The day started out with a trip to the e-waste disposal place in Marrickville (a very enlightening experience) and took a slight detour to the The Addison Road Community Centre. We were all disappointed to discover that the Marrickville markets were actually open on Sunday, rather than Saturday, so we ended up checking out the various shops within the community centre. During our stroll through the Community Centre, we spotted some live poultry by a small fair-trade cafe, and walked through the community gardens in search of some (invisible) bunnies. Apparently Ivanhoe saw some bunnies on her last visit but we didn't see any... conned again by Ivanhoe within the space of 30min!
Afterwards, we headed to The Tiny Giant in Petersham and were able to score a free parking spot nearby so we didn't have to walk too far to the cafe.
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| Outside of Cafe |
The Tiny Giant is set in a small historic building, complete with decorative plasterwork on the ceiling, and therefore has limited indoor and outdoor seating. Luckily, we were able to grab one of the last free tables inside.
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| Front Counter | Cronuts |
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| Ceiling | Cronuts |
In order to visit the planned pit stops in this food crawl, we decided to share our dishes together.
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| Nutella Injection into the loaded Nutella and Oreo Cronut ($8) |
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| Cutting of Nutella & Oreo Cronut |
One of the popular items from this cafe is their cronuts, especially ones with the food syringe full of chocolate like their Nutella & Oreo cronut. The cronut had crispy, flaky layers (sign of a fresh batch), didn't taste like it was saturated in oil, and was topped with a lot of nutella and crushed oreo biscuit. I'm not quite sure what the white filling exactly was - not quite cream or icing... sort of reminded me of icing mixture but it wasn't that sweet - but it was probably the best cronut I've tried (Ivanhoe commented the same). However, the cronut was seriously small - given that it cost $8, I would have expected something bigger.
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| Baked Hotpot ($16.90) - Slow-Cooked Tomato Sugo, Common Mushroom, Onions, Danish Feta & Two Free-Range Eggs Baked in an Iron Pan |
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| Aerial Shot of Baked Hotpot |
The Baked Hotpot was a very simple baked eggs dish with ample Danish feta, served with two slices of rye sourdough. It was sort of ironic how this dish was called a "hotpot" but is actually presented in a cast iron pan. The dish looked small but was tasty and quite filling. I love that there is some sourdough to wipe up the tomato sugo from the pan.
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| Taking a Bite |
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| Pea Smash Parmesan ($18.90) - Sourdough Toast, Burrata Cheese, Aged Prosciutto, Basil Pesto, Parmesan Crisp & Micro Mint |
Pea Smash Parmesan was my favourite dish of the day with its healthy dose of smashed peas and aged prosciutto on top of the sourdough. The burrata was a large lump of stringy white cheese, which was surprisingly not heavy or oily like most cheeses - this was the first time I tried it and I actually liked it.
The couple sitting next to us seemed very fascinated by Lenni's dividing skills when she was splitting the smashed peas dish into four equal portions... they probably thought we were a bunch of craycray Asians 😂.
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| TG's Famous Brioche Toast ($17.50) - served with Strawberries, Mixed Berries, Canadian Maple, Salted Caramel, Mascapone & Persian Pashmak |
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| Aerial Shot of their Famous Brioche Toast (fairy floss looks like a hairdo gone wrong) |
In this dish, the three slices of fluffy brioche toast were served with mascapone, fresh fruit (strawberries, mixed berries, fig), Persian pashmak, and was drizzled with salted caramel sauce and Canadian maple. This dish was rather sweet so I would definitely recommend it for those with a sweet tooth but it was a great end to our breakfast/brunch.
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| Sign |
Overall, the group was extremely satisfied with this food stop. The dishes were served in healthy portions and were all tasty. I just wish the cronut was bigger...
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