catchups

For a week it was like it was.

western buds

Had one of the WORST headaches of my life last night, cuz I thought I could get through the day without a coffee. I was sweating and shaking profusely, felt like puking and it felt like my head could explode. I was trying to control my breaths steadily cuz everytime my heart pumped faster, my head pounded harder. Thankfully, I woke up with it all gone. Praise God.



After sending Alicia off to work, I called sis up for breakfast but was rejected due to unforseen circumstances. Haha. That's what we always wrote in letters to the school when we skipped classes.




Never knew it could be so scenic under the westgate bridge. I drove to this place in Newport for breakfast on my way home.




It's called "Pint of Milk", and although I wasn't ready to touch any coffee yet, I'm sure it was really good. They had Gridlock beans and a Synesso machine.



The thing I love about this place is how it's at such a peaceful location, almost like a well kept secret for the local residents. The lady who took my order was SO friendly, even sat down at my table when I told her what I wanted for breakfast.



Lovely start to a, hopefully, productive day.

the duchess

Drove down to Spotswood today for a catch up with Andrew. Since we're both from the 2 extremes, we decided to meet in the middle.



Well, sorta. He had to drive a bit further than I did.

As you can tell form the photo above, kids now a days grow faster than you want them to.



Duchess of Spotswood.





It's the kind of place where you go home not adjusting the colours on any of the photos.





Coolest menu yet.

desayuno

Had my birthday breakfast at Movida Terraza. Took photos of everyone else's food except for mine. DOH! Oh well, it was really the company that I enjoyed.












Thank God for holding the rain during breakfast, it rained right after I paid for the bill. He's so good.

tardy

from beetroot to..

Last Saturday we went to Hardware Societe for breakfast. Not a lot of cafes open in the CBD on Saturdays, not good ones, at least. But I knew this one wouldn't be too far off the mark, since the owners apparently used to run Beetroot, right opposite.



Service was pretty good! That's if you even get a table. The waitress was uber pleasant, asked us about the food like twice.. Coffee wasn't THAT great, but they're served with mini doughnuts with every cuppa. They used to use Coffee Supreme, and if you look at the receipt, it still says so, but in actual fact, they've made the switch to Allpress. Is it better? I don't know.



The food was OKAY for me, but I think the poached eggs and the brioche were good.



Well, that's one more place to go on a Saturday morning!

earl(y) breakfast

It was my Friday off. It almost never happens. Lecturers were all down with the flu.

I had my eye on MoVida Terraza for a while now, but never got the pleasure of a day off to enjoy a no-worries-breakfast.

Since Theng Wei asked for a mano-a-mano brekkie session, I thought it couldn't have been a better chance to visit the place. It's our first one this year, mind you, as compared to the gazillions we had last year. Sigh, growing up.



Yup. It had to be now that they renovate the place. Of course, why wouldn't they. We even confirmed with the builders, just for "closure".



Thankfully, we stumbled upon Earl Canteen, just downstairs! And just as a bonus, Cafenatics was right beside it. Sadly Earl won't serve his famous posh sandwiches till lunchtime. I'm just assuming that the fella was Earl.





We knew we would regret ordering what we did when we saw everyone else having the baked beans. You know us Asians, all baked beans are from cans.

I wouldn't recommend the place for breakfast though (unless you order the baked beans, which looked really good as compared to what we had), but rumour has it that you gotta try the lunch. It is a lovely place to catch up though, no cars zooming by, it's kinda like the inner court of an office building.



We knew Cafenatics wouldn't disappoint us with its high rep for coffee, so we proceeded there after.

This may sound weird, but I love watching the corporate machine do its thang. Everyone looked oh-so-proper in their black suits, hurriedly catching up over a cup of coffee and a ciggy, or just reading the papers while waiting for their coffees.



I'm not sure what it is that makes me stare at them. Haha..



Anyhoo, the place is ALSO super awesome for catch ups.



Great deco..



Pretty awesome coffee.. Just make sure you're not one of those people who has a problem with latte being served in a cup.



And of course, it's great service. I do have a photo to portray great service, but I'll just let you go see for yourself. Somehow, service is almost always certain to be better when these people are running the place. I even heard the barista sing a high pitch note while steaming his milk.



To be honest, working at 500 Bourke St seems like a good deal.

Me jealous, you NAB people.