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TROPIC • COFFEE

1. Skybury coffee harvesting
2. Coffee fruit

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Each roaster has a Olly’s top dinner
unique approach to the dishes in Cairns
end product, roasting GANBARANBA // Kiwami shio ramen
I love the lighter style chicken and seafood combination
machinery and style ramen broth.
HARUKA // Chawanmushi seafood custard
This restaurant is still one of my all-time favourites,
consistently delicious.
Ozmosis and Bang & Grind. They’ve been CAFÉ CHINA // Small-fry chicken
here for a solid decade. The small-fry is wok-fried szechuan pepper, garlic and chilli
More recent standouts include NOA, The which has a sensational citrus and numbing tang.
Chambers, Chamber Room, Silk, Candy, PICCOLO CUCINA // Four cheese gnocchi
Two Blocks, Tosca’s, Brother Jenkins and Classic and decadently rich Italian.
the Rise & Bake cafes (that are taking over TASTY ROAD // Korean fried chicken
the coffee scene in the shopping centres!) The best fried chicken in town.
Living in Cairns as a coffee professional C’EST BON // Garlic snails
is an absolute thrill, and I’m so proud and Brilliant hospitality, food, wine and service.
grateful to be a part. It’s my vision to see THALA BEACH LODGE // Miso bug tail
more Cairns cafes support our awesome Close enough for a lovely drive for dinner, far enough away to
local roasteries, and for our roasters to feel like you’ve left Cairns.
buy more local green coffee grown PHO VIET // Pho ga & the chicken cabbage salad
right here in the Atherton Tablelands. Easy-going and super tasty.
The driver for this change is really you – HARU // Pork hock & mustard vinegar salad
the discerning Cairns coffee drinker. An absolute flavour monster. Tangy, salty, spicy, fatty, cold.
Is your favourite cafe buying from local RAW PRAWN // Sashimi lobster from the tank
roasters? Are they using Tablelands I learnt to eat this style of crustacean in Korea and love the
coffee? roe and meat around the head, which has the most flavour.
NU NU // Smoked fish miang & duck fried rice
If I‘m looking for inspiration and an incredible foodie
experience I love hitting up Nu Nu.
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