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Ginger Desserts

Ginger Desserts part 1 / Ginger Brulé Tart at Burke Street Bakery

Alright I am not really a tart lover but this blew me away. It is a combination of every taste I like in a sweet and in a brilliant way.

The tart consist of three layers of three different textures. The pie base is perfectly crispy right through and not too sweet. Just crispy! (in most cases pie bases are a little bit soggy close to the filling or too hard, too sweet or like bread). The custard is firm, creamy and ginger flavoured. Ginger in desserts balances the sweet in such a pleasant way. The hard caramel on top is crispy and with a rich sweetness and with pieces of pistachio. The Bourke Street Bakery is one of the most busy spots in Surry Hills. Nice and friendly staff and delicate dishes and coffee. They also have sourgough bread, which I haven't seen much here before.

I saw another Burke Street Bakery further south, and closer to where I live.. so I guess you will know more about them soon.

malaysian/singaporian/vietnamese ice coffee

Sorry for a quite week! We've been busy moving and working. We have left suburbia for a little more urban suburbia a LOT closer to the city. Yay! And my first week working in Australia. Yay again!

It is autumn here. Based on calender not climate. Autumn in Sweden is when the daily average temperature is 0 - 10 degrees Celsius for ten days in a row. Its 7 pm and 27 degrees! So time for a cool drink! Only 5 minutes from my house is a Vietnamese place where they do Asian ice coffee. I've tried this coffee in several places with several names but it is always very refreshing!

Freshly brewed coffee. Vietnamese roasted/French roasted/medium roasted coffee, fast and strong brew, espresso.  About a quarter to a half as much sweetened condensed milk as coffee. Poured over a lot of ice.

The taste is strong coffee and creamy taste of the condensed milk. I don't like sweet coffee but this actually fabulous. Try it at your closest Vietnamese restaurant or at home! 

Zeno's on Crown

hidden among all the trendy bars and restaurants that now line crown street in surry hills is this little gem. Zeno's pizza bar serves up some of the best lebanese food in sydney. You can get a mixed plate full of classic lebanese dishes served with bread and hommus for less than ten dollars, but the real hero of this place are their falafals. They are made fresh right in front of you. perfectly crispy on the outside, but soft and moist in the middle. best enjoyed wrapped in lebanese bred, with fresh minty tabuli and loads of hommus.

grilled prawn paste on sugercane

This was a fantastic vietnames lunch in Cabramatta, Sydney. Prawn paste on sugercane stick being grilled and eaten on a leaf of salad with thai basil, mynth and bean sprouts dipped in a sour vietnamese souce with lots of chili. You don't eat the sugercane but it gives flavor to prawn paste. Very fresh and delicious! And I guess it is easy to do at home, just figuring out how to do the prawn paste in the right way. I think the main ingredients are minced prawn, pork and garlic.





And in a great atmosphere with mirrors and red glossy plastic menues.

suburban burgers

Vic´s Hamburgers from Aki Kaurismäki´s I hired a contract killer.

Matt's enjoying a burger from North Cronulla´s surf kiosk. Cheap and with nice meat and of course beetroot.
Real australian hamburgers has beetroot on them. Try that!

whale ale

Murry's Pale Ale

by Murry's Craft Brewing and Co, Port Stephens, NSW

A nice crisp american style wheat beer from the north coast of NSW.

This beer gets extra points for its beautiful design. despite the name, no whales were used in the brewing of this product.

Try it with the steamed leak and ginger dumplings at Yulli's on crown street, Surry Hills.