Shenkin Erskineville

Shenkin Erskineville

coffee
Suz no coffee
Jo 4/5
Reb 4/5
Liz 5/5
John no coffee
The coffee was so good it rivals cafe newtown. Now I go to get my coffee from Shenkin every day. Cafe Newtown is crying, I know it.

Food
looked amazing
Suz 5/5
Jo
Reb 4/5
Liz 3/5
John

Le Pain Leichardt

Le Pain Quotidien

Coffee
The coffee was in bowls instead of cups or mugs. The coffee looked and tasted good.
Sofia “they really went to a great effort to give me what I wanted” - Sofia has a espresso with lots of skin milk froth.
Liz Suz Reb Jonna Sofia
4/5 4/5 4.5/5 4/5 In the end I got what I wanted, so I think I'm going to say 4/5.
Suz: “I enjoyed the novelty of the bowl.”

Food
Liz Suz Reb Jonna Sofia
4/5 3/5 3/5 Tasteless 2/5 3/5

Suz: It was nice to have a change [waffles rather than pancakes] however I think my preference will still be pancakes. I Enjoyed it but I wasn't blown away. Qn for Suz: Lack of pancakes on the menu is a minus? Suz: No, because this cafe is different to other cafes, having pancakes on the menu wouldn't fit with this cafe. It's a french bakery/cafe.
Liz: I ordered 5-grain bread, toasted, with butter. It came, and on the table already were a jar of chocolate spread and some apricot jams. The toast was very thin, which was nice. I had one slice covered in the chocolate spread - mmmm.

Service
Liz Suz Reb Jonna Sofia
2/5 4/5 4/5 5/5 4.5/5
Suz: Very prompt.
Sofia: They could have made me feel bad but didn't.

Ambience
Liz Suz Reb Jonna sofia
4/5 4/5 4/5 * 4/5
*(Jonna had left by this stage, so I'll just assume 4/5 also)

total: 75/100

Berkelows Leichhardt

Berkelows Leichhardt

Food

Sofia Rebecca Suz Roh Lizzie

4/5 5/5 4/5 4.16/5 3/5

Sofia: “Though I did enjoy the juice it was overpriced (Carrot, celery and ginger: $6)”

Lizzie: I had a chicken pancetta. The chicken was a little dry, which kind of ruined it. I say “kind of” because the pancetta was gone in two seconds, I was so hungry. It was still dry. Suzanne asked me if there was any sauce on the panotta, I guess because if there was sauce it should have distracted from the dryness of the chicken or at least camouflage it. I couldn't remember if there had been sauce. I pointed at the piece of lettuce and one piece of tomato on my plate, with a dark brown drizzle on it. “That's salad dressing”. Oh. There probably was given it was an Italiam pancetta, but I ate it too quickly to notice.

Service

notes: the coffee arrived after the food – big No according to Suzanne and me.

No table service. This was good for me (Lizzie) as I wouldn't have to worry about waiters coming up to me and inquiring as to my welfare or whether I would like a drink. I didn't arrive early this time, but it would have been nice to arrive early and be left alone.

Sofia Rebecca Suz Roh Lizzie

2.5 3/5 2.5/5 2.5/5 2.5/5

Coffee

Sofia Rebecca Suz Roh Lizzie

see below 3/5 3.8/5 3.5

Sofia didn't have coffee but had the carrot, celery and ginger juice referred to under Food above.

Rebecca didn't have coffee but had a milkshake with berries, honey and ice-cream – it looked really nice and she said it tasted nice.

Suzanne “not the best mocha I've ever had” I agree - it was nothing compared with the coffee on offer at Cafe Newtown!

Rohan”I wouldn't complain” - I think Suzanne asked Rohan if he liked the grind bitter, or the taste it has that stays in your mouth. I think he said “yes” but I can't remember after that.

Ambience of the cafe

note: there were aeroplanes, so every time someone was talking, particularly Sofia, she just had to stop talking and whistle while the plane took a while to go over, and humm.

Sofia Rebecca Suz Roh Lizzie

3/5 3/5 3.5/5 3.8/5 4/5

Lizzie: I liked it because it was a part of the bookshop Berkelows, so the clientele was likely to be bookworm-y.

Overall mark:

60.76/90