You’re eating dessert out at a restaurant and you ring another restaurant to make a booking for tomorrow night.
Day: August 26, 2015
Almost too pretty to eat… Almost. We still devoured the whole thing! It didn’t stand a chance. #canberraeats #canberrafood #foodie #food #localscan #dessert #sofranksocial #etonmess
TimmyC coffee report – Milk Crate
This just in, a new coffee shop is opening in the city called Milk Crate offering speciality coffee, fresh produce and family recipes. They gave TimmyC a small scroll to try and he said it was pretty good.
TimmyC snapped a photo of the shop front located at 12 Moore street, Civic. 
They expect to open Monday morning (31st Aug).
Bowing to the Churros King
After posting about Oliver Brown and their churros, I got to talking to Lisa from blithemoments about churros in Canberra. There was one place that I have been meaning to try their churros and it is the only thing they serve so you would expect it to be good. The Churros King resides as a little cart amongst the Hamlet crew just inside the entrance way on the right. Their menu is simple: churros dipped in either chocolate or caramel sauce, 1 churro ($2.00) or 6 churros ($10.00).
I had just eaten a combination of roast pork roll with extra crackling and a souvlaki wrap and was looking for something a little sweet. It was the perfect time to try a churro (and someone was actually running the cart that night). TimmyC chose a chocolate dipped one; the only down side is that the sauce is really only on one end, fortunately the churro had a subtle sugar coating so even without the sauce it was still a little sweet. I like the star-shaped churros as opposed to the kit kat like bars from Oliver Brown for the crunchy texture. The batter is squirted straight into the deep fryer, fried until its crispy and then dipped into your choice of sauce. I like the ‘fresh and hot’ aspect but it did mean it was a tad oily. I definitely want to go back and try the caramel sauce.
Not the greatest photo in the world, but know that an impatient hungry boy was holding the churro and I was holding a pork roll in one hand and try to focus the camera with the other. 
Venue: Churros King
Address: The Hamlet, 16 Lonsdale Street, Braddon, Canberra, 2612
Hamlet opening hours:
Wednesday – Saturday 12:00pm | 9:00pm
Sunday 12:00pm | 3:00pm
Fillos Souvlaki
Gone is BurraBerkshires free range food van from the Hamlet and up popped Canberra’s newest Greek eatery: Fillo Souvlaki, which opened less than 3 weeks ago. I hadn’t been to the Hamlet in ages (in my mind) and while I was tempted to go to good ol’ faithfuls like Broddogs and Mr. Papa, but I couldn’t help but try something new.
The menu from Fillos Souvlaki, what would you order?
Souvlaki pita lamb souvlaki wrapped in traditional pita bread with tomato, lettuce, onion, tzatziki and chips ($12.50). I wanted something easy to eat not knowing if I was going to get a seat or not so I opted for a pita bread wrap that had my favourite things in it: Greek lamb, tzatziki all wrapped together with chips inside. It was a nice mix of ingredients, between the refreshing flavours between the fresh salad and the sauce, it meant that it wasn’t too meat heavy, but I did expected the lamb to be a little more tender and less chewy.
I didn’t have to wait long at all for my order, I was trying to instagram a photo but they were just too quick. I don’t know if I’ll have cravings for souvlaki pita like I do for a chanchito or a roast meat roll from the Spit Shack but the addition of a new unique food van is always welcome to increase food choices at the Hamlet.
Venue: Fillos Souvlaki
Address: The Hamlet, 16 Lonsdale Street, Braddon, Canberra, 2612
Opening hours:
Wednesday – Thursday 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm | 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Friday – Saturday 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm | 5:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Sunday 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
TALES OF A CONFECTIONIST 