Good Coffee Find: Two Hands NYC
(May 21st 2015: Unfortunately, following a recent visit to Two Hands NYC, Melting Butter no longer recommends the cafe’s food or service) Two Hands NYC is that bright, airy café that you would typically find right by a beautiful Sydney beach. You know the ones – where the coffee is always good, the food is simply […]
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Good Coffee Find: Brunswick Cafe NYC
Along with NYC’s fast growing antipodean population comes with it Australia’s favorite cultural past time and its best export – coffee. Inspired by the laid-back Australian lifestyle – unpretentious with a slick decor to boot, Brunswick Café is a recent addition on the NYC coffee scene and it’s fast becoming a neighborhood gem. Its menu […]
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Good Coffee Find: Tap Coffee London
I first ventured into TAP Coffee on Wardour Street in search of cold brew coffee – the ‘in’ thing to drink at the mo. TAP delivered in spades, serving the punchy chilled beverage in a brown glass bottle labelled with an oh-so-hipster luggage tag. Combined with top-notch cakes (baked on the premises) and a rustic […]
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Canberra Restaurant Find: A. Baker
Right in the heart of New Acton, Canberra’s design precinct you’ll find A. Baker, a three-part restaurant, bakery, underground speakeasy concept that’d make any modern industrial design geek swoon. You’d be correct to expect the modern Australian food to be thoughtfully prepared and artfully arranged ”“ even more so when you order their signature bread, […]
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NYC Hidden Bar Find: The Roost
Maybe you’ve already been to The Roost for coffee, but only inquisitive coffee drinkers will know that there is a reward for stepping through the door situated just past the coffee counter. Behind it is an inviting bar about 3x the size of the quaint coffee shop and it’s where the local Alphabet City crowd […]
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The Curators: MoVida’s Frank Camorra Reveals His Top Melbourne Dining Staples
1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) Ask any Melburnian who knows a thing or two about restaurants where the best tapas in the city is, and they’ll answer “MoVida” with quite some conviction. Frank Camorra, the Executive Chef of the modern dining institution MoVida (as well as his 5 other thriving Melbourne and Sydney […]
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Canberra Café Find: Mocan & Green Grout
It’s true, the name Mocan (pronounced “mo-chan”) & Green Grout is quite the mouthful but perhaps it’s a telling name since it’s a safe bet that yours will be willingly so when you visit this Canberra café. Mocan & Green Grout is part café, restaurant and designer bike maker serving up seasonal food with a […]
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The Curators: A guide to Downtown LA for the aesthetically inclined
1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) It’s a safe bet to say that if you’re reading Melting Butter you’re likely a prolific explorer; traveller and probably to some extent, rather aesthetically inclined. If I’m right, you’re a lot like me so I’m pretty sure this app I’m going to tell you about will make […]
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NYC Café Find: Happy Bones
For 3rd wave style coffee that represents how they do it in New Zealand, head to Happy Bones – a Soho café with a simple concept of good coffee, art and well-curated art books to flick through and even buy. Light streams through this clean, minimalistic style café making each and every one of your […]
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Lisbon Food Find: Pastéis de Belém
Pastéis de Belém is a patisserie open since 1837 that is believed to be the birthplace of the flaky, custardy Portuguese pastry best known as the Portuguese Tart. Many more maintain it to be the finest Portuguese Tart purveyor in all of Lisbon. So who am I to argue with over 100 years of local […]
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