Food in Sydney

Two Chaps cafe most days, a few nights, tucked away Marrickville cafe
 Healthy delish

Yesibu Haymarket

Great lunchtime bento boxes. Yakitori in the evenings. 2019

Bubble Nino, bubble tea in Darling square library complex

 

this was a delicious fruit tea 2019

Emilianas

Coffee or wine In Sydney

I keep on stumbling across great new coffee houses.
This one is Brewtown in Newton. A baristas dream job.
https://www.facebook.com/brewtownnewtown






For a killer wine list try Vini in Surry Hills
118 Devonshire Street
www.vini.com.au

A day for whale watching on the walk from Bondi to Tamarama

Sydney things to do in winter

Bondi has a whale festival at the beginning of July, not sure if there will be sightings of the real thing, but who knows - http://www.bondiwintermagic.org.au/event/bondi-whale-festival 

There was Vivid from the end of May to the June long weekend Vivid.  My music program was featured in the program, but they magically disappeared after they took place.  However its an annual event now of music, lights, industry events and more.

Sydney Film Festival is another winter great event to catch.

and of course Darling Harbour Jazz and Blues Festival on the long weekend. If you attended you might be able to find your photo here

Yes and it always does seem to rain in June, so pack an umbrella or cross your fingers.

Interesting stuff in Sydney

Unashamedly I should mention my own venture - Cockatoo Calling Rocks, musical performances and creative development in a Rocks popup.

About to start 15 nights of music, alongside Vivid Festival.

Program looks like this.

Events are free or less than $10

If you can't read it  visit the website places + spaces

More good coffee around Sydney

Other good places for coffee in Sydney:

Workshop coffee / Toby’s Estate decaf. Shop RG01A, the Galeries Victoria, 500 George St, Sydney.

Good coffee opposite the QVB building. There is just about always a queue here.


Picture below of Mecca - As soon as I took my first sip, I was hooked. This is great coffee.

Mecca Espresso 646 Harris St, Ultimo 2009. (02 9280 4204 meccaespresso.com). Mon-Fri 7am-4pm; Sat 7am-3pm

Bourke Street Bakery - Potts Point
26a Macleay Street



Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au

More Sydney Shopping

These shops are for nic nacs - cute shopping.

Newish shop - There Zakka

Love the theme for the shop

Zakka (from the Japanese 'zak-ka'（雑貨）or 'many things') is a fashion and design phenomenon that has spread from Japan throughout Asia. The term refers to everything and anything that improves your home, life and appearance. It is often based on household items from the West that are regarded as kitsch in their countries of origin, but it can also be Japanese goods, mainly from the fifties, sixties, and seventies. In Japan there are also so-called Asian zakka stores; that usually refers to Southeast Asia. The interest in Nordic design or Scandinavian design, both contemporary and past, is also part of this zakka movement. Zakka can also be contemporary handicraft.

Zakka has also been described as "the art of seeing the savvy in the ordinary and mundane". The zakka boom could be recognized as merely another in a series of consumer fads, but it also touches issues of self-expression and spirituality. "Cute, corny and kitschy is not enough. To qualify as a zakka, a product must be attractive, sensitive, and laden with subtext."

Haymarket, Sydney, Australia

Shop address: Shop 8, 107-121 Quay Street, Haymarket Sydney 2000

Also there are three Morning Glory shops in the Chinatown vicinity

Sydney jazz

Some ideas to catch jazz in Sydney of the contemporary variety. In no particular order, they all have their own charms and Idiosyncrasies

Sydney Improvised Music Association
www.sima.org.au
Regular Friday and Saturday night program in the Sound Lounge of the Seymour Centre.
Musicians are now saying they like playing there, good sound and atmosphere, people listen to the music.

Jazzgroove Association
www.jazzgroove.com
Artist led collective that presents double bills at the 505 on Tuesday nights.
A mixture of old and new artists. Jazzgroove also have a summer festival.

505
505 http://venue505.com/
Primarily jazz, but they mix it up with world music and sometimes just great artists that take the fancy of the artist owners.
Springing up from their famous warehouse venue, this is a step up from underground.

Basement
Basement
Established Sydney venue that presents jazz amongst its program. Operates most nights of the week. Best tables come with dinner service.

Notes
Notes
A newer addition to the scene. Varied choice of music, not always jazz, but jazz has a strong influence.

Cockatoo Calling
Cockatoo Calling
Often presenting jazz and improvised artists on the first Saturday of each month on Cockatoo Island. A raw, industrial kind of feel.

Camelot
Camelot
Jazz on some nights, but always an intersting and diverse range of musical performances. Very quirky and has actually arisen from Quirkz. Worth going to, just to check out the decor.

Colbourne Avenue
Colbourne
Mostly jazz on Thursday nights in Glebe. A wonderful lounge room vibe. Its BYO so you can sink into a lounge chair and bliss out.

Hopefully listings will be on the Jazz Australia website over the months to come
Jazz Australia

Sydney shopping

So I am thinking why not Sydney for hot tips.

These are great places for shopping.

Childrens toys, gorgeous clothes and furniture
Little Voice
Queen Victoria Building
Shop 34-36
www.littlevoice.com.au

Just across the corridor is

Just White
Shop 45
More children's toys, posh bunnies, dolls house furniture, collectible teddies and more

Lots of gorgeous places for stationery can also be found on this floor

Joanne Kee
www.placesandspaces.com.au

Disfida Restaurant

In my newfound infatuation with Haberfield we went to Disfida this week.

109 Ramsay Street
Haberfield
02 9798 8299

We had a great meal here. Starters were mussels, caprese salad and venetian sardines.

We then shared a couple of pizzas one with prosciutto and one with fresh tomatoes which were pretty good.

The service was great, attentive, efficient. Total bill was $102 with one glass of wine. By the way really good wine list.

We'll definitely be going back Joanne

Kawa, Surry Hills

On what is fast becoming the very trendy part of Crown street, full of posh fresh food with Thomas Dux and a specialist butcher.

This is a welcoming, nook in the Crown Street landscape. Tables outside or an air conditioned space inside. Very friendly staff.

The feel is healthy and organic, but not overly so. Fresh juices here and good coffee.

As you can see my meal was huge. I had corned beef salad with hash browns, beetroot and other good things. Sandy had the big breakfast, which he didn't think was huge, but it was a decent size. He had poached eggs, which were on the point of just becoming solid. Personally I prefer my poached eggs runny, but I guess that is personal preference.

Reasonable prices that fit within the food trek budget. There is a surcharge on Sundays and public holidays.

They are open all day and also do some dinners.
346-350 Crown Street
Surry Hills 2010
9331 6811

Joanne
www.placesandspaces.com.au

Kammadhenu

This one had been recommended by Bobby Singh and Ben Walsh. They sometimes perform music upstairs.

The masala dosa was nearly as big as Arran.



The food was really yummy and lots of it.

Great value here in Newtown where we had mango lassi, 3 dosas, a beer and a soft drink for $38.

Kammadhenu
377a King Street
Newtown
9557 2186



Joanne
www.ceressolutions.com.au