Cafe Ish, Surry Hills

Cafe Ish was one of the first cafes that I went when I started my food mission in Sydney; it's around 2-3 years ago? I really like the soft-shell crab served there; I couldn't remember the exact name though. 


Finally I had a chance to go there again last weekend for my brunch alone. Cafe Ish has moved from Albion Street to Campbell Street, one block away. Now they have a bigger size cafe; although, I think I prefer the old one, small but cute cafe :) I noticed they have more staff also now. 


When I looked at the menu, I was really happy because the soft-shell crab was still there on the menu ... but there were two now. I decided to choose crab omelette because I tried the other one, crab with hollandaise sauce on toast. I ordered "wild chai" latte as well; I think I ordered the same drink before. 


The food was really good although I prefer the crab with hollandaise sauce on toast (I will definately roder this next time). The chai latte was allright, I couldn't say it was my favourite. 


Cafe Ish is famous in Sydney because their food are different and very good too. I will come back again when I feel like eating soft-shell crab again for my brunch :) Don't forget, to check out different salt that they have and how they serve the pepper (the storage is so cute ....)

wild chai

wild chai

soft-shell crab omelette

Cafe Ish

82 Campbell st

Surry Hills NSW 2010, Australia

(02) 9281 1688

http://www.cafeish.com.au

Maisy's Cafe, Neutral Bay

Continuing the great catch-up night with my friends, from Rengaya we went to Maisy's Cafe in Neutral Bay. Thanks to my friend who recommended this place, she said Maisy's Cafe has the best mudcake in town. Mudcake is one of my favourite cake all the times :)


The mudcake was awesome, it's really really good. It's very moist and they served it with vanilla ice cream (it's best combination, mudcake and vanilla ice-cream) and melted chocolate or you can call it chocolate soup :) It's very yummy. 


Our next order was New York Cheesecake. It's good as well but you can find the same new york cheesecake in other places. The mudcake is still the best. 


The service is average, one of the guy was very stiff. When we finished our cakes, we were still talking, the guy came and gave us the bill. There was no queue; we were looking at each others ... did we get kicked-out again? :) And definately not because they were closing because Maisy's cafe opens 24 hours. Yes 24 hours!! I found this is amazing. Because I hardly find any places in Sydney which open 24 hours except Mc Donald. 


Overall, this is a good place for having cakes. 

the "famous" mudcake

blink ... mudcake gone :)

new york cheesecake

hmmm ... finish

Maisy's Cafe

1/164 Military Rd
Neutral Bay NSW 2089
(02) 9908 4030

Open Daily 24 hours

Rengaya, North Sydney

It was a wonderful time, catching up with friends for dinner at Saturday night. We went to Rengaya, Japanese restaurant in North Sydney. I didn't know this place exists before and apparently it's quite famous. We booked for 6.30pm and they said we need to leave at 8pm because the next people who booked the table would arrive. 


The food were really good although I think there are other Japanese restaurants which are better. However, I am happy with the food; however, it's little bit expensive. It costs us $48 each. My favourites will be the wagyu beef and pork ribs. Wagyu beef was awesome; however, the best wagyu beef that I ever had still the one in Hyatt Hotel Sydney. The salmon salad was very good as well, very refreshing. I prefer salmon salad than prawn salad; the prawn salad was little bit plain. 


The service was allright. When the clock was at 8pm, they came to us and asked us to leave because the next customer have come. We wanted to order dessert but we didn't have chance. We decided to continue the night to Maisy's Cafe. According to my friend, that place has the best mud cake in town :) 

mojito

prawn salad

salmon salad

wagyu beef

pork

pork ribs

sashimi and unagi

unagi on rice

sashimi on rice

Rengaya

73 Miller St
North Sydney NSW 2060
(02) 9929 6169

Open Mon,Sat-Sun 6pm-10:30pm; Tue,Thu-Fri 12pm-3pm, 6pm-10:30pm; Wed 12pm-3pm, 6pm-11:30pm