Milk Beach Cafe

Milk Beach

Milk Beach. The name conjures up all kinds of antipodean thoughts, from the secluded beaches of Sydney to (as a Melbournian) Milk Bars in the neighbourhoods of Melbourne.  But this beachy café, turned upside down in the evenings to a restaurant serving natural wines and cool food is positioned in a mews in North London, …

cappuccino and biscuit at The Mill

The Mill, Lisbon, Portugal

Question:  What could remind you of Melbourne in Lisbon? Answer:  Sitting in an Aussie owned café, ‘The Mill’ in Lisbon watching trams whizz by! The coffee here at ‘The Mill’ last half term in February, made this birthday girl very happy indeed!  Aussie-like breakfasts with brightly coloured home-made pottery plates, made this an ideal place …

2 coffess, water and a handbag

Cornershop, Yarraville

Surprisingly I never drank coffee while I was growing up and living in Melbourne, even though every morning I would wake up to the beautiful aroma of coffee percolating from the kitchen.  My parents take coffee seriously, stocking up the coffee supplies regularly and travelling to Brunswick (Melbourne) to get their coffee.  They are now …