Step into the world of San Churro, where decadence is a daily affair -
where creamy coffees welcome cold mornings and where chocolate-dipped
churros usher in dusk. Known by the Spanish as the ‘Father of
Chocolate', San Churro was a monk who dedicated his life to making
treats out of the ‘brown gold' his countrymen had recently brought back
from the Americas. Today, his legacy lives on in a handful of gorgeous
little chocolateries scattered along the Australian seaboard, where
you'll find the kind of sweet things you could imagine Spanish royalty
were indulging in more than three centuries ago.
Although it might sound like a granny teacake, the Blue Room's lemon friand is really worth a try. The friand is a moist, warm yellow little cake, presented with a big ball of blueberry gelato atop. Little rose-and-green pistachios sprinkled with icing sugar surround the dessert, wallowing in pale yellow lemon curd and overall, the effect is highly enticing. The buttery friand is delightful, with a melt-in-your-mouth texture and the little bits of lemon rind studding the cake give it a lovely tartness. The smooth lemon curd complements the friand perfectly, but it serves also to prevent you from choking on crumbs while scoffing away! The gelato, so creamy that it melts the instant it arrives, is rippled with berry juice – you might wonder how come blueberry gelato has reddish, rather than blue swirls, but you’ll probably stop thinking the instant you start eating. After sampling the delicious oven-baked pizza this cafe serves, this light little dish is a real winner.
It’s a Melbourne institution. Everyone knows about it, or has heard of it and judging by the crowd, it’s also THE place to be. Order your coffee over the white marble counter – be it espresso, mocha or latte, Brunetti ALWAYS get it right. Lattes are flat just as they should be, cappuccinos frothy, and mochas the smoothest blend of coffee and chocolate. And they make the perfect accompaniment to the many desserts on offer…
The Blue Room serves up great pizza and has a four-chocolate dessert sampler on the menu (bring a friend, because the minimum serving is for two) They also have this unassuming but fantastic little dessert called the Lemon Friand, which you can have all on your own, even after you've had the pizza - so why would you go anyplace else?!
Looking for a taste of the exotic? Bismi is the place to be - where the curries are hot, the roti (breads) fresh and the lamb briyani divine. And to cap it all off, the roti tissue dessert is perfect. Like a savoury crepe, the roti part is delicately crisp, and the sticky sweet condensed milk running down from the top of the cone is just the right accompaniment.
Although it might sound like a granny teacake, the Blue Room's lemon friand is really worth a try. The friand is a moist, warm yellow little cake, presented with a big ball of blueberry gelato atop. Little rose-and-green pistachios sprinkled with icing sugar surround the dessert, wallowing in pale yellow lemon curd and overall, the effect is highly enticing. The buttery friand is delightful, with a melt-in-your-mouth texture and the little bits of lemon rind studding the cake give it a lovely tartness. The smooth lemon curd complements the friand perfectly, but it serves also to prevent you from choking on crumbs while scoffing away! The gelato, so creamy that it melts the instant it arrives, is rippled with berry juice – you might wonder how come blueberry gelato has reddish, rather than blue swirls, but you’ll probably stop thinking the instant you start eating. After sampling the delicious oven-baked pizza this cafe serves, this light little dish is a real winner.
It’s a Melbourne institution. Everyone knows about it, or has heard of it and judging by the crowd, it’s also THE place to be. Order your coffee over the white marble counter – be it espresso, mocha or latte, Brunetti ALWAYS get it right. Lattes are flat just as they should be, cappuccinos frothy, and mochas the smoothest blend of coffee and chocolate. And they make the perfect accompaniment to the many desserts on offer…
The Blue Room serves up great pizza and has a four-chocolate dessert sampler on the menu (bring a friend, because the minimum serving is for two) They also have this unassuming but fantastic little dessert called the Lemon Friand, which you can have all on your own, even after you've had the pizza - so why would you go anyplace else?!
Looking for a taste of the exotic? 
