Garden Street Cafe

Garden Street Cafe.

Crn Garden Street and Powder Works Road

North Narabeen, NSW

02 991312 33

fig and chocolate meringues

A HUGE selection of teas!

Get this stuff toasted for breakkie!!

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On our recent sojourn to Sydders, we stayed with lovely friends in the Tree house... and the best bit of all?? Across the road was this wee place. Go and say Hi to Marrianne, and get some of her banana bread toasted, or a REAL chai... not that crap powdered stuff. She makes her own muesli (ask for the Under the counter stuff.. not as pretty as the one on display, but MUCH better) and does a mean trade in bacon and egg rolls. Her vegetarian frittata is da BOMB! and her fig and chokkie meringues are UNBELIEVABLE!!! She'll whack you up a chicken and vegie rissole on ciabatta or a smoked salmon sanga. Excellent value and quality food!

Best Laksa EVER!!!

To's Malaysian Gourmet

Shop 3

169 Miller St, North Sydney, NSW 2060

(02) 9955 2088

I am a laksa eating fool. Seriously, laksa is good for whatever ails you. It's perfect Summer food. perfect Winter food, perfect snack food, perfect hangover food. It's also bloody easy. Which is why I am often disappointed with the quality of what is passed off in some establishments as "laksa". Note to readers: The crap that is sold as laksa in most suburban "food courts" is not LAKSA.

So I was chuffed when, last week in Sydney, the delicious Grocer asked Furry and I to accompany her to her fave laksa house. Jokes about my syntax and typing skills aside, we had a wonderful time. The laksa served here is the real deal. The balance between sweet and salty was perfect. The fish sauce was subtle, but present enough in the second note to perfectly compliment the coconut milk. The chicken was fall-apart tender, and the skin tofu was generous. A super generous helping of smokey chilli paste added another dimention.

Furry, who was suffering through the 2nd worst hangover of his life was initially skeptical, but a serve of their AMAZING spring rolls and some deep-fried tofu skin wrapped around sweet pork, set him aright!!



A quick jaunt back to Grocer's to meet WORLD'S BEST DOG (Hi, Fella!!) and to sample WORLD'S BEST MILK, made for a most excellent day!