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Another week of the caff. Probably up to 35 by now. Byron bay Elliot smith [Pete Murray] really soundtracked the week. So beautiful not any of the other ones. Look out for the Lara cover. The suggestion could have been nick’s seminal artistic thought tbh Leaf in the water bottle kind of giving when people stack rocks on hikes. Chef Lilli enjoying her lunch break on the same table Chef Lilli enjoying the huge soy order. Chef Denny getting a bit pockety again Reminder you can get a beer after midday at the caff on Wednesday Thursday or Friday. Evidence of winter’s impending arrival Great @lara_was_her_name quote on barista Viv’s kinderesque board Barista Sarah’s board featuring a lot of movement and a candid Tone coffee barista. Barista Sarah practicing So Beautiful My meals at home have turned into like a worse version of the caff. I should probably revert back to my old ways for a bit more variance and balance (I will get called out if I posted the meals though so you won’t see it). Perfect way to start the day (coffee n cake x) Perfect way to end the day (coffee and beer x) Trying to do a St Andrew’s knot for barista Sarah because my tie was too longer for her Chef lilli’s handywork on the larded dinner rolls for Friday’s event. Chef Denny trying to sear the entire eye fillet for the Wellington. Besties getting speedrunning the Wellington Chef lilli’s with the final Wellington roll and tuck (this was done during caff hours so gets included) Chef lilli trying her hardest to ween herself off ham rolls with an omelette plus ham. Barista Bede with maybe the most barista Bede style meal of recent. Ham rolls plus sides have become the defining feature. Watching the world game after the meal.

Tav week 2. The bar and bistro turns double digits in days. Une scene towards the end of Friday evening when the sherries had begun to undress our woollen reserves - the undesirables turn desired; affectation discarded for the truth, the uncouth, the uncanny and a nip of absynth. Bar seating scenes Blanc de Blanc to celebrate a fine service Struggling to hand pump @weingut_ale ‘s red out for an increasingly thirsty customer Traditional to celebrate (there is always cause to celebrate) Chef Nina holding down the pass, keeping the customers engaged Couple of mains and coming off the pass Host Denny lecturing Jasper and his work colleague Customer Char with her tartare with homemade Worcester and homemade mustard Half a golden trout with champ and cabbage The back room….,.special Wednesday night table when the bins are out Guinness de baby Andy getting in some computer time whilst he waited for his restorative meal The keg section with a few crossed wires The back room table filled Bede’s handiwork to dim the lights Englische escabeche (stout pickled mussels) Pimms and lemonade garnished with @dogcreek.growers sorrel All sorts of goodies to make tonics and alcoholic potions at the tav A few or the more appropriate notes in the guest book

Kaff wochen 34: ice and snow (bobby don’t you think they know) 0.5 POV chef Lilli and we’re all tucking into a broken omelette that was sacrificed to make sure Melbourne’s omelette queen (dom) got a good one. Serious discussion concurrent… (probably barista Sarah thinking about where to play the next Lara gig) The simple set (egg, bacon, square, beans, fry bread, brown) The platonic form of the potato roll Filled in various ways (tallow chips, bacon, brown, and a cold egg; tallow chips, cold ham, green tomato pickle; top deck (black and white pudding with egg and brown)) ellywellybelly style BTS tav/LTF content creation (during caff hours so gets into the carousel) Lorne square parcel inspired by Rob’s British butcher in Dandenong Lorne parcel with some sides that’s obviously a barista Bede lunch @dogcreek.growers delivery looking moody in the middle room Some of chef lilli’s best baking with a impeccable Dublin gur, and immaculate seedcake this time with sherry instead of whisky Lunch special of tripe and drisheen Extra lung [sic] lungo Handyman Nick fixing one of the wobbly tables Handyman Nick installing a whiteboard, finding great humour in his level handiwork against the non-levelled electrical lines Whiteboard usage under way - new frontier of content possibilities, thinks chef lilli, with her drawing of me as a rabbit Chef Lilli stuck in my van after the council didn’t pick up the green bin so I had to take it home to get emptied Light reading whilst I fill out the tav reservations over a 1 n 1 Assumably barista sarah’s notes to self Phenomenology of rarebit Chef lilli’s treating us to some Friday pastries from our neighbours at @austrobakery Hook scene: costume change for the tav

Fully booked! A midweek evening with myself and David. Dress accordingly. @letuffeau

Original pirate material of the Lara gig at the caff Set list: Calling out yr name (vids 1 and 2) Round acoustic loop Just a girl Moz - if you don’t like me, don’t look at me (b side of youngest was the most loved) New one Excuses Excuses Again (unrecorded)

Tav week one - bookings via @qc_barandbistro_bookings After meal scene Meal of pork chop and apple with lovage pork jus. Sides of colcannon and cider glazed carrots Spelt soda bread and butter Opening night no customers arrived yet but nice of Jieun to pop in for the first time in 6 months to say hello Oysters with manzanilla mignonette Oysters kilpatrick (homemade bacon, homemade Worcester) Curtis and Beini taking photos of their meals Couple of veg meals of mushroom barley soup with green (brown) dumplings Gin and homemade tonic (chervil garnish was one time only flair), pony of @twangbrewingau lager Homemade intuitive tonic (without cinchona). With homemade chenpi, reduced green tea and pu’er for tannin, heaps of other shit Red wine for the caf from @weingut_ale wasn’t able to get the tap working in time unfortunately but will be up and running next week When I left my phone with @carmen__gab and @la_la_loopsey_ because I hadn’t written the menu on the board so the needed to read my notes app Outside seats filling up Couple of laggards hanging around after close Holden getting ready for his flounder Holden tucking into his chocolate drisheen cake Dessert of spied rice pudding with rhubarb, caraway and whisky When I thought someone left their number on the table but it was actually a misspelt note letting me know they went out for a cigarette, à la the notes I leave when people go out for a cigarette Good of ex barista Ned to pop in opening week. Cheers Afters at Le Tuffeau, fresh box of manzanilla sherries after we polished through the last box

Caff in its 33rd week (angel number) The caff had to make way for the tav this week, to quote barista Sarah, but it’s still here, still kicking. As moz said, aptly, just do your best and don’t worry. POV chef Lilli and chef Denny is inspecting all the delicious goods from @dogcreek.growers Delicious goods from @dogcreek.growers Delicious dianhong (Yunnan golden tip red tea) from xigui for a customer. Which was ordered through the tea list on the google doc through the QR code on the menu Mangang raw pu’er ball, and Jin ban zhang ripe pu’er for a couple of coffee guys Mis en scene - barista Bede had the good idea of using latte glasses and less flowers to spread everything across to include the outdoor tables Research at home Great roll for my lunch of ham mustard pickles add cottage cheese and tomatoes etc Bede doing some dishes in the front for the final time as we transitioned to all dishes going in the back dishwasher to keep the wine glasses clean (you can tell I was low on pictures this week) Some of chef lilli’s best work with this chocolate drisheen cake. So delicious rich and moist. Staff ham rolls, in a neat line Ham roll and a cold boiled egg, plus a big glass of milk (when I was really stressed) Chef Denny show and telling the beers with barista Bede Barista Bede lunch bit out of the ordinary - ham roll with bacon, tomato, white pudding, brown and cottage Us all tucking into a piece of cake Chef Denny lining up the tav announcements with the big check everyone put in for to get the tav up and running OHS ladder to get to the board that now has to be changed morning and night (KMS) Pint of chocolate milk (iced French hot chocolate) for customer Kiki Hope arriving to help with the transition to night The transition to night

@qc_barandbistro_bookings Change of heart and you can now book by dming the purpose built bookings line. Messages to me or the co-op don’t count 5 more weeks, Wednesday Thursday Friday, ending June 5!

Too much now the tav is open. The caff will suffer, as will the coop, and I will die from sleep deprivation and malnourishment. Plus making space for @yolandafoodandstars big weekends incoming [watch this space :P]. Viva le caff. Viva le tav. Viva le coop

Week something I’ve forgotten I’m so tired. Christening the temporary liquor license with the Lara gig - good to see the space lit up at night and the lager flowing [read: foaming] Back in real life, finally got another Cullen skink on much to Brad’s delight. This one turned out better (lighter and simpler) than the last. Cleaner….more pure. Scottish baker Neil gave me some advice Same red table (middle smaller one, the least sun damaged) but this time post meal. Everyone at everything except someone forgot their crusts… they mustn’t want curly hair. Red turns to a beautiful pink with the rhubarb cooked in whisky and caraway seeds poised atop the yoghurt. More colour and explorations, keeping things endogamic Barista Sarah cleaning under the sinks finally. She said “can you take a picture and send it to Bede” Barista Sarah back in front of the sink with Archie performing the show of the year Set list st the Lara gig Back to real life again, I made some Irish Oaten Bread for those afflicted with an intolerance to the good gluten. Turned out delicious tbh The potato rolls that many people ask about RE gluten (they’re not gluten free they’re just a roll with potato through it for extra texture and flavour grow up) but turned into a delicious off menu intuitive sandwich for artist Georgia which was a bit barista Bede plate in a roll This weekend barista Bede plate in question Chef Lilli really keeps ignoring my sign about glass in the back kitchen shelf area Chef Lilli preemptively redeemed herself with an amazing class of caff bomb (inspired by tone’s tiger bomb drink) Barista [chef] Denny with no legs to stand on with regards to broken glass Chef Denny also broke the connector to the keg but city boys always make do Anna and lachie coming in for the first time finally Anna finally redeeming her 30th bday present from chef Denny A lovely looking poster for a lovely looking event this coming week not at the caff but somewhere else entirely Another event somewhere else entirely but it was at least chef Denny cooking caff related things out of a fireplace. Celto Britannic ShaoKao at Yang’s Les menu for the yang’s pop up

Some of you may have seen we got a temporary liquor license so the tav is opening Wednesday after regular caff hours. Similar cultural net in terms of food, different structure though. 5 dollar ponies of lager made in North Melbourne from @twangbrewingau Red and white wine from Alessandro @weingut_ale Sherry from Andalusia

Great Sunday afternoon at the Lithuanian club for Rudi’s Grandma’s birthday. Really great cooking, simple and delicious. Bravo Rudi’s auntie and Char on the tools. Espresso at Errol’s on Errol street then a couple of pots of Carlton at the limerick, chasing the sun.