Day 17 Ampersand Café & Bookstore, Paddington: Fig Waffles

Located in Paddington this trendy cafe/bookstore offers gourmet food and coffee as well as books of all kinds. The cafe offers and outdoor area and includes interesting art all around the store including a large street artwork outside. I chose the fig-covered waffles. For the price ($13.50) the meal was fairly small which was a disappointment. The figs were fresh, and the accompanying syrup was tasty although the waffles themselves were nothing fancy.

- Shivank

Day 11

Wafflelicious, a waffle lovers paradise

Uh-oh, another chocolate blog! Seeing as though it’s pretty much my goal in life to try out all the possible desert restraints/cafes in Sydney, as soon as I found out about Wafflelicious, I had to go there.

Wafflelicious is located on Queens Street, Auburn, right across ‘Sweets On Queen’, a cafe that is very popular amongst locals for coffee, Mediterranean deserts and hookah. This is a great advantage for Wafflecious as it got immediate publicity. In fact, i only found out about Wafflelicious through a friend who is a regular customer at Sweets On Queen.

What I really like about the place is the decor. The restraint opens up to big, glass windows that let in a lot of light during the day. It is also very spacious inside with beautiful decors around the store.

Right, time to order!

Willi Wonka Waffles

I ordered the Willi Wonka waffles and an Ice Chocolate. With over 11 different platters of Waffles, Wafflecious definitely lives up to its name as it has the largest selection of waffles in Sydney! I obviously went for the most indulgent of all. The Willi Wonka had everything from fresh fruit, to chocolate sauce, to whipped cream and two different flavours of ice cream!  It was literally a chocolate factory in your mouth!

End verdict?

Though the selection of waffles was incredible, the waffles themselves were average. It was also very pricey for my liking! It was a onetime pleasant experience but i don’t think I’ll be going back.

-Tharanya

Day 6 
Grill'd & Max Brenner

I'm still on holidays~And with nothing better to do on my day off, I went to Macquarie Centre to have lunch with a friend.

Even though it's semester break, there is always so many people in the centre at lunch time. We chose a bad time to go eat lunch. When we got to Grill'd, there was a long line and heaps of people already seated inside. But we chose to wait considering neither of us had tried the burgers before, and this store is new in the center. On the plus side its "healthy burgers", so why not.

The staff at Grill'd are SO friendly. They treat everyone like their own friend. Almost a little creepy, good creepy? After ordering our burgers we sat to the side, waited and observed. The man to woman ratio was so skewed. Where were all the women?

Hurray~Our orders came~

I chose their SUMMER SUNSET burger which had  grilled grass fed lean beef, avovado, crispy trim bacon, golden pineapple, salad, relish and herbed mayo. The burger was so big... I cut it in half but that was a big mistake. It was even harder to hold. let alone eat, after cutting... The burger as a whole was quite yummy, but the bread was a little hard... the juices and crumbs went all over the table.

I would have to say their chips were the highlight though. Thick-cut, hot and herbed. Soooo good!

My friend's order was similiar, just no pineapple, and it was a chicken fillet. Unfortunately for her, her chicken fillet was a bit dry and just a tad tough. But overall for a first time visit it wasnt too bad.

After lunch we went next door to Max Brenners to stuff our faces again. Who can say no to chocolate and icecream?
We ordered waffles for two. Each having a waffle and sharing the icecream, bananas and strawberries.

Heaven!

The two fat pigs finished their dessert and didnt move. We sat there for a half hour longer just chatting because we were too full and lazy to move. This is what holidays are all about :)



- steph