Ricardo’s cafe

Ricardo’s Cafe

This morning I had breakfast with Bron at Ricardo’s Cafe in Jamison in the north side of Canberra.

Ricardo’s Cafe is a regular place for us for weekend breakfasts and lunches. If you do a search in Yummy Lummy and the Old Yummy Lummy you’ll find lots of posts featuring Ricardo’s Cafe. This morning Bron tried the new Tiramisu French toast and I had the smoked salmon breakfast (again).

I walked there this morning and enjoyed saying hello to Mr Owl.

Owl statue

Bron enjoyed the French toast noting it wasn’t too dense and not too sweet. You can see the rose water jelly and the chocolate soil. So colourful! Image courtesy of Bron.

French toast

 

I really liked the salmon, it’s a very filling and satisfying meal.

Smoked salmon and poached eggs

Bron also gave me a vanilla slice she made. I ate it for breakfast dessert. The custard was the best I’ve eaten. It was made from scratch and not from custard powder. If you look closely you can see the vanilla. It was absolutely delicious  I didn’t realise it also had some orange peel in the icing. Bron was very reluctant to let me photograph and share the vanilla slice image because the icing had been affected by condensation from the fridge and Bron thought it was damn ugly.

Vanilla slice

On the walk home I came by some new Canberra public art

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Smoked salmon and poached eggs at Ricardo’s Cafe

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This morning I had a lovely smoked salmon and poached egg breakfast at Ricardo’s Cafe. 

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This morning Bron invited me out to Ricardo’s cafe for breakfast. The smoked salmon was very good and even better with egg yolk running over it into the bread.

Sunday breakfast. Smoked salmon and poached eggs. SONY ILCE-7S with E 35mm F1.8 OSS at 35mm and f/4, 1/100sec, ISO 1600
Sunday breakfast. Smoked salmon and poached eggs. SONY ILCE-7S with E 35mm F1.8 OSS at 35mm and f/4, 1/100sec, ISO 1600
Ricardo's Cafe cake display Apple iPhone 5 with iPhone 5 back camera 4.12mm f/2.4 at 4mm and f/2.4, 1/100sec, ISO 64
Ricardo’s Cafe cake display Apple iPhone 5 with iPhone 5 back camera 4.12mm f/2.4 at 4mm and f/2.4, 1/100sec, ISO 64

 
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Ricardo’s Cafe for lunch

We went to Ricardo’s Cafe for lunch hoping for a Reuben sandwich

Bron, Max and I recently went to Ricardo’s cafe for lunch and noticed they had a Reuben sandwich on their specials menu. We went back today hoping for two things, viz., a Reuben and a pulled pork sandwich. Unfortunately the Reuben was off today’s specials menu. We ordered croque madame and the pulled pork burger and Max ate the hot potato chips that came with the burger. 

Caramel thick shake in a mason jar at Ricardo's Cafe for Saturday lunch.
Caramel thick shake in a mason jar at Ricardo’s Cafe for Saturday lunch.

I am happy to say Ricardo’s cafe makes the best caramel thick shakes anywhere.


 

Pulled pork sandwich and potato chips for Saturday lunch at Ricardo's cafe.
Pulled pork sandwich and potato chips for Saturday lunch at Ricardo’s cafe.

Pulled pork sandwich and potato chips Pulled pork sandwich and potato chips

The pulled pork had a Vietnamese sauce/dressing which had a really nice spicy kick to it. We’d happily eat this again (and possibly again and again).


Croque Madame for Saturday lunch at Ricardo's Cafe.
Croque Madame for Saturday lunch at Ricardo’s Cafe.

The melted Gruyére cheese, smoked ham, dijon mustard sour cream just added amazing flavours to this late breakfast dish. The salad was also very yummy. 


Apple cheesecake for Saturday lunch at Ricardo's Cafe.
Apple cheesecake for Saturday lunch at Ricardo’s Cafe.
Inside you can see the apple caviar :-)
Inside you can see the apple caviar 🙂

I couldn’t finish this. I shared some with Max. So rich and so good.


Golden gaytime for Saturday lunch at Ricardo's Cafe.
Golden gaytime for Saturday lunch at Ricardo’s Cafe.

Bron enjoyed the golden gaytime cake.


Salted caramel mousse

Max loved his salted caramel mousse.


 

Bron and I marvel at how good Ricardo’s Cafe is as a local casual dining establishment. Hidden away in a suburban shopping centre. It’s popularity is growing but I hope it doesn’t change.

If you want to know where it is, just search for Jamison Plaza in Macquarie. If you’re afraid to leave the south side (you know who you are) that’s fine, more for us north siders 🙂 


 

After lunch I walked home. Correction, I waddled home. There was nothing low carbohydrate or low calorie about our lunch. As I walked I noticed along the lane between Belconnen Way and Catchpole Street about seven shopping trolleys from Woolworths, Coles and I assume Aldi. It made me think of Tara and her quest to control abandoned shopping trolleys in Belconnen


No walk would be complete without saying hello to Mr Owl and his alter ego, viz., #pubicart


Rather than not share some images I thought I’d also mention that last night we had dinner at the Canberra Southern Cross Club Jamison

Canberra Southern Cross Club Jamison

TGIF dinner at the Canberra Southern Cross Club Jamison. Smoked sirloin steak and chips.
TGIF dinner at the Canberra Southern Cross Club Jamison. Smoked sirloin steak and chips.

I had the smoky sirloin steak

TGIF dinner at the Canberra Southern Cross Club Jamison. Crumbed calamari.
TGIF dinner at the Canberra Southern Cross Club Jamison. Crumbed calamari.

Max had the crumbed calamari

Saturday breakfast. A tower of bacon and egg on spam.
Saturday breakfast. A tower of bacon and egg on spam.

 
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Nutella Sandwich at Ricardo’s Cafe Jamison Plaza

This Nutella Sandwich was awesome

I met Bron and Max at Ricardo’s Cafe today for some morning tea. I incorporated a walk around Belconnen at the same time.

Nutella sandwich from Ricardo's Cafe
Nutella sandwich from Ricardo’s Cafe

The Nutella sandwich has salted caramel ganache in between to macaron shells. In the middle is a Nutella mousse. It was delicious. I also had a flat white which was a really nice coffee today. 


 

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I captured some images while walking.

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