what better way to make up for the virtuousness of a morning of yoga than to sit down to a cup of tea… and an ice cream sundae. no matter that it was a morning so chilly that the brisk fifteen minute walk between house and yoga class was time enough for the skin on my face to break out in cold-induced welts. a morning so nippy that my brain function slowed, and it was only halfway up the street when i remembered that i had forgotten to pack my camera.
so hurrah for saffron at writing on a paper napkin, for being the documentarian that she is, for it was she that sat waiting for me at passionflower yesterday lunchtime, and she who whipped out the camera when the ice creams arrived at the table. to make up for forsaking it the last time around, i had the rather unfortunately named “black and white seduction” — a tall glass of black sticky rice [edit: indeed, as saffron points out in her comment, it was actually black sesame ice cream, rich and nutty like a hilton sister] ice cream, coconut ice cream, black grass jelly and evaporated milk, which you can see left-most in saffron’s photographs. if i didn’t feel so bad about saying the name out loud, i would have it again without hesitation.
saffron has been leaving friendly comments here for ages, and it was pleasing to finally meet the lovely lass in person. there are real people on the internet! and they will bring you cupcakes!
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Oh those cupcakes look so good!
Passionflower rocks
oh, i’m glad the cupcakes made it back to your house safely. they survived a car trip, a bus ride and a hike up george st. i forgot to tell you that a policeman asked for one when he asked what was inside the box.
i thought there was a scoop of sesame icecream in your sundae as well…?
Hi Bowb, just got back from Haigh’s. My assessment is they probably still do Australia’s best chocolates (they import cocoa beans and make the chocolate from scratch – points for that). Quite liked their sparkling shiraz truffle (and of course the world’s best choccy frog). Apparently there is a Belgian Chocolate shop nearby as well. That’s next on the agenda (apart from the odd visit to old lindy)
ohhh that’s so nice! and so sweet of saffron. The cupcakes look so yummy
clare: oh yes, the cupcakes were good. they brought a lovely springtime feel to this wintery chill… and then delivered a satisfying crumb.
saffron: you were stopped by a policeman because of a cake box? ok yes, i was a very large cake box, but surely that’s just a bit less alert and a bit more alarm. unless of course he just wanted some cake.
tvdog: i’m hoping to check out the haigh’s shop on the weekend. hey, did you choose your job purely based on its location in the bermuda triangle of chocolate? every lunch time you mysteriously disappear…
pinkcocoa: yes, both saffron and the cupcakes: sweeeeeet.