Tag: review
Update: Since this review, the cafe is now under different management. In Glen Waverley, the Kingsway strip is overrun with cafes, restaurants and entertainment. Being a regular visitor to the location, one quickly tires of what this area has to offer. Further, good coffee, as it is, is hard enough to find in this area of suburbia. Welcome ‘Zest 89’ to the scene. A new cafe situated on the corner of Kingsway and Montclair Avenue, Zest is a breath of fresh air in an old environment. Though a small venue, it is spacious and uncluttered (currently seating 30 persons, though,…
Updated: Recently, I revisited the Lindt Chocolat Cafe to further explore the menu. After the novelty of my first experience, the hot chocolate serving is, just that, a novelty. While it allows you to choose your desired chocolate-milk ratio, it does not really add to the experience. The experience, however, is built and developed by enjoying the cafe’s delicacies and desserts. On this occasion, it was just a quick drive through, having only time to treat myself to the macarons. The macarons are an absolute delight to one’s tastebuds, though I can’t feel there’s room for improvement. The macaron is…
The Maling Room in Canterbury begins with a revelation of why it’s called ‘The Maling Room’ being situated on the corner of Canterbury Road and Maling Road, the building used to be the old mailing room! It maintains its classic feel (and personally, reminded me of one of my old high school classrooms) with a dressing of stained glass windows at the front-end of the cafe. There’s no clear order of service and I was left wandering whether to sit down or be seated, the slow attention and response of the waiters only made it all the more awkward, “Don’t…
Before I say anything, I don’t claim to be a connoisseur of any sort, but I do like a good coffee and there are few places which I find myself satisfied. (I think I’m just a spoilt brat and too picky for my own good.) Over the last few weeks, I’ve visited a couple of cafes not all good, but to begin my collection of reviews, here’s one worth a visit. AutoStrada. Strange name for a cafe, inconspicuous and not something you’d take notice of driving past. Hidden away in Cheltenham, near Southland, at first glance is just another small-time…
Apple’s claim that “Safari. The world’s best browser. Now on Windows, too” is a tall order. Unimpressed with the initial Safari port, Safari 3.0, I went into this latest update with speculations. There are still numerous bugs that need to be straightened out. Originally, I was running an international (Japanese) version of Windows and Safari struggled with the bi-lingual setting I had placed it in. From the “discussions” on the Apple board, it seems the same issue is still recurring in the latest update. Personally, now running on an English version of Windows, it gave me some odd errors when…
