So I went to the Eveleigh Markets at Redfern for the first time and bought some heirloom carrots. You get 5 of them this size for $3.50. Bargain! I don’t like carrots so I only bought these yellow jaundiced looking ones hehehe. But I should have also tried the purple ones too because I can tell you they were DELICIOUS!!!!!
OK I said I would update on my progress of eating there, I’m sorry I missed bringing my camera on visits number 3 and 4 hehehe. On visit 3 I had breakfast. I was really disappointed because I was soo excited about trying the breakfast calzone. It was pale and dry, and mostly spinach with not much meat or mushrooms or cheese to speak of, and really small. But I guess I am used to gluttinously huge portions of breakfast, and at only $10, I couldn’t really complain much! On visit 4, I had a gigantic delicious fluffy pillow of jam donut filled with raspberry deliciousness and calories. Coffee was hot. Good, yum. And all this while, eyeing off people eating wood fired pizzas (for breakfast and afternoon tea??). So it was finally my turn. On Saturday night 7pm, I guess the word has spread, because I didn’t book (as I didn’t any other time), and it was full and my companion and I were relegated to a bench counter to eat. Boo 
Oh well. The food came so quickly and it was SO good!! The wood fired pizza tasted every bit as good as it looked. And not to mention – huge too! And it came so quickly. It’s delivered so dramatically on a wooden pizza paddle and perches on top of a stand. Careful when fighting to grab the first piece, lest the pizza take a topple! I wonder if that’s happened yet 
We loved the crisp base, the generous tomato base and just the right amount of toppings. The crust had a good bite too. I’m thinking that my trips to Haberfield for good pizza may be limited in future 
We also tried the crab linguine, main sized. I thought it could be a bit bigger, but otherwise it was nice – the pasta cooked al dente, fragrant olive oil and not stingy on the crab. It was especially nice with the chilli oil that was offered to us.
I’m please to advise that the cool rooms are now filled with all sorts of goodies now. Great fresh produce – what a colourful display! I was hoping there would be some exotic goodies like heirloom tomatoes but alas they were just mandarins (more…)
Hot off the press!!!! Coffee Warehouse Cafe & Deli (CWCD for short) has JUST opened TODAY!!! Driving by this site formerly a motorcycle shop, I was soooo excited to see that it was a proposed coffee ROASTER, warehouse, cafe and providore – 4 in 1 of my favourite things!!! Many a time I drove by, wistfully waiting for opening day. I thought that day approached when I saw the ad in Seek for the head chef. But alas, more days passed before the paper went up behind the glass facade and then such a tease – the “opening soon” sign!! And FINALLY this day has come! I saw movement there last week and called up Caffe di Stefano and said they were opening today. I made sure I was there. It was definitely a low key opening – only locals in the know would find out about it! Just a bunch of balloons at the entrance, and signs of life, as opposed to most of the surrounding Parramatta Road area which is derelict! The first sight you see is the pizza bar – wood fired of course. Serving as a takeaway, and provider of freshly baked super thinly authentic pizzas for the restaurant.
The restaurant itself is a wide open warehouse space on ground level, and a mezzanine level. A number of very large communal tables made of polished timber are surrounded by trendy stainless steel chairs. A bar runs along the length of the window for gazing out into the street – or for me to sit and read my paper as I intend to, every single weekend for the rest of my life There are also tables of four as well. Well , not time to eat yet – so I browsed around the shop. It wasn’t so huge, but the offerings were quality. Fresh italian crusty bread in every shape you would need for your weekend gourmet table, and at VERY reasonable prices.
The deli has a wide variety of salumi and other meats, as well as anti pasti. Judging by the hooks above it, I am guessing that some lovely legs of proscuitto may soon arrive
This year, Santa (myself) was very good at picking up great gifts that will just keep on giving. Just arrived in the post, I got the New Larousse Gastronomique. A food encyclopaedia that rivals none other. It’s revised every few years and the 2009 edition comes beautifully boxed and hardcovered, weighing in at over 2kgs – it is in the league of Ferran Adria’s cooking manuals and other Phaidon Press anthologies! I can’t wait to dig into it!
I also bought myself the Veggie Twister:
http://www.kingofknives.com/Cutlery/Kitchen-Tools/Fruit—Vegetable—Nut-Tools/Veggie-Twister.html
King of Knives is selling it the cheapest. Dare you trick your kids with carrot spaghetti??
And also I FINALLY found a mini petit four madeline tin from Pantry in Bondi Junction, as well as some crinkled cookie cutters. I can’t wait to get baking once work finishes it.
What’s for Christmas dinner this year? Not sure yet, will definitely include some barbequed king prawn skewers, and turkey, but not sure what else. Really need to get my act together. Perhaps for the family do, I will make macarons or chicken wings?
Anyway, whatever you doing, whatever you are eating, make sure you have a safe, WONDERFUL and holy Christmas.
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