Category: Northern Beaches

  • Coffee Brothers Mona Vale Keeping Mortals Alive

    Coffee Brothers very quickly became my favourite cafe in the Northern Beaches; I started singing their praises from the very first time I walked in and the smell of perfect coffee hit my nostrils. The best part is, they are in Mona Vale!You see, I have been known to walk in to a cafe, desperate…

  • How to Make Chocolate Madeleine AKA Petite French Tea Cakes

    I’m sharing this chocolate Madeleine recipe here due to popular requests. Last Friday was my turn to cater for the weekly cake group morning tea in the office. So I made up for my lack of baking for the last few months in one nights effort. I baked Banana Bread, Petite Lemon Cupcakes, Chocolate Brownies…

  • Sun Run, take two

    This morning Kylie and I completed our second Sun Run in two years.  At first it didn’t look like the sun was even going to make an appearance, and we were both flabbergasted by the extremes in weather from last year where the temperature had already reached 25 degrees at 6:30am. We were grateful for…

  • Restaurant Review Jonah’s at Whale Beach

    This weekend we indulged in a long lunch at Jonah’s restaurant overlooking Whale Beach and thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it. The waiters and sommelier were highly attentive and friendly, and the meals can not be described in words. So I will just leave these photos here. I started my meal with an entree of…