Good Morning Adelaide.. Well the North of it

As promised, here is the second post for the night.

On the recent weekend that has zoomed past, couple of my friends DA and AP decided to roam the city and we had an absolute ball. However, for some unknown reason, I decided to wake up extremely early on Sunday morning. It was a cold, winterish morning; the sun was playing peek-a-boo so it was a bit unpredictable.

I was actually in real need of coffee and was quick hungry (which was unusual considering I ate extremely late, or early some might say). This was of course at around 7.30 in the morning. As I was on O'Connell Street in North Adelaide and the sun was shining, I decided to stroll down the street (yes in my Adidas track pants, Nike jumper and Tigers...I really look like a crazy sports guy up ridiculously early on a Sunday morning). I was really surprised that not only was Un Caffè Bar open, but the machine was ready to go, with their range of take-away breakfast all set up in the fridge ready to go.

What I really love about this particular coffee joint is the location; whether you're sitting indoors or out, on a sunny day, it is beautiful. The sun comes in and just hits the right sections of the store. So I decided to order my usual coffee (my usual at Un Caffè is large skim cappuccino with an extra shot of coffee) and as I was rather peckish, I had to get one of their quick take-away breakky:

Berry granola topped with Greek yoghurt and fresh mixed berries

The granola was a nice mixture of corn-flakes, granola pieces, bits of muesli, dried fruits, and some other bits and pieces. The yoghurt with the mixed berries was a nice substitute for milk (I don't think I was ready to have too much milk this early in the morning since I haven't exercised). It is just a nice and clean start to the day to break the fast on a lovely Sunday morning. If you are ever down O'Connell Street in North Adelaide extremely early on a Sunday morning, I suggest you pop by for a visit for a fantastic way to start your day.

Cibo.... Lovely Place for that Coffee and Gelati too!

Bonsoir. It has been a few days since I last posted, and I do have a few posts accumulating so I better get started.

This post is about one of my favourite coffee places, Cibo found all over South Australia. On few weekdays when I'm in town or weekends when I'm on the Parade at Norwood, it is more than likely that you would see me lounging around with my usual coffee order (if I'm not ordering any desserts, i.e. cakes or gelati) - grande skim cappuccino with an extra shot (yes, that IS 3 shots of coffee - if I'm really tired, I often double the shot having FOUR in total), OR my new favourite is grande soy cappuccino with an extra shot =)

So on a cold wintery Saturday night, a friend of mine and I decided to have a coffee with gelati. Ice-cream is actually one of my favourite things to eat in winter, don't know why!

Dark chocolate gelati and white chocolate with dark chocolate pieces (and hazelnut flavoured ones as well)

The small cups were actually really big! Should have ordered the tiny ones instead. The dark chocolate is very rich and sweet with strong bitter-sweet cocoa running through; the white chocolate is really nice with the chocolate pieces flavoured with hazelnut (really reminds me of Baci). Having such huge amounts of them individually can be a bit sickening, but having them both together is almost like a match made in heaven =) Normally, I don't really fancy white chocolate gelati, but this flavour was definitely different to the ordinary white chocolate.

Espresso!

There is nothing better on a cold winter night, other than sitting by the window upstairs in Cibo on Rundle Street, having creamy gelati with a nice espresso to wash down the sweetness - the artworks displayed is also a great point of conversation in case you run out of topics to discuss ;)