Hello, Rozelle

Rozelle, very dear to my sugar-infested heart. Lots of beautiful cafes, scattered with gorgeous patisseries and bakeries, and when there is time for a stroll - boutiques ready to take my money ... So on this gloomy Sunday morning, we headed to this lovely funky suburb in the hope of another sugar high that will brighten up the otherwise damp and grey day.

First stop was meant to be Hangry, which received some decent reviews from bloggers and diners alike, but upon strolling back and forth at the address, all I could see was a somewhat ordinary cafe ... so I moved on as I'm not wasting calories on boring brownies!

Now what ... All that's needed was to stroll some 5 meters to find AboutLife, and it was a good find - lots of healthy but delicious food and drinks to choose from, including several that are sweet and guilt free, such as the banana and sweet potato hotcakes topped with vanilla coconut yogurt, raw cacao sauce, chia, coconut shavings and walnuts. 

I say again, that delicious food doesn't have to be bland and rough. These were fluffy hotcakes that are full of natural flavours and different textures to make it interesting. And of course I had to wash it down with an equally healthy version of a coffee - iced coffee with coconut water - refreshing, light, and totally will make it myself from time to time :)

But I do need a proper coffee still. And Piccolo's a great place to pick up my normal lifestyle ... Hole in the wall, almost, and people stream in and out non-stop. There were several breakfast items and pastries in the display cabinet but I was happily satisfied by my wholesome breakfast, I could only have a cold-drip Ethiopian. It was lovely, refreshing, and gave me a perfect amount of time to sit and contemplate.

After a short stroll to digest and to, um, spend money on unnecessary non-food items, I arrived at a gorgeous chocolate shop Belle Fleur. OMG so much to choose from, such a big range, I picked six (plus a block of chilli chocolates - single origin Venezuelan dark). The wasabi chocolate - nice, smooth, dark, could not taste the wasabi. Blood orange jelly - thin layer of chocolate, delicious tangy jelly - I can have this again. And again. And maybe again. And I can't wait to try the salted caramel, chilli, wattle seed and speculaas...

Then a lime brulee tart at C'est Bon drew me. A sucker for lime and anything tangy, I stepped in and got myself a coffee, a scoop of home made pistachio gelato, and the lime brulee tart. Disappointment, unfortunately, and I mentally renamed this cafe C'est ne pas bon immediately. Bitter and burnt coffee, sweet and unflavourful gelato and lime tart. Pretty shop, unfortunately it really should do better than that in a competitive suburb such as Rozelle.

On that note,  I vow to return to explore more, eat more, and most likely, shop more .... 

CS