round sweet cakes traditionally filled with either lotus seed paste, red bean paste, mung bean paste, and/or an egg yolk. Moon cakes are only eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival – a huge celebration in China (made a public holiday), Hong […] Read more…
I booked into high tea at Ricardo’s with a girlfriend of mine. I love Ricardo’s cakes and pastries so was really looking forward to testing out their high tea. It is $35 per person and you can book it online. They do high tea every day from 2pm. It also includes a tea/coffee or cold […] Read more…
Frozen yogurt store Noggi opened its second store at Westfield Woden today. There was a long queue, even at 2.30pm, for their buy one get one free opening day special. Flavours include original, watermelon, coconut, mango, blood orange and taro. I chose 2 flavours in a regular sized cup ($6.50) – the watermelon and blood […] Read more…
Decided to make a trip to the Westfield Belconnen shops today to try out Yogurtland – a new self serve yogurt shop with about 16+ different yogurts and various toppings. There was quite a queue when we got there. You basically grab a cup, fill it with as much yogurt as you want and add […] Read more…
Ricardo’s facebook page has been tantalisingly teasing me these last few weeks with the latest items on their menu. Introducing the cronut. What is a cronut? Described as a half croissant half donut filled with cream and glazed. Invented by Chef Dominique Ansel at his New York bakery and launched in May this year. The […] Read more…
I had to write a blog about Ricardo‘s Cafe. I visited this place about a year ago after hearing of Ricardo’s from several people for its cakes and pastries but since it’s located in Jamison, and therefore quite far from me, I’d just never had a reason to drive by and visit. I had a […] Read more…
Koko Black’s annual Winter Evenings of Chocolate were held in Canberra on 6-7 August 2013. This is a 5 course dessert degustation ($80) basically reconstructing a selection of the individual chocolates that can be bought at Koko Black into a yummy dessert. This year’s theme was truffle season, and many of the desserts were based […] Read more…
After seeing Dream Cuisine Patisserie at their stall at the Kingston Bus Depot Markets, I went onto their website and found out they had a little shop in Fyshwick. Some free time on a Saturday morning lead me to drive to Fyshwick to check it out. The shop is pretty much located in the middle […] Read more…
The Meet Fresh chain is all over Sydney and NSW, QLD and Perth. Located at Uni lodge in New Acton, it meets the needs of the growing international asian student population. Meet Fresh serves more traditional asian desserts – mostly herbal jellies mixed with taro balls, red bean, green bean, lotus seeds, barley and tofu. There […] Read more…