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Continuing on my Sydney photo series. After my morning exploration of Sydney’s Hyde Park and St Mary’s Cathedral, I continued my walk towards the Sydney’s CBD. As it was a Sunday in the city, the city was packed with shoppers, buskers and tourists. I dropped by Gumption for a coffee in The Strand arcade. If I had more time, the streets of Sydney would be the perfect place to be doing some street photography.
Sydney is Australia’s most famous and iconic city. Back in September last year, I made my first trip to Sydney. I spent a week exploring some of Sydney most popular tourist attractions, eating delicious food and taking a lot of photos. My good friend Mike, a Sydney local, kindly took out some time out of his busy week to play tourist guide. He took us down to Canberra for a day and then to the Blue Mountains on another day. This will the first post of many for my Sydney photo series.
Young Love Mess Hall is yet another new kid on along William Street in Northbridge. The last thing I remember being there was a Malaysian restaurant. The place has been renovated into a hip new restaurant and bar. While there are a few booths, small sized tables and bar-style high table/chairs, the most prominent seating arrangement is the mess hall style long communal table. I love the hanging garden from the ceiling and walkway, it’s a nice contrast to the off black coloured walls. I liked how they kept the round archway which separates the bar area from the other dining area. It reminds me that the restaurant has some Asian influence to it.
On my way to the Art Gallery of Western Australia last weekend, my friend and I stumbled upon a neat little cafe called Eillo. This gorgeous narrow little coffee house opened up along William St in Northbridge earlier this year. As we only had time for coffee, we didn’t get to try any of the delicious looking pastries in on display (Cruffin, a croissant and a muffin!) nor any of the toasties on the menu. The coffee used by Eillo is from Perth’s own Micrology Coffee Roasters.
Satchmo Cafe is a little hidden gem in North Perth. It’s been on my to-eat list for a little while now but I didn’t have an excuse to check it out until the Sunday just past. As my friend and I had separate commitments after mid morning, we decided on an early breakfast catch up before the Sunday brunch crowd hit. If I wasn’t looking for the cafe, I would have easily missed it! Given it was early in the morning, there were plenty of parking spots out the front which is a lovely bonus.