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Posted by tzuyen in Photography, cafe on February 13, 2011
Spot-fires of ideas can brew from here, in South Melbourne
Plating
I have been very amazed at the quality of the food from a few Melbourne cafe’s lately. Produce driven, seasonal, innovative menus and beautiful presentations at a fraction of the price you might pay for in a restaurant with starched, white linen. These are from Dead Man Espresso. It seems not long ago when city cafe’s that planted their own herbs and some veggies was unheard of. I am still playing around with colour management between my monitor and softwares.
Summer (spring), winter is back
Posted by tzuyen in Photography, cafe on September 28, 2010
Best Sunday for a long time. Warm(ish), 20 degrees, clear skies, no work and fresh vomit from patient yesterday well cleaned. Early afternoon at Dead Man Espresso with “Thomas Keller’s BLT“. The deconstructed sandwhich consists of soft, white bread that is well buttered and evenly toasted (? fried). The filling is roasted pork with crackling and spinach puree. On the side is a mini-latte glass of tomato gazpacho. A mixed leafy salad included. Love the pork. It’s a brilliant idea but didn’t work for me on the whole. The gazpacho could do with more flavour. I’d rather have a super ripe slice of tomato. The spinach puree…was supposed to be more of a rocket puree. But really good idea to incorporate fresh take on the all-so-common eggy breakfast. And well done for using really fresh salad leaves (they are growing their own herbs).
"Thomas Keller's BLT" from Dead Man Espresso
Take note…pork belly is as common as the Synesso in Melbourne now.
After lunch and a great coffee, we headed to Port Melbourne Beach and felt…cold! It reminded me when I was in Norway after a few months of below zero temperature. A sunny day, warm (relative) and the entire student village was outside on the lawn receiving their yearly dose of vitamin D with the famous engangsgrill. We went to a small island off the city center for a BBQ and realized it was really ‘only’ 12 degrees.
Summer at Port Melbourne was a bit early
I still love the cold.
Seven Seeds
I’ve had good coffee. I’ve had great coffee. I have been a weekend barista for a few years at the Maling Room. It’s true that it’s difficult to enjoy a coffee the way it should be enjoyed at a place I used to work.
Today’s strong flat white at Seven Seeds was too delicious.
I just finished 8 nights in the Emergency Department and it was sunny. I had a nice breakfast with the reg in the morning sun at the European. The weekend is on.
The coffee was in perfect balance. Smooth and creamy texture. The surface was polished like glass. I have seen good milk. I can steam great mik. But this flat white was like cream. The art was bold and well defined. A single rosetta with slight colouration inside each pair of symmetric leaf. Like chefs fussing over micro herbs with tweezers, beautifully crafted and seemingly effortless. Flavour was sweet, chocolate, nutty and so rounded through the milk. I tasted another ‘god shot’ moment. The walnut tart was there again. So good, so good. The photo is an old one with some almond crossant I had.
Mark Dundon, owner of Seven Seeds, Brother Baba Budan and ex owner of St Ali is, in my view, the pioneer and the source of much fuss about coffee in Melbourne. When people talk about real passion for coffee, he is that passion. Not for the publicity, not for the recognition. And I thank him for that. If you have ever had a chat with him you will get a feeling that he is someone who only, and only doing this for love. Rarely do you meet someone so humble and self-less
I am car-less for a week or so because someone reversed without looking first.
This weekend is half marathon and then I have to decide where to work next year. Melbourne or Brisbane. I am torn.