Tuesday 6 November 2012

Tatura Hot Bread

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We dropped by Tatura to try its famous vanilla slice for afternoon tea last weekend. The bakery is very clean and the staff are very friendly. We only ordered 1 coffee flavoured milk shake and a vanilla slice to share but the lady brought us 2 glasses for the milk shake with extra still in the milk shake machine metal container!

The vanilla slice is good but we still miss the one we had at Jean Pascal in Hobart.


The Tatura Hot Bread vanilla slice

Monday 5 November 2012

Last Straw Cafe

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This is the most interesting cafe that we've been to so far. It's hidden in a light industrial zone that initially I thought we were lost. The building is made from wheat straw bales and hand rendered with sand and lime. Thai food is served here.

We had lunch consisted of seafood pad Thai for my wife, panang curry beef for myself and roti to share (I don't know why roti was served, as it was not Thai - a bit of fusion? - it went well with the curry though). The jasmine rice served with my panang curry was mixed with wild rice which gave it a reddish colour and extra aroma. We enjoyed our meal.

Exterior of the cafe

Seafood pad Thai

Panang curry beef with mixed wild/jasmine rice

Desi Tandoori Bite

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Another hidden gem is what I would say about Desi Tandoori Bite. Just like Last Straw Cafe, it is situated in an unusual small commercial block within a residential area.

The food is great and price is reasonably cheap for indian meals! We had butter chicken, vegetable korma, roti & naan, mango lassi (Indian yogurt drink) to share. My wife recommends the butter chicken. I highly recommend the chef's special punjabi naan - indian bread with peas and potato fillings!


Interior of the restaurant


Butter chicken & vegetable korma

Roti & naan

Mango lassi



Lemon Tree Cafe, Shepparton

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Last saturday we had lunch at the Lemon Tree Cafe for the first time. The food is really good though the service was a bit slow. It is very busy, so that is not uncommon.

My wife had the Worker's burger (with egg, beef patty, tomato, beet root, lettuce) & I had the Mediterranean focaccia (with salami, zucchini, mushroom, sun dried tomato). My wife's favourite Chai latte was also served here, so she was happy and quite impressed with the one served here stating it is comparable with the ones served at Friar's Cafe. We'll definitely will come visit again.


Mediterranean focaccia
Worker's burger