I heart Macarons

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I heart Macarons.

I had my first one the other day from the Lindt shop on the city, and it was amazing. I had a salted caramel one, followed by a milk chocolate one. The filling just melted away in your mouth after the crunch of the outer shell...mmmm

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A coffee and a Yarn

Photos from cafedave

This weekend I visited a great new cafe on King Street in Newtown. It's down the other end of King Street, which due to my laziness isn't visited by me very much and is often known as the "dark side" to me because obviously my end of King Street is way better, even though there are some amazing second hand shops, and now, cafes down there that are always worth a visit.

Anyway, I digress, the new cafe, appropriately named "A Coffee and a Yarn", opened recently on King Street combining my two favourite loves, coffee/tea and knitting. you can go in with your latest project, order a coffee and cake and sit and pass the time knitting with a friend or on your own. They have some great little communal tables which if you happen to forget your own project, you can sit and knit squares for charity blankets, with wool and needles and helpful directions left on each table.

Also, the cafe has a little yarn shop, which sells local and organic yarns, needles, books and possibly best of all some little project kits which contain the pattern and the wool which is needed to make items such as tea cosies, scarfs, toys etc. They make the perfect gift for anyone who is a keen knitter or who maybe wants to learn.

I love this place and I'm looking forward to going back next weekend with the Sydney Crafternooners.

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Papa's Pasticceria

Now we have Mavis, the opportunities to explore Sydney and beyond are endless, and I'm very excited about this prospect. There's so much to see that I wouldn't normally consider visiting due to the slow public transport in the city.

So, on Saturday we went on a little trip through Leichhardt and the Italian quarter to Haberfield and the most amazing patisserie I think I have ever stepped foot in (well, that is in Australia), called Passticceria Papa. They make the most mouth wateringly, melt in the mouth Ricotta Cake** which is a kinda baked cheesecake. I could literally buy a whole cake, sit there with a spoon and eat the whole thing. They also do great Canoli's (or cannelloni's as the boy calls them) as well as a plethora of other sweet and savory treats.

**I apologise about the picture of the half eaten cake but I couldn't wait to eat some.

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