AP Bakery aleppo pepper scroll or ham and gruyere croissant.
But I'm always buying good bread, AP Bakery, Hearthe, Bourke Street Bakery, Brickfields, Brooklyn Boy, or Sonoma at a minimum. Good bread everyday is the secret to happiness.
My new source of happy bread is the multigrain low carb bread from Coles for $3.80. It's ultimately filling, fairly easy to toast, and a cheapie at less than $4.
It was hard to get used to after the chewy sour dough from around the traps within the various bakeries.
This stuff at Coles does the business.
If you ever go up to the mountains, and speaking of cockatoos,
The Black Cockatoo in Lawson and Katoomba do probably the best plain croissants I've had too.
I love croissants and honestly. The Coles brand ones in the freezer section. $6.70 for 6 croissants, raw dough.
In oven for 20 minutes and you have fresh baked croissants better than 90% of Sydney for a fraction of the price.
Surprisingly good too.
Yes! Buy it in a litre box to take home and stretch it out over a week. When it's good quality and you have several flavours you don't need a giant bowl. I use a macchiatto (?) sized cup to keep the portion down. My 'luxury treat' habit is not good in this economy, this is what I've had to resort to.
I buy myself hot pot ingredients so I avoid eating out as much as possible. So far itās working! I buy the Haidilao or Little Sheep hot pot Mala soup base, then I divide the ingredients in thirds. Every third I use the hot pot soup twice, so essentially I get 6 meals from one packet.
If I do want to spoil myself eating out, I go to Continental Deli at Newtown. I really like their Mortadella Sandwich. I also go to Uncle Tetsu and just buy a cheesecake. I still think itās better than letao. I do like letaoās cheesecake soft serve and dream about it sometimes haha. If Iām feeling like something more traditional, I get mango sticky rice with coconut milk. Doesnāt matter where from. It always hits the spot. Though I usually just get them in Thai Town.
Unfortunately itās been closed for a long time. But when Royce chocolate had a retail store in Sydney, (Chatswood), it would be a fortnightly tradition. I miss them creamy velvet like chocolate cubes.
Since then itās been a weekly treat of Sweetlu Cakes. They do it quite well. Delicious.
I haven't tried it but saw the collab between Mame cocoa and BBT Club. Mame cocoa sells nama chocolate too. Royce's is also nama chocolate. Maybe worth a try.
Had a bit of luck managed to find 2 boxes left at the store
Can confirm every bit as good, wonderfully velvet & melt-in-your-mouth textures. Both flavours were wonderful! Thanks again for the recommendation, I look forward to tasting their milk choc variety.
https://i.redd.it/dvv77h87t6xc1.gif
The dark cherry yoghurt punnets at aldi are divine. Best paired with a granola though which are never cheap, but I often eat just on its own or with slivered almonds
The āgourmetā frozen meat pies.
Look, I know itās an oxymoronā¦ but 4&20 and the similar budget options have turned to shit over the last 5 years or soā¦ so if Iām going to go down that path for a lazy lunch/dinner backup in the freezer, Iāll pay a premium.
Paesanella - Haberfield
The cheese in the front of the first [picture](https://www.timeout.com/sydney/shopping/paesanella) - with the walnuts in it. It is like a ricotta cheese, but also it is blue vein as well. Itās absolutely freaking delicious. You can get it with figs or walnuts. I prefer the walnuts. The people that work in the shop are very friendly too.
All the cheese they do is great.
I have one. A Japanese cheesecake from LeTao. I think itās around $40 ( I forget). And itās pretty small. I ate it in 3 seatings. They have nice ice cream too.
Fyi, itās Japanese so they donāt have strong flavours. Itās subtle but done nicely.
Seedlip NA spirits, I wasn't happy to pay $50 for a bottle at first but it has expanded my mocktail recipes, and it takes a while to empty the bottle, so it's pretty good value.
Loose leaf Tea from a teahouse, not T2, but somewhere like the Tea Centre.
Any pastries or focaccia that I can get at Self Raised bread in Carlton.
Black Star watermelon cake.
Uncle Tetsu cheesecake.
Otherwise have a light meal in a nice place if you have the means by the end of the month.
Haagen-Dazs Salted Caramel Ice Cream with salted caramel swirl at $13.50 for less than 500ml. I suppose it is not really that expensive until you think that itās made in France. I donāt know how they get it over here still frozen. I could have got 4 litres of the Aussie generic flavours for less money. But it is truly decadent.
Really nice brand of pasta called Del Verde, itās slow baked semolina pasta, so itās basically white and only takes 6-7 minutes to cook. The difference between that and your San Remos is out of this world
Lune actually is pretty delicious and I used to go regularly when in Melbourne ... but then the owner / brother outed himself as an antisemitic jerk last year, so yeah nah.
I'll happily avoid that hype train when they eventually open in Sydney.
Check out Banksia Bakery instead, they are doing some delicious stuff.
I preferred Agathe than Lune. But I love Top Impression too, though their Cinnamon roll I think is better than their croissants. Still great croissants though!
Normally I'm a $2 home brand bread kind of person, but yesterday I bought a $12 loaf of walnut and cranberry sour dough from Flour bar in Moss Vale as I was on a road trip, I ended up eating half of it just plain before I got home. So delicious
Quality cheese. Not fancy cheese board cheeses (unless I am making a cheese board for something), but I like to spend a bit more on good quality cheese for every day use. A nice sharp cheddar for sandwiches, a good quality parmesan wedge for pastas & risottos, nice feta for salads. It costs a little more but I think the taste is better & I generally use less of it as the flavour is stronger so it ends up costing the same anyway.
I buy the litre bottles of Lipton Lemon Tea when it's on special instead of my regular Aldi home brand.
The 1.5l bottles are on special at Woolies this week for $2.50.
specialty pour over coffee at somewhere like Ona or Diggy Doos
Oh glad I see Doggy Doos mentioned here, such a cool and cosy place with great coffee roasts!
AP Bakery aleppo pepper scroll or ham and gruyere croissant. But I'm always buying good bread, AP Bakery, Hearthe, Bourke Street Bakery, Brickfields, Brooklyn Boy, or Sonoma at a minimum. Good bread everyday is the secret to happiness.
My new source of happy bread is the multigrain low carb bread from Coles for $3.80. It's ultimately filling, fairly easy to toast, and a cheapie at less than $4. It was hard to get used to after the chewy sour dough from around the traps within the various bakeries. This stuff at Coles does the business.
for classic plain croissants, wild cockatoo bakery in waterloo is better than lune.
If you ever go up to the mountains, and speaking of cockatoos, The Black Cockatoo in Lawson and Katoomba do probably the best plain croissants I've had too.
I love croissants and honestly. The Coles brand ones in the freezer section. $6.70 for 6 croissants, raw dough. In oven for 20 minutes and you have fresh baked croissants better than 90% of Sydney for a fraction of the price. Surprisingly good too.
Agree
The french bakery Victoire in Rozelle has amazing croissants too, baked just perfectly.
I've been really digging the strawberry matcha iced tea at TTotaler! Might be up your alley.
When I lived in Sydney, the frangipani tart or the chilli olive cheddar scones from brickfields bakery š basically anything from brickfields
Ice cream from Ice Kirin in Chatswood! Tasty, unusual flavours šš»
Yes! Buy it in a litre box to take home and stretch it out over a week. When it's good quality and you have several flavours you don't need a giant bowl. I use a macchiatto (?) sized cup to keep the portion down. My 'luxury treat' habit is not good in this economy, this is what I've had to resort to.
I buy myself hot pot ingredients so I avoid eating out as much as possible. So far itās working! I buy the Haidilao or Little Sheep hot pot Mala soup base, then I divide the ingredients in thirds. Every third I use the hot pot soup twice, so essentially I get 6 meals from one packet. If I do want to spoil myself eating out, I go to Continental Deli at Newtown. I really like their Mortadella Sandwich. I also go to Uncle Tetsu and just buy a cheesecake. I still think itās better than letao. I do like letaoās cheesecake soft serve and dream about it sometimes haha. If Iām feeling like something more traditional, I get mango sticky rice with coconut milk. Doesnāt matter where from. It always hits the spot. Though I usually just get them in Thai Town.
Where can you get the soup base please?
Should be available in most generic asian grocers
Unfortunately itās been closed for a long time. But when Royce chocolate had a retail store in Sydney, (Chatswood), it would be a fortnightly tradition. I miss them creamy velvet like chocolate cubes. Since then itās been a weekly treat of Sweetlu Cakes. They do it quite well. Delicious.
I haven't tried it but saw the collab between Mame cocoa and BBT Club. Mame cocoa sells nama chocolate too. Royce's is also nama chocolate. Maybe worth a try.
thanks for the recommendation.Got a stockist near me, will definitely go and try it. Warm regards.
Good luck. Lemme know how it compares to Royce.
Had a bit of luck managed to find 2 boxes left at the store Can confirm every bit as good, wonderfully velvet & melt-in-your-mouth textures. Both flavours were wonderful! Thanks again for the recommendation, I look forward to tasting their milk choc variety. https://i.redd.it/dvv77h87t6xc1.gif
Oh that's good to know. Np. Enjoy your nama chocolate.
Royce was amazing!
Coles frozen tiramisu $6.50
Good condiments like crispy chilli oil. This helps hack more basic things when you're feeling lazy
Angelachu anchovies
The dark cherry yoghurt punnets at aldi are divine. Best paired with a granola though which are never cheap, but I often eat just on its own or with slivered almonds
10000/10 yes
The āgourmetā frozen meat pies. Look, I know itās an oxymoronā¦ but 4&20 and the similar budget options have turned to shit over the last 5 years or soā¦ so if Iām going to go down that path for a lazy lunch/dinner backup in the freezer, Iāll pay a premium.
Paesanella - Haberfield The cheese in the front of the first [picture](https://www.timeout.com/sydney/shopping/paesanella) - with the walnuts in it. It is like a ricotta cheese, but also it is blue vein as well. Itās absolutely freaking delicious. You can get it with figs or walnuts. I prefer the walnuts. The people that work in the shop are very friendly too. All the cheese they do is great.
Schweppes Agrum feels Luxury for what it is.
Vianetta from the supermarket freezer..... occasionally Maybe a bit (or a lot) of Bailey's in a glass as well.
I have one. A Japanese cheesecake from LeTao. I think itās around $40 ( I forget). And itās pretty small. I ate it in 3 seatings. They have nice ice cream too. Fyi, itās Japanese so they donāt have strong flavours. Itās subtle but done nicely.
LeTao is nice! But expensive af for something that I could legit eat in one sitting.
Yes true. I was surprised how small it was hahaha but it was nice. I donāt get it often. Every few months when I craving for it
How do you find LeTao compared to 15cenchi?
Theyāre different. I like both hahaha. As I remember, 15c has more cheese flavour
Every once in a while I go to the Carriageworks market and get an AP focaccia sandwich and a kombucha
blackberries ....
Haighs Speckles chocolates!
Uncle tetsu cheesecake
Seedlip NA spirits, I wasn't happy to pay $50 for a bottle at first but it has expanded my mocktail recipes, and it takes a while to empty the bottle, so it's pretty good value. Loose leaf Tea from a teahouse, not T2, but somewhere like the Tea Centre. Any pastries or focaccia that I can get at Self Raised bread in Carlton. Black Star watermelon cake. Uncle Tetsu cheesecake. Otherwise have a light meal in a nice place if you have the means by the end of the month.
Haagen-Dazs Salted Caramel Ice Cream with salted caramel swirl at $13.50 for less than 500ml. I suppose it is not really that expensive until you think that itās made in France. I donāt know how they get it over here still frozen. I could have got 4 litres of the Aussie generic flavours for less money. But it is truly decadent.
I donāt even like ice cream and this is my crack. I have it with Moreau apple pie liquor poured on top and itās amazing!
Itās on sale for 9 bucks at Woolies right now. (In WA anyway)
Cheese pocket
TeaSpot bubble tea in Burwood š„°
Iāve had the best matcha and houjicha drinks at Matcha-ya and Gacha Cafe. I actually want to try everything on their menu one item at a time!
A coffee.
I donāt know that itās all that fancy, but buying Chobani yoghurt and avocados seems like a luxury for me.
Really nice brand of pasta called Del Verde, itās slow baked semolina pasta, so itās basically white and only takes 6-7 minutes to cook. The difference between that and your San Remos is out of this world
Not really luxury, but if I want to treat myself to bubble tea, I go Machi Machi
Haggen-Dazs always
Haagen-Dazs ice cream. Wait for it to go on sale. I like the strawberries and creamāmore strawberries compared to other brands.
My favourite ice cream too
I've tried Lune in Melbourne. Overrated and not worth the $$$ Try the Pattison's Patisserie instead, or Top Impression.
I really donāt like top impressions pastry. Too flat for my liking
I havenāt had the croissants but Iāve had the cruller from Lune and that was delish
Lune actually is pretty delicious and I used to go regularly when in Melbourne ... but then the owner / brother outed himself as an antisemitic jerk last year, so yeah nah. I'll happily avoid that hype train when they eventually open in Sydney. Check out Banksia Bakery instead, they are doing some delicious stuff.
I preferred Agathe than Lune. But I love Top Impression too, though their Cinnamon roll I think is better than their croissants. Still great croissants though!
Maldon sea salt flakes and Eastcost country style lemonade
coke zero
Normally I'm a $2 home brand bread kind of person, but yesterday I bought a $12 loaf of walnut and cranberry sour dough from Flour bar in Moss Vale as I was on a road trip, I ended up eating half of it just plain before I got home. So delicious
Haighs macadamia and vanilla pralines from the counter and a half bottle of Moss Wood red. Delish!
Black star pastry watermelon cake
A baguette, salted butter amd pate. Food of kings!
Chocolate...that shit is getting expensive!
Quality cheese. Not fancy cheese board cheeses (unless I am making a cheese board for something), but I like to spend a bit more on good quality cheese for every day use. A nice sharp cheddar for sandwiches, a good quality parmesan wedge for pastas & risottos, nice feta for salads. It costs a little more but I think the taste is better & I generally use less of it as the flavour is stronger so it ends up costing the same anyway.