Luxe Bakery

I've just realised having an extra half day tagging along the weekend makes such a difference!!! The weekend just felt much longer!!! Hubby had last Thursday and Friday off, and because I had meetings throughout Thursday and Friday morning, therefore I couldn't take any full day off, but I managed to escape from lunch time on Friday!

Due to day-light saving and the recent rainy weather, Mochi had been stuck at home for a couple of months now!! =P (Ashamed to say that!!!) So we've decided to take advantage of the sunshine on Friday and take Mochi out for the afternoon!

First stop: Lunch!

We had a walk along King St., and could only find a couple of cafe/restaurant that has outdoor seating. At the end we settled in a local Thai place - nothing fancy, but offered cheap food! $9 for a basil and chili fried noodle with duck! Don't think you can find something like that easily! I didn't take down the name, but I do remember it has an orange sign! It's only a small restaurant, when we walked in it was pretty empty. But once we sat down, we've found that alot of people actually come in for take-aways!

Basil & Chili Stir Fry Fat Rice Noodle with Duck

Satay Stir Fry Fat Rice Noodle with Chicken

For under $10 a dish, the taste was actually not bad!!!

Second stop: Buppa's Bakehouse

This is one of the places on my 'To Eat' list. Initially we wanted to go there for their Pear and Plum Cheesecake, but I don't know whether it was because they had a very good sales of the cakes or what, the counter fridge looked pretty empty, and there weren't anything I really wanted to try... so we didn't end up trying anything. Maybe next time.

Third stop: Luxe Bakery

Another cafe on the 'To Eat' list. I know that it's very famous for their sourdough bread, but since we already had lunch, so we went for their pastry! They have one single outdoor table for people with dogs, so Mochi and hubby quickly grabbed that, and I went inside to order something to share. The thing that really caught my eye was the meringue, it was big, tall and 'cloudy' and sprinkled with pistachio, and looked really good. I was very close to getting it, but I knew that I'm not a meringue person and neither do I like pistachio, so at the end I went for taste instead of look! =P Sourcherry rice tart and oat cookie with choc chip were my picks of the day!

I loved the filling of the rice tart, it's creamy with a little chewiness to it. Not too sweet!!! The choc chip oat cookie is the soft type, with a good balance of sweetness.... I just don't like desserts that are too sweet, which explained why I didn't pick the meringue! The coffee looked really good, but I didn't taste it though, didn't feel like coffee that afternoon! So I can't comment.

Luxe Bakery is a place I definitely would come back, aiming to try their sandwich and baguette and their famous sour dough bread! Love sour dough!

Luxe Bakery

194 Missenden Road,

Newtown