Jam and Cream

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Cam-whore for the day:



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And so, as a celebration to mark the end of my honours year, I was happy to join my friends for a tea-party at Jam and Cream. Thanks to the organiser Ashley Lau.

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I was greeted by the lovely vintage girly inspired design..
& it made me really really happy!

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They even have a chicken coop where they get their eggs. Not sure if it is for all of their baked goods though.



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And omg! Their pink caravan in which I was looking forward too when I read their blog.

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I must say, it is a really really pretty place for girls' tea party. I can imagine myself holding my 21st birthday celebration there. Or holding my future daughter's birthday parties.

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Some photos with my lovely friends.

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and the organiser!



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And now, the main highlight.
FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD.

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Savoury ♥









Pretty decent savoury food. Not much of a unique wow factor tho but still decent. At least they served them piping hot!


Sweets ♥







As much as I LOVE DESSERTS, I enjoy desserts for its flavour; desserts that are too sweet = no-no for me. Probably the reason why I do not like candies and cheap chocolates.
Their sweet treats are a little too sweet for my liking. Had to even scrape off the strawberry layer on the vanilla slice. :O
The sponge cake is definitely moist (yum!) but I am definitely not in favour of their icing. Made me a little sick after everything. Sorry!
BUT BUT BUT!!
I love the scones. Better than Miss Marples!! (Never really like Miss Marples except for their yummy jam and clotted cream.)
Will definitely go back there just for the scones.

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One thing that I would like to note is that they charge for refill for hot water to their tea.. which is a little unreasonable.
But well, I will go back for their scones if I were to bring my family/friends around Melb if they are here for holidays. Very pretty place with yummy scones.
Will be interested to try the rest!
Unless I'm around that area, I would prefer baking them at home. Also because I love baking.


PS// Argh. So annoying. Blogging this is making me really HUNGRY.

Santucci

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One of my favourite cafe, especially since it's so near my uni!

Happened to chance upon this little cafe one fine day. Instead of going to the popular well known cafes to satisfy my brunch cravings, I had decided to pop over this place as I had to drop by Boxhill thereafter to do some grocery shopping for a barbie session with friends (Photo). So instead of doing all the detours etc, I have decided that it will be more time-efficient to just eat at this little suburbs near my uni.
There were other small cafes but seeing the crowd at Santucci, I had assumed that it shouldn't be that badddd.

Boy am I glad I did give Santucci a chance!

Had their Poached Apple, Ricotta, Brandy Cream & Pomegranate Molasses.



Love love their pancakes. I thought it was pretty special.
The ricotta was not smacked on top of the pancakes like the norms. They actually had the ricotta occupied the middle section of the pancakes. Imagine pancakes with a hole in the middle (like doughnuts) and they filled the gap with ricotta.
ORGASMIC. (◐ o ◑ )

Their menu*:



Actually there's a second page with all the sandwiches, pasta, etc but I have no idea why but I only capture the first page.

So happy that there's a decently good cafe near university and will definitely go back there again! Ok, I already did, TODAY. Tried their risotto. Their blackboard special.
Even though they still can't beat the ones I had at Vue De Monde, I thought they did a pretty good job. :)
But you probably can't get that again since I reckon they change their daily specials everyday? Hmm?


(*I think they change their menu pretty regularly as they had a different kind of pancakes when I visited them again. It was like less than a month ago? I certainly do hope so!)