STAY > The Morris Hotel, Sydney

The Morris is one of the newest hotels in the Sydney CBD, part of the Accor Groups ‘Handwritten Collection’ this is a boutique hotel with the structure of a big hotel group. Located at the grittier Haymarket end of Pitt Street, close to China Town, Surry Hills and Central Station. The Morris…

ByEd ItorFebruary 5, 2024

CAFE > TOKYO

CAFE > Parklet Bakery, Tokyo

In the residential streets of Nihonbashi you will find one of Tokyo's nicest cafe's, a great stop for breakfast or lunch. Next to a small park (Horidome) and children's playground this cafe features stunning range of bread and pastries. Run by two Californian's Kate & Jerry Jaksich, (Kate previously managed Tartine in San Francisco) you…

ByEd ItorFebruary 5, 2024

CAFE > SYDNEY

CAFE > Bills, Sydney

Bills is the cafe that made breakfast something more serious for Sydneysiders, originally it was in Liverpool Street Darlinghurst (it opened in 1993). There was a large communal table and for many people it was the first place that they experienced avocado on toast. It was also home to fluffy ricotta pancakes…

ByEd ItorFebruary 1, 2024

CAFE > SYDNEY

CAFE > Home Croissanterie, Balmain Sydney

Balmain was once a working class suburb with an early opening pub on each corner of the street but since the early 1980s when the port's were closed down and the land converted to apartments, Balmain has become a super desirable suburb to live. Just a 10 minute ferry across the harbour to…

ByEd ItorFebruary 1, 2024

CAFE > SYDNEY

CAFE > Tropicana, Sydney

Back in 1980 there were very few places in Sydney that served espresso coffee and cappuccino, but one of those was the Tropicana Cafe, know to most as simply 'the trop'. It is a super casual, laid back place where Sydney learned to fall in love with its number one coffee drink the…

ByEd ItorFebruary 1, 2024

CAFE > CAFE > MELBOURNE

CAFE > Hardware Société

Hardware Société redefined the concept of breakfast in Melbourne in 2009, ditching the eggs and smashed avocado on toast that was de rigour for most cafe's and instead constructing layers of flavour more akin to gourmet fine dining than usually expected at breakfast. Where once there was just a 35 seat restaurant in Hardware Street,…

ByEd ItorJanuary 31, 2024

CAFE > CAFE > MELBOURNE

CAFE > Pellegrini’s Espresso Bar, Melbourne

Perhaps Melbournes most famous cafe is Pellegrini's in Bourke Street where it has been serving old school Italian food and espresso since 1954. When you enter the long room and sit at the bar or facing the mirrored wall you might think that the decor has not changed much since it opened.…

ByEd ItorJanuary 31, 2024

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STAY > MELBOURNE WHERE TO STAY >

STAY > Le Méridian, Melbourne

The Le Méridien hotel sits at the top of the city in what was once a theatre, cinema, live music venue and a legendary nightclub. The former Metro sat empty for years waiting for a major redevelopment and that came in a totally different direction with the French hotel brand opening a smart…

ByEd ItorJanuary 30, 2024

WHERE TO EAT >

EAT > SHIBUichi Bakery, Shibuya

We don't usually write about bakeries or cafe's but it is time to change that because SHIBUichi has to be the best bakery we have visited in Japan and once discovered we have been back again and again. If you are looking for quality baked goods early in the morning (any time before 11am) you…

ByEd ItorJanuary 24, 2024

EAT > TOKYO WHERE TO EAT >

EAT > Ryan, Tokyo

Did someone say Soba? Ryan is not quite your standard Tokyo noodle stop. It is a stylish room with tables as well as bar seating, seating is comfortable and you can easily settle in for something of a session here. And let us be clear this is not a ¥900 noodle…

ByEd ItorJanuary 23, 2024

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