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The Bondi Cafes: Billy's Wet Bar Cafe

Posted on Sunday, April 7, 2013

7 April 2013

I honestly did not expect university to be so crazy. I do apologise for the lack of posts but hopefully I can slowly make it up to you.

The focus this time is on a little dark horse, slowly making its way through the pack in Bondi. Billy's Wet Bar Cafe. My friends and I discovered them once when Speedos was too packed one summers day at Bondi Beach, and we wanted hot chips.

Then, we went up to this small cafe right next to Speedos and near the surf school and had the most AMAZING chips - cooked to perfection. In fact, they were so good, we had three servings shared between the ten of us, we just kept going back.

After talking with the owner, I decided to go have lunch with some friends.


I had a $9.90 mushroom risotto and my friend had a burger.

Consequently, I took my family to dinner a few days after. The menu is limited but there is something for everyone.




salt & pepper squid with pesto oil


haloumi and rocket salad




four mushroom risotto


honestly, I cannot remember what this was but I think it was fish



my lamb chops were amazingggggggg. Accompanied with a ratatouille like sauce.


Don't forget the guys up the road, Billy's was a pleasant surprise.

Ella xx

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Bondi: The Canteen Bar & Diner

Posted on Monday, December 3, 2012

1 December

 Sorry it has been awhile. Exams have consumed my life and I've just recovered from the recovery. Here are a few snaps from my dinner at newly renamed "The Canteen" down on Campbell Parade.






The food was simple and delicious. And the Jargaritas were awesome!


Ella xx

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Mi Piace

Posted on Friday, June 29, 2012

29 June

 Once again, the Shtein Family is out on the town to score some dinner (well, that's just me). We went to go see Rock of Ages (I recommend it - Tom Cruise was amazing) but not before having dinner at a relatively new restaurant to the Entertainment Quarter called Mi Piace. It's an Italian restaurant with everything from antipasto to pizza to steak to seafood. The menu is quite extensive.

Antipasto Platter for two
parma prosciutto, sopressa salami , artichokes hearts, mixed italian olives, chargrilled eggplant, rosted red peppers pecorino and toasted in house made ciabatta 

My iPhone really wrecked the presentation and colour but this was delicious. We fought over this one.


Filletto Piemontese

medium rare cooked beef eye fillet with grilled and arborio rice filled tomato, asparagus, served with red wine glaze

This was great. The fillet was cooked really well, it just melted in my mouth and the tomato had arborio rice in it which i thought was a nice touch. Asparagus was also nicely cooked - all in all a great dish.

Wood-fired Scampi

garlic, lemon, parsley marinated scampi served on a bed of wild rocket leave

Mum got this one. The scampi was cooked really well and the presentation was great. Also, what a generous serving. 
We also had pizza. The thing for me, which makes a pizza delicious is the base and the crust. Mi Piace really do have this DOWN. It was so doughy in the crust and the base was quite thin. I wish the tomatoes had been more spread out (I love my tomatoes) and the fish was a bit salty but seriously, this crust was great. I should have just got a plain pizza and just enjoyed the dough because it was great.

I really recommend this place - go for the Pizza.

Ella xx