Food Adventure - Surry Hills Edition

SURRY HILLS - a suburb of Cafe and food heaven! Recently I've been spending a lot of my time in this wonderful place and slowly I'm falling in love! I would LOVE to live here actually...but then again I spend so much time here it's as if I live here!

So here's a little list of the wonderful places in Surry Hills that I've tried/reviewed & the ones I want to try sooo badly! There are so many hidden places in this foodie suburb!

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• Devon Cafe: Even though I've already been and blogged about this cafe, their menu keeps changing! And now they're opened for DINNER! All I want to do is visit them again!

• Bourke Street Bakery: It's my regular place (literally I'm there pretty much every single day now) and I'm so excited to get my blog posts up about this amazing bakery! 

•  Four Ate Five: One of my favourite food in the universe is EGG! And man this cafe knows how to do amazing eggs! Post coming up soon!

•  The Book Kitchen: love the wonderful ambience of this cafe, it's the most perfect place to sit and have a read of a book. Cannot wait to try the food in this cafe!

•  Mad Spuds: It's winter and it's cold so it's the best time to get some carb on! What's a better way to do that then get some potatoes yumm

• Rustic Pearl: I love how the cafe is tag line is food for the soul! And man the food looks amazing!

• El Loco: I've always wanted to eat here!! Mexican food is amazing!!

• Bills: AMAZING HOTCAKES! My blog post about Bills will be coming up soon!

• Chur Burger: DELICIOUS DELICIOUS DELICIOUS! Cheap and wonderfully tasty burgers that always hit the spot! 

• The Paramount Coffee Project: This has been on my to visit list for EVER! And I'm determine to go this holidays! 

• KOKO: This is a really beautifully decorated cafe that I walk pass every day as I head to my work experience and man I want to try coffee there! 

• Reuben Hill: I've been to this cafe once but it was sooo long ago and I love the eggs there! Plus the milk shake was amazing! 

• Le Monde: This is another one that I've been dying to try for the delicious instagram pictures that I've seen! The food looks so delicious!

• MoVida: Finally I found out where Movida was located in Surry Hills! And boy I want to try the Wagyu there so badly! Especially since I missed out in Melbourne! *boo*

• Gnome: This cafe is part of Brewtown Newtown and it's located soo close to the office (again I walk pass everyday) I really want to try the food there! 

• Kurtosh: The cakes here are amazing! Thank you Cathy for bringing me here! And again so close to the office! 

• Stix: DESSERT! Beautifully arranged ice cream with your choice of toppings! How can I say no? 

• The Soda Factory:  Very unique venue and interesting concepts! Plus delicious food and good music YAYY! 

Honestly I would add more to the list but realistically with only 2 weeks left to my work experience in Surry Hills it's probably best not to overload myself with too many missions! But this is my brief list and I'm going to try my hardest to cover of these places in this time! 

♥ Lingfish

Melbourne Food Bucket List

So this is another FOOD BUCKET LIST POST!!! :D My friend and I will be adventuring in Melbourne very very SOON! It's the second time I'll be going and this time there'll definitely be a much heavier emphasis on FOOD because I've heard sooo many good things about the food it Melbourne! 

Anyway here is my food bucket list for Melbourne: PLEASE FRIENDS SUGGEST THINGS AND RECOMMEND THINGS! :) thank you!

1. Cafes: 

• Hardware societe * 

• Manchester Press * 

• Green refractory

• Veggie bar

• Creperie le Triskel * 

• Waffle on

• The breakfast thieves * 

• Seven SEEDS

• Found of Chapel 

• Dukes 

• A Little Bird to me 

• Pope Joan 

• Silo 

• Lupino 

• Cumulus * 

• Bowery to Williamsburg * 

• Tivioli Road Bakery 

• The Grain Store * 

2. Restaurants:

• Hellenic Republic Brunswick * 

• Huxtaburger * 

• Yong Green food * 

• Movida * 

• Mamasita

• Hammer and Tong * 

• Culter and Co 

• Red Spice Road

• Oriental Tea House 

• Mr Burger 

• Rize 

• Hako 

• Il Sole 

• Cookie * 

• Shanghai Village 

• Wonderbao * 

• Laksa Bar *  

• Purple Peanut 

• Danity Sichuan

• Saint Crispin 

• +39 Pizzaeria

• Bomba 

• The Forget Pizzeria * 

• Moroccan Soup Bar 

• Jimmy Grant's 

• RollD 

• B'Stilla 

• Bar Nacional 

• Nama Nama  * 

• Fomo Thai * 

3. Bars/Clubs

• Chin Chin * 

• Naked For Satan * 

• Vue De Monde 

• Gin Palace 

• Rooftop Bar 

• The Alehouse Project 

• Section 8 

4. Dessert:

• Koko Black * 

• Laurent Bakery 

• Burch and Purchese Sweet Studio 

• Gelateria Primavera * 

• Pidapipo 

Clearly I'm still researching at the moment!! But here are some photos from 2 years ago from Melbourne!!

Lingfish :3 

Top 15 Orgasmic Gelato flavours from Messina

Messina is one of my favourite gelato places – I tried it for the first time and I fell in LOVE with gelato! I’m so glad that there are now 3 different stores in Sydney and that so many people have become fans (like myself) but honestly I wish the lines could be shorter! Also that people could stop eating the flavours I want cause then it runs out and I can’t get any!

So here are the 15 Messina flavours I’ve been dying to try and I can dream of them in my sleep…  

1. Stranger with Candy - white chocolate and peanut gelato with candied peanuts. you can trust our stranger with candy.

Strangers with CANDY! 

Messina’s peanut butter gelato is one of my personal favourite regular flavours so I CANNOT go pass Strangers with candy! CANDIED PEANUTS! One of my favourite snacks nomnomnom! And I've actually tried this one and it was DELICIOUS (my only regret is that I didn't take a photo!) 

2. LITTLE BLOKE - peanut butter gelato with malt o milk biscuits and nutella fudge. Have a go at our little bloke

LITTLE BLOKE! 

You can see a clear pattern of my obsession with peanut butter gelato HAHA! But THIS LOOKS AMAZING and nutella fudge I repeat – NUTELLA FUDGE! Get in my stomach PLEASE!

 3. RETURN OF THE MAC - macadamia and milk chocolate gelato annihilated with white chocolate and macadamia cookies. The 'mac' daddy of gelato specials. 

Return of the MAC! 

The name of this flavor is the BOMB – the song instantly come into my head! MACADEMIA!! Did I mention I really love nuts?

 4. Fraga lickn' good - strawberry and coconut gelato with lychee bread and butter pudding.

Fraga Lickn' good

OMG STRAWBERRY AND COCONUT! AMAZING!!!!

 5. HAVE A GAY OLD TIME - caramel gelato swirled with milk gelato with bits of chocolate covered biscuit crumbs. 

GAY OLD TIME! 

YUMM! Sounds like a miracle. Love the sound of the texture!!!  

 6. ROBERT BROWNIE JNR - milk chocolate gelato with chocolate brownie and chocolate fudge. Let's go to town with Robert Brown.

BRING HIM TO ME! 

OMG CHOCOLATE HEAVEN! IT SOUNDS SO DELICIOUS I CANNOT EVEN! When I’m craving chocolate this would be perfect! PMS LIFESAVER! Should eat this while watching Iron man! 

7. TIM TAM SLAM - coffee gelato with chocolate biscuits, chocolate butter cream and choc chip sauce. This bad boy is just waiting to be slammed.

TIM TAMS MATE! 

;D AYE!! Another chocolate overload flavour – PMS lifesaver #2! Tim Tams ♥

 8. THE MIGHTY GM PIE - peanut butter gelato with chocolate crust, banana jam and peanut cream throughout. Nothing beats a cold GM pie on a hot day!!

GM PIE! 

Again with the peanut butter gelato!! But this time with even more textures - jam, crust and cream! NOMNOMNOM!

9. JD AND SMOKE - jack daniels and smoked chocolate gelato. this is some rocking ... chair gelato

Look at that smoothness! 

Alcohol + gelato = EPIC! This sounds like the great start to my weekend YAYYY!!

 10. LEAF LEAF BANG BANG - mango and coconut sorbet with pandan jelly. Little bit of leaf, whole lot of bang

My top fruit flavours mango and coconut with PANDAN JELLY? SOUNDS AMAZING! And it's something not choclately! 

 11. SALTY NUTS - peanut butter gelato with salted caramel throughout. Tasty balls of ice cream.. So many puns, so little time.

THEM NUTS! 

I’d like myself some salty nuts ;D Peanut butter + caramel = DAYUM! 

12. CREMINO - salted caramel gelato and crushed amaretti biscuits with soft meringue and nutella folded throughout. This might well be history in the making.. Hats off to one of the best desserts to have hit our lips..

This amazing creation!!! 

Need I say more?

13. THE BOSS'S WIFE - hazelnut and coffee gelato with white chocolate and hazelnut praline ganache. Never have we been so keen for a lick. 

For those that read my blog and know about my obsession with COFFEE - yeah you'll why I chose this flavour! My love of nuts and coffee combined AWW YEAH! 

14. MONIZZLE - caramel custard gelato with chocolate coated peanuts and blueberry sauce. let me here that izzle. PERSIAN ROCKY ROAD - white chocolate and rosewater gelato with housemade chunks of middle eastern flavoured rocky road. Fit for a prince.

The picture itself makes me DROOL! 

What is this magical creation? Sounds FANTASTIC!! Please release this flavour again!!!  

15. DONKEY KONG - peanut butter gelato with coffee custard and cocoa nib crunch. let's get it on.

Last but not LEAST!! 

You can see a common theme here right? Winning creation - peanut butter, chocolate, coffee and textures! 

If this post doesn't make you want to visit Messina I don't know what will! 

P.S All the photos were sourced from the Messina Facebook pages (this is why you shouldn't stay up past 2am because you'll look at food pictures and write blog posts!) 

♥ Lingfish 

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Food Bucket List - Sydney Edition

Because I have a memory of a gold fish literally and I keep forgetting about places that I want to eat at I decided to do an entire blog post about them (and there is soo many)! If anyone has any other recommendations PLEASE let me know! I shall add them to the list!

When I get to visit these places I shall cross them off :)

1. Cafe Style/Lunch: 

• Oliver Brown
• Three Beans 
• Kanzi (try the food)
• Barmuda (for the mocha)
• Mary Street Cafe 
• MSM Chatswood 
• Orto Trading Co 
• Bourke Street Bakery
• Element 6
• Le monde 
• Earth to Table
• The Grounds Alexandria
• Clipper Cafe (again)
• Lyons R.A.W
• Excelsior Jones 
• Kitchen by Mike
• Cafe Sopra 
• Espress Organica 
• Three Williams Cafe 
• Bondi Wholefoods
• Suveran at Bondi 
• Dough Collective 
• Black Star Pastry and Cafe 
• The Paramount Coffee Project 
• The Copper Mill 
• Brickfields 
• Four Ate Five 
• Bread and Circus 
• Central Baking Depot 
• Cabrito Coffee Traders 
• Pablo and Rusty's 
• Marlowe's Way 
• Mecca Espresso 
• Ampersand Cafe and Bookstore 
• The Wedge Espresso 
• Bion Societe 
• Sappho Books, Cafe and Wine Bar
• White Rabbit Gallery tea house  
• Cafe Shenkin 
• Pharmacy Cafe 
• Reuben Hills
• Toby's Estate - Near Uni!
• Blue Bird
• Watts On Crown 
• Greenheart Espresso
• Bootsdarling
• 212 Blu
• The Stables Cafe  
• Three Blue ducks 
• MCA Cafe 
• Pottery Green Baker 
• Two Good Eggs 
• The Chalkboard Cafe 
• The Bitton Cafe 
• Brown Sugar 
• Kepos Street Kitchen
• Gnome (Part of BREWTOWN NEWTOWN!)  
• Cornersmith Cafe 
• Pilgrim - WHY SO FAR! 
• The Annex 
• T2 Cafe 
• Pain De Sucre 
• Little Marionette 
• Luxe Bakery 
• La Renaissance 
• Rustic Pearl  
• Mad Spuds 
• Tea +
• Autolyse Sydney
• Lid and Jar 
• Circa Espresso
• Wedge Espresso 
• Three Ropes Espresso
• Palomino Espresso
• Baker Bros 

2. Restaurants:

• Flying Fish
• Soda Factory
• Azuma (for the meal)
• Pastizzi Cafe 
• Chur Burger 
• Gastro Park 
• Meat and Wine Co
• Rockpool 
• The Little Snail 
• Miss Peaches 
• The Rook
• Good God 
• The Cuban Place 
• Nishiki 
• Koh-Ya 
• Pappa Rich 
• Ryotei Ramen 
• Cipro 
• Mr Wong 
• QT 
• Est. 
• Sepia 
• Quay 
• Yulli's 
• MEXICO 
• The Burger Joint 
• Buns and BAlls 
• Beijing Alley 
• Bishop Sessa
• Yuki's  
• Hot Star Fried Chicken 
• Cochin Restaurant 
• House of Crabs 
• Cafe Sydney 
• Bavarian Bier Cafe 
• Baroque Pantry 
• Khao Pla 
• Ramen Ikkyu 
• The French House 
• Coco Cubano 
• Youeni FoodStore 
• Movida 
• Tapavino 
• Ms G's 
• Lentil As Anything Sydney
• Alpha Restaurant 
• Mejico  
• El Loco  
• Mr Crackles  
• Toko
• Beach Burrito Company
• Nomad
• Jazz City Milk Bar 

3. Desserts: 

• Kurtosh (again) 
• Bills - for their pancakes AND food but mainly pancakes 
• Bay Vista Gateau 
• Mak Mak Macarons
• Café Cre Asion  
• The Sweet Spot 
• Sweetness 
• Lorraine's Patisserie 
• Flour and Stone 
• Anita Gelato 

4. Bars:

• Mary's 
• The Lobo Pantation
• The Wild Rover  
• Tio's 
• The Barber Shop 
• Grasshopper Bar 
• Newtown Hotel 
• The Argyle 
• Glass Wine Bar
• Uncle Ming's 
• Lil Darling 

5. SPECIAL:

• Belly Bao
• Sydney Food trucks  - Veggie Patch Van 

All the places in this list I want to try as well:

http://www.au.timeout.com/sydney/restaurants/features/13101/top-5-coffee-in-the-cbd

If only I had a faster metabolism...

It'd be like this nomnom-ing every day!

♥ Lingfish