CHERRY LAM: food

POST SEMESTER CAFE HUNT | 4 Cafes In Brisbane

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MASSIVE FOOD PORN | 7 Cafes/Restaurants You Need To Try

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I ❤︎ CAFE | 5 tips to find the best cafe

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Hi peeps, how's life? Most people back to school in September and I am having my mid semester break now. Today, I'm gonna share 5 tips to find the best cafe! I had been cafe hunting in Brisbane a lot, and I am quite proud of myself that so far the cafes I went never disappoint me:P So I wanna share my experience and the way I found cafes. If you are looking for cafes and restaurants, keep on reading!

1. Follow foodie Instragram

Instragram probably is the best tool to search cafes, rather than Google. People's experience and photos of that particular cafe are more reliable than online photos. Following foodie Instragram account is the most effective and direct way to keep update your cafes-to-go list. Brissy foodie accounts that I recommend: bnecafes, thefoodieclub_brisbane, eatanddobrisbane

2. Check the cafes' Instragram (include geo tag, hashtag and people's photos)

After you found the cafe, check their Instragam! It is really important that their feed attract you and make you wanna visit. Also, don't forget to check people's photos of that cafe. This will give you a precise and real expectations. If the cafe do not have a Instragram account, check the geo tag/ location, so you may find photos took in there.

3. Check their menu and compare it with people's photo

Then check the menu and price in their website. Let's be real, we don't like to pay so much on a piece of bread or coffee. If you have a budget, remember to check the price. Also, compare people's photos and the menu, so you could have an expectation and know what to eat before ordering.

4. Visit UrbanSpoon or Zomato

If the cafe do not have any social media and website, check UrbanSpoon/ Zomato. They are the Australian version of Open Rice. They provide details of all restaurants, bars and cafes, includes menu, reviews, opening time and photos...They also recommend restaurants around your searches, so you can have more choices and comparisons.
Link: https://www.zomato.com/

5. Find the right person to go with!
You can't enjoy the BEST cafe without the perfect person and timing! No matter how nice that coffee is, you need a friend to talk with and spend the relaxing morning together. Message or ring a friend that you haven't meet them for a while to cafe hunt this weekend!

Pablo ★★★★☆
This is my experience of searching a cafe in New Farm, as me and my friends wanna visit new farm. There's many cafes around there. After searching tons of foodie accounts in Instragram and check the menu in Zomato, I found Pablo. I quite like the food, but they don't have a lot of seats, so you may have to wait a while, especially during weekends.

Ricotta hotcakes (AUD$17) ★★★★☆

Many people have tried this and post on Instragram, so we decided to give a try. I like how it is sweet and sour with lots of berries! With a scope of vanilla ice cream, it's delicious sweet dish.

Button Mushroom & Potato Hash (AUD$18) ★★★☆☆
This savoury dish had some mushrooms, potatoes and tomatoes, with some cheese to dip with. It's quite filling, but it would be perfect to have a piece of sourdough or bread to pair with.

Address: 839 Brunswick Street, New Farm

Zomato: https://www.zomato.com/brisbane/pablo-new-farm

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pablonewfarm/

I hope you like my sharing and these 5 tips can help you to find the best cafe and create a cafe-to-go list. Enjoy the food, the people and chill!

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HAPPY EKKA HOLIDAY! | 4 Cafes in Brisbane

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Hello guys! SO, I decided to update and change the design of my blog! Finally! I tried so hard to make it happened with all those HTML and coding...and it all worth it. It isn'y the best situation I wanted now, but I still really proud of myself!

This time I am sharing 4 cafes I recently went in Brisbane. That really is one of my favourite thing to do in Aussie.

1// Falalalah ★★★★★
One day, me and my friend was thinking where to eat and he randomly said Westend. We was looking for Japanese food, but the rain came and we just randomly rushed into a restaurant. It turned up a really good cafe! As we observed, all waitress are Korean. It might be open by a Korean or something.

Gorgonzlo Burger with Chips (AUS$10)

Ice green latte ★★★☆☆

I was expecting a green tea latte and it turned out not green tea at all. LOL

I really like this cafe, especially with a reasonable price. Nice environment and location. However, they don't have all day breakfast. They separate menu in breakfast, lunch and dinner. So if you want brekkie, come earlier!

Address: 193 Melbourne Street, Southbank

Instagram: everydayfalalalah

2//Coffee Anthology ★★★★☆

This cafe is located in CBD, which is very convenient to go to! That's why a lot of workers and people work in offices come here to get coffee and chill. It's a pretty small cafe, so if you visit in the peak hour, it might be quite pack.

I ordered this egg Benedict with salmon (AUS$15) ★★★★☆

The combination of egg and salmon is always the best, with the warm crispy sourdough...100/100!

My friend ordered this chicken rice with poached egg and avocado. ★★★☆☆

I think overall their food and coffee are pretty nice and I will definitely come back as the location is very convenient. It's the place to go when you have no idea what to eat in the CBD.

Address: 26 Margret Street, Brisbane CBD
Opening hour: 7am-3:30pm
Instagram: coffeeanthology

3// Littleloco ★★★★☆
Another random day after uni, me and my friends went to cafe hunt around New Farm. Apparently, there're a lot of cafe around there. This cafe is a very small but friendly cafe. We saw people often pass by to get drink with their dogs or after a nice walk.
I ordered the Egyptian egg. There's sour cream at the bottom, some spicy sausages with poached eggs and sourdough. The sausages are quite spicy to me, if you cannot eat any spicy food...don't order it haha.

Egyptian egg (AUS$15) ★★★★☆

Loco Breakfast Broad (AUS$20) ★★★★☆

Egg and Waggle Benedict (Extra bacon $4) (AUS$16.5) ★★★★★

Address: 121 Merthyr Road, New Farm
Instagram: littlelococafe

4// Plum Tucker ★★★★★

Last but not least, this cafe in Red Hill. This is my first time to visit a cafe in the North part. I heard there's a lot of great cafe over there. It's a bit difficult to find our way at first, but it's totally worth it! They got menu for vegan and gluten free meal. It's absolutely healthy cafe in my opinion.