Chupa Chup
The humble lollipop has come a long way. Before the Chupa Chup started throwing parties and orbiting the earth, it was just a humble pop from rural Spain. Before that, its ancestors were being suckled on the top of a Penny-farthings somewhere. And before that, they adorned the tops of pencils while the Civil War was won.
Sparkle Cupcakery
According to Kathryn, the owner of Sparkle Cupcakery, Sydneysiders are far more sophisticated than New Yorkers. She would know. She used to run a bakery in downtown NYC, and was made to suffer straight chocolate and vanilla while dreaming of lychee and lavender. Sparkle's Sydney cupcakes have a very unique flavour.
The Returnable Wine Bottle
Something I enjoy on a Monday morning is comparing my neighbour's recycling bin with my own - trying to gauge who's had the biggest weekend based on the assortment of bottles. Recycling empties is important. It justifies a weekend binge because, in the end, you're giving something back to the environment.
Better Meats
I remember going to the butcher as a child. A burly man would always give me a frankfurter to eat. It made food shopping bearable.
So, as things go in and out of fashion, (rocket over alfalfa - that kind of thing) kids today are munching chunks of chorizo rather than a flimsy little frankfurter.
If however, you feel like whetting your pre-teen Polish palette I strongly recommend an excursion to the Betta Butcher.
The Tea Centre
The Tea Centre is pretty much the nemesis the bustling café. Its serenity, sweet smells and real time pace are the antithesis of acrid coffee and Saturday morning hustle. Adorned from floor to ceiling with intricately decorated tins (containing over 185 different types of tea from all over the world) it's the ideal place to buy grandma gifts.
Mince Pie
Before the mince pie was the mince pie, it was the 'chewette'. The chewette lived in medieval England, and contained the potent mix of chopped liver, boiled eggs, and ginger. This was a delicacy to medievalites, who were in the habit of sampling barley water and the occasional salted pigs’ ear.
Wizz Fizz
Sometime in the 1950s someone thought to themselves "Man", they thought, "this fizzy powder in the middle of my Hoppy Pop is so good. It's great. It's the whole reason I suck on Hoppy Pops. Why can't I just have a whole bag of this fizzy stuff? This fizzy stuff is, in fact, a snack in its own right.
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