Tag: Surry Hills

  • 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…

  • Chicken Institute Part 1

    Chicken Institute Part 1

    We have heard so much good things about the chicken at this place so on a cold winter Tuesday night, we decided to visit this place to try out their infamous chicken.  Due to the unusual events which unfolded, we will set out in a time line format of what we have experienced at this…

  • Devon on Danks

    Devon on Danks

    Late last year, the infamous Devon Café in Surry Hills opened another café in the hip suburb of Waterloo, called Devon on Danks. We tried their food at the end of last year, and had fond memories of the food. So on a gloomy Easter Monday, we went back to this café to try to…