Il Fornaio cafe in Melbourne
If you were counted among the over one million Australians that obsessively tuned in to Masterchef each week, recounting the details on Twitter and biting your nails along the way, then you may indeed be experiencing the emptiness of withdrawal. Well, we’ve got a cure: supremely satisfying sweets made by award-winning Melbourne-born pastissier and Masterchef guest chef, Philippa Sibley.
These days, Sibley is heading up Il Fornaio, just outside Melbourne, where her infamous Snickers dessert, honey panacotta, meyer lemon tarts, and a whole host of other fabulously indulgent sweets are available from their newly conceived dessert bar. That’s right. A bar you can walk up to, order only desserts, and walk away — happy and full. Breakfast and lunch dishes are also on offer as is wine, but with pastries this tempting you’ll want to skip straight to sweets — you’re in withdrawal after all.
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Despite its inconspicuous location (in a parking lot alleyway) Monk Bodhi Darma is Melbourne’s newest treat to the café society’s ranks. Café connoisseurs are filling this cosy cavern of exposed brick walls and long oak tables to be served the delicious grind from Five Senses. Sustainability is at the core of the global menu, with locally sourced organic produce making specials such as Zanzibarian black eye pea stew. I’m hooked.
We are spoiled for choice when it comes to the best cafes in Melbourne. It still amazes when I come across a spot that boasts the best coffee, the best atmosphere, and the best menu. It may often be populated by bespeckled, part-time bloggers and the like, but Proud Mary, in Collingwood has it all going on without any of its neighbourhood hipster pretention. Did I mention the one of a kind custom-made Synesso coffee machine? Try their summer bircher muesli topped with fresh mango, tangy green apple and crushed nuts. It really is THE BEST.
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