Page 69 - Tropic Magazine Issue 15

LIFESTYLE • FOOD

SWEET TREATS
Foodvixen gets her sweet
tooth on with some of her
fave local desserts.
Foodvixen finds

Out and about in the local
food scene with Tropic
columnist and social media
influencer Foodvixen.

SoMa at The Chambers

THA FISH
The waiter at Tha Fish took all of
about 38 seconds to convince us we
needed to try the Ruby Chocolate and
Raspberry Tart with Creme Fraiche Ice
Cream from the specials menu. My
first time trying this new fandangled
Coffee and carbs are life at Woodward St Bakery Ruby Chocolate. Holy moly! Best
In all honesty I get super sick of fancy, The Little Marionette in Sydney. The dessert I’ve had in a long time.
schmancy meals. Most of the time I menu at the Woodward St Bakery may SWEET TEA SHOP
just want real food that’s not the size not be extensive but that’s why it shines.
of a 20 cent piece at an exorbitant When I saw they had brown sugar
price. Good, wholesome food done flavoured Bubble Tea at the Sweet
well is what this vixen craves and that’s Tea shop at Orchid Plaza I hightailed
exactly why I’ve made the Woodward It’s uncomplicated food with it straight there with Mr Foodvixen
in tow. Turns out the Taro Milk with
St Bakery my new hangout. a focus on local produce and
What was once a greasy fish and chip simple, fresh flavours. Pearls is more my flavour but this one
shop at the 5-ways in Whitfield is now a is a close second.
bustling suburban bakery-cafe churning
out fresh baked artisan sourdough, And in my eyes you can’t get any better
Raspberry and Mango Danishes and than that. The unpretentious menu of 10
homemade sausage rolls (just to name
a few of the tasty treats you might find or so items includes a couple of the usual
breakfast suspects like the ubiquitous
there). Owned by the same people from Sourdough Toast with Avocado but with
Cobber’s Crust Bakery on Ishmael Rd, a couple of tasty extras like dukkah and
the Woodward St Bakery is a five-year labne thrown in. No Eggs Benny’s in
dream come to life.
The bakery has been beautifully renovated sight – hurrah! My personal fave is the
Roasted Mushrooms with Fresh Herbs
to retain the original Queenslander style on Sourdough Toast with a couple of
character that is synonymous with our Poached Eggs for good measure.
region. Think polished wooden floors, The meal sizes are no Lillipad Cafe but TAMARIND
locally sourced wood from a tobacco The Rooftop Honey Parfait with
factory on the Tablelands, tongue and I promise you won’t be needing lunch Hazelnut Crumble, Vacuumed
anytime soon after that. That is unless
groove walls and Fiddle Leaf Figs. As you’re a fatty like me and decide to pick Figs and Coffee Gel from the
someone whose parents have been up a loaf of fresh baked sourdough for newly refurbished dessert menu
lovingly (and painstakingly) restoring a later on in the day because one of life’s at Tamarind Restaurant Cairns is
Queenslander in Bungalow for the last insanely good.
couple of years, I can certainly appreciate most simple pleasures is fresh baked
bread. Am I right or am I right? Carb
the look they’ve achieved. coma come at me.
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