Geret Koper: Restaurant Adventure

1. PokeBall Donuts from Doughnut Time

My fave Doughnut store in Central Park Mall, Sydney

Please don't throw away this Donut for catching Pokemon, because it is too good to be missed. It is Nutella-Filled Pokeball Donut special from Doughnut Time and of course it is for limited time only. I realized for this menu when I came to Doughnut time's store in Central Park mall and I didn't get this donut since it sold out just before my turn on the queue, too bad huh?

I Pika Choose you

I came back the following day to Doughnut time's store in Queen Victoria market and got it.

2. Pokemon Pastries by Annachaannn

These pastries are really instagramable made by one of the famous food instagramer in Sydney. I bet most of Sydney foodies knew Anna from her instagram feed @annachaannn. She is not only an instagramer but also a baker who recently filled up "The Picnic Burwood", "Lid & Jar" and "Made" pastry showcase with her cute and yummy pastries.

The bad news is you can't predict when will these cuties coming up to the stores, we have to stay tune to Anna's Instagram for the newest info for upcoming cakes and where it will be sold. Moreover these pokemon dounts and tarts are limited and sold out within hours

3. Pokeburgers by Hashtag Burger - Down N' Out

Pokeburgers

Pikachu Burger

These are the most famous along this week, Hashtag burger on their Down N' Out Pop out store stand out with the idea of these Pokemon starter burgers. Meet Pikachu, Charmander and Bulbasaur burgers on Sir John Young Hotel on limited time only. They even have a special rules for these burger, where you cannot choose what burger will you get, which is similar with the idea of hatching egg on Pokemon game. One person can only order for one burger and no takeaway available for this menu.

Charmander Burger

For those who are wondering why there's no Squirtle burger on the menu, one of their staff said that their chef tried to create blue buns but it always turned out green. No water element starter for this burgers then which actually my favorite starter.

Bulbasaur Burger

They will open until Sep 3rd 2016 on lunch (12pm - 3pm) and dinner (5pm - 9pm) service. I visited their store on dinner service which actually the customers already queued before 5pm hahahahha even some cops came inside to figure it out why there were long queue on Liverpool street. The good news is these burgers are not just cute to be eaten but they also taste really good, the patty is so juicy yes yes #burger (Hashtag burger) is famous for its burgers, right?

4. Pokeball & Pikachu Macaroons in Narrabeen

Located approximately 45 minutes drive from Sydney CBD, one of Narrabeen's cafe join the hype of Pokemon Go too. I went to Narrabeen frequently and paid a visit to this cafe once for its Almond Croissant, which I like the most. I came back this afteroon to Narrabeen and finally bought these macaroons. Well, the Pikachu's face was quite funny but it sure tasted good. It was Nutella-filled Pikachu macaroon.

gotta catch 'em all

Pokeball and Pikachu Macaroons

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What is come into your mind when you heard words "Choux" or "Choux cream puff?"

For me, that words will remind me to the final episode of Junior Masterchef Australia season 1 where the grand finalist, Jack and Isabella have a pressure test to recreate Adriano Zumbo's pear perfection. I think that was my first time hear about choux but I never tasted choux until today.

Fortunately my foodie friend, Gavrila asked me to join her to try a cute shaped choux cream puff in Rosebery area. I searched via Instagram hashtag about the place quickly and found some of famous Sydney foodies uploaded these cute items.

It wasn't my first visit to Rosebery, previously I came to this area for haveing a watermelon cake at Black Star Pastry. Located on Botany road, Doux Amour was really easy to found (thanks to Google Maps) and this place open from 10am - 2pm on Sunday (another thanks to Zomato app). We finally decided to come to this dessert parlour first before heading to another place to get our brunch.

I didn't see any other cakes on the display except these cream puffs. I found some mini dummy cakes on the right bottom but I don't think they have it on stock. There were 4 different types and flavors of cream puffs but we only chose 3 of them.

Penguin Blackie - Black Sesame

Rosie Pig - Lychee & Rose

Nutty Freckle Bear - Nutella (I believe you will love this one)

The cream puffs were yummy and they were not overly sweet. The cream filling was so light and soft. I like the Nutty Freckles Bear shaped with nutella cream filling. Cream puff with Penguin shaped has black sesame cream filling and the piggy shaped has lychee & rose cream filling. These two flavors were okay as I am not a fan of black sesame and when it comes to lychee and rose, I think I would prefer in a form of ice cream.

For drink, I only purchased one menu, Green tea latte. They have Sweet potato and Taro latte as well. It was really good to have a hot cup of latte on a such cold day. Psst today was 11 degree celcius and the wind was no joke, as a girl who come from tropical country, this Sydney's autumn is too cold.

Green Tea Latte

Overall, I really enjoyed my time in this place and I hope they will continue create another new cute and yummy menu. It was not really spacious cafe and it was full this afternoon.

Doux Amour

Shop 2, 797 Botany Road, Rosebery, NSW

Opening Hours:

Mon Closed

Tue - Sat 10am - 8pm

Sun 10am - 2pm

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I found a place where you can eat your breakfast, lunch or dinner by yourself, with a friend or even with family which not only serve great food but also have an art space with greenish view on the back and really close to playground. It's one a kind restaurant, right? This restaurant located in Willoughby, Northern Sydney called Incinerator.

we sat on outdoor area (it seems like for take away area LOL)

Incinerator? really? at first I was confused why they named it after this waste material burning machine. Well, it used to be a place for incinerator back then in 1930's which transformed into a nice cafe which located beside the Bicentennial Reserve now. It has indoor and outdoor seating, and you might want to take the outdoor seating when it has nice weather in Sydney, because I think when it crowded their indoor seating will become too noisy.

As me and my friend came during lunch service, we ordered Southern Fried Chicken burger and Wood roasted fish for our meal plus Mocha coffee and Pineapple, apple, lemon and mint cold pressed juice for our drinks.

Wood roasted fish

Southern fried chicken burger

Pineapple, Apple, Lemon and mint cold pressed juice

Mocha Coffee

My wood roasted seasonal fish served with eggplant salad and lemon. I got King Trout for my lunch (this menu served seasonal fish, you might want ask staff for what kind of fish they have that day, when I heard it was King Trout I nodded my head quickly), it cooked really good and seasoned well. The skin was so crispy and the fish fillet was so juicy. As I do not really a fans of eggplant, so I might say this eggplant salad was okay and I can't believe I can eat half of it, my mom should be proud, lol. My friend who is a big fans of eggplant said it was nice and she helped me to finish the salad, big thanks to her.

My friend's Southern fried chicken burger served with savoy cabbage, parsley slaw, hot sauce and potato wedges. I tried this burger a bite too, I like it when burger buns toasted. Its karage chicken was juicy, slaw and cabbage were fresh.

The Incinerator serves coffee from The Grounds Roaster which is known by its great coffee. I reaaaallly like my cold pressed juice, I did not expect my drink would be sooo and refreshing, but it was, REALLY. Well, my drink was quite expensive but it was really worth it especially on the hot day.

We still have another mission to try their cakes and pastries, so we decided to order carrot cake and mocha cinnamon roll as our desserts. These two cakes were incredibly GOOD. Even my friend said it tasted like home baked by her parents and remind her for good childhood memories. I'm not the one who grown up with cinnamon roll and carrot cake, but I can say this Mocha cinnamon roll was really tasty.

Mocha Scroll

Carrot Cake

Overall, I really have a great experience during my lunch in this restaurant. They served really nice food, I really satisfied with my super yummy roasted King Trout and my super fresh cold pressed juice (I really recommend you to order this drink, it was so refreshing). Finally I have to thank its carrot cake to close my delightful lunch.

The Incinerator

2 Small Street, Willoughby, New South Wales

ph 02 8188 2220

Opening hours:

Open daily from 7am - 4pm

Breakfast 7am - 11.30am

Lunch 12pm - 2.30pm

Dinner 5pm (fri & sat only)