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I have one of those traditional lovely, old school Nonna’s that usually don’t leave the house unless it’s for church or family occasions. But the past few years as we’ve gotten older we like to take the old girl on a few ‘excursions’. My Nonno like my brother isn’t particularly adventurous with his food, to the point where he hasn’t had a single hamburger from McDonalds in his life…..his ENTIRE life. If it isn’t Italian it doesn’t go in the gob. So, we like to take Nonna to places where she can experience something a little different. Dumplings in Cabramatta, Brunch at Bills… And this particular occasion celebrating Nonna’s birthday, breakfast at Garfish. Any outing with my grandma typically involves lying about the time to be ready, the general rule is 30 – 45 minutes before we actually intend to leave, seems to work a charm every time and luckily she doesn’t have the internet so she’ll never know. Situated in the heart of Crow’s Nest on a quiet side street, with the car park …

Sydney has been captivated by the Gelato scene for quite some time now, most notably for places like Gelato Messina, Cow and the moon, RivaReno, and Gelatomassi but the trends seem to remain quite similar. Stix Deserts in Surry Hills has completely recreated and turned on its head how we eat Gelato in an innovative and clever way that is sure to captivate many. We had been talking about making a visit to Stix since they opened but after Janelle Monae and Kimbra cancelled on us! (how dare they) we finally had the chance to go after a beautiful dinner at Rockpool Bar & Grill. We were warmly greeted by the owner of Stix as it was dinner time on a quiet Monday night we were the only one’s in the shop. Since this was our first time, she helped us pick what we wanted and let us try a few of the flavours on display. I got the Panna Cotta Gelato dunked in milk chocolate with Hundreds + thousands and peanuts. Firstly, let me …