Toby's Estate

Fridays on weeks I work nights, I get up early - around 11am :), and go for a walk and lunch with my parents. Previously these walks have been around the harbor, but I didn't have my camera then so all you get are this weeks pics, where we walked to Broadway, to get some shopping done :).
On the way we stopped at Toby's Estate on City Rd.
Excellent coffee and good food, pretty shop too, and in keeping with the rest of my blog, I didn't get a pic of the best wall - a wall of coffee.




I ordered a ristretto, just to try it, only to find out when it arrived that it wasn't supposed to have caffeine - I felt a bit betrayed at this, coming off night shift, caffeine was very important. But it was a very nice coffee, and something I will have to remember when avoiding caffeine in the future.
M&D shared a vegetarian toasted sandwich, which tasted really good.


I had been reading blogs about another cafe with boards, and was intrigued, so when I saw the breakfast board on the menu I had to try it.  Bread, boiled egg, ricotta, ham, avocado and tomato.  It was quite nice, I liked the egg, and the ability to make myself  a variety of small different sandwiches and to just eat the various components by themselves.

I am way behind in posting though, so this was three weeks ago, and I can't say the meal or the cafe has really stood out in my memory - although the ristretto and my parents coffee was very good.

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Location:City Rd, possibly Newtown

Sherpa Kitchen

On my last night in Newtown, eating alone, I wandered down King St trying to decide what to eat. I settled on a place and cuisine I've been meaning to try for ages - Nepalese at the Sherpa Kitchen. When it first opened a few years ago I was interested and after it's survival for a few years on the competitive King St, I knew it was worth a try.
So I wandered by and looked at the menu and was sold when I saw the Thali plates, one vegetarian, on non-vegetarian. Perfect for eating alone, a range of different choices in one handy meal.

After consideration I went with the non-vegetarian, spurred on by my love of butter chicken and the offered goat curry. It was a good choice.


Not the best photo ever. Non vegetarian Thali: $21.90. Tempered dal, goat curry, butter chicken, tomato chutney, rice and pappadums.
Of course as roti was on the menu, I had to get one as well, can't pass up a chance at bread, plain roti: $3


And well worth it, the bread was light, crispy and tasting of butter :).

The meal in general was delicious. I did find the dal a bit bland, could have done with a bit more something, but the butter chicken had that meaty smokey aftertaste which defines good butter chicken, the goats curry had a bit of a bite (and a marrow bone hidden in it's depths :)) - but wasn't too much and the tomato chutney was both tasty and a good way to swap between the chicken and goat without too much flavor transference.
The service was good, although that may have been because I went early on a thursday and was the only person there, but they brought a jug of water for me with the menu, which is a huge plus for me.


In summary: Sherpa Kitchen, tasty food, good service. A place I'd def go back to if I still lived in Newtown or found myself in the area, not sure I'd travel for it though.
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Location:Newtown