Category: Sydney – Inner City

  • The Rabbit Hole Organic Tea Bar

    The Rabbit Hole Organic Tea Bar

    A cafe without coffee in Sydney?  Welcome to The Rabbit Hole Organic Tea Bar! Recently opened in the inner city suburb of Redfern, this place is all about tea.  All the tea here are blended in-house, with the theme of tea evident from the sculpture in the middle of the cafe that is made from…

  • Waterman’s Lobster Co

    Waterman’s Lobster Co

    Lobster was once seen as a poor man’s food.  But nowadays, it is seen as an exotic delicacy.  Greg Elwell, writing for the Oklahoma Gazette, summed up the current social attitudes to lobsters perfectly when he wrote: “Lobster is fancy. If you imagine a lobster talking, it probably has a British accent. Draw an animated…

  • Orto Trading Co

    Orto Trading Co

    Orto Trading Co is a cafe situated in the quieter part of Surry Hills.  The cafe’s name, “Orto”, means “kitchen garden” in Italian.  The use of glass panels around the cafe, allowing natural light to permeate inside the cafe, makes the place look like a living greenhouse.  The theme is enhanced by having herb pots on the…

  • Chicken Institute Part 2

    Chicken Institute Part 2

    After the horrific experience at Chicken Institute two weeks earlier (which we have posted here), we went back to the place to try their infamous chicken. This time, we made a booking in advance, and when we got to the restaurant, we found the place to be empty.  There were no people waiting, and there…