Crowded Sydney City, the end of the year at the beginning of the holiday season is a constant stream of tourists, many coffee shops and restaurants are always crowded with crowds. But some of the best-known coffee shops are long queues or closed on holidays; walking out of the city to enjoy the idyllic scenery of The Grounds of Alexandria, and fresh handmade dinners is one of the best choices for the Sydney people to walk out of the city and enjoy a leisurely pastoral scene and fresh handmade dinners. About 15 minutes from Sydney, The Grounds of Alexandria is a large complex restaurant; back in the 1920s, it was the predecessor of the, The Grounds of Alexandria building, an industrial management area, and a 100-year-old factory building.
Led by entrepreneur Ramsey Choker and famous Australian barista Jack Hanna (for the world coffee champion), he has become a backroom team for The Grounds of Alexandria in the fields of design, cooking, desserts, horticulture, and so on. The old factory will be built into a unique city oasis. Although known as a compound restaurant, in addition to serving the THE CAFE, corner of the plant and potted THE POTTING SHED is more like a greenhouse cabin, separate but semi-open space, with the garden breeze and vibrant green seamless interface. Every weekend, The Grounds of Alexandria hosts a farmer's fair in the garden. In addition to hand-making small dots and garden-grown fruits and vegetables, The Grounds of Alexandria's own desserts and breads, there are also jewelry stalls and BBQ, chocolates, nuts of all kinds. Spices also make the market aroma overflowing; Take a stroll around here and spend half a day in a twinkling of an eye. Local residents are actively participating in the holiday farmer fair organized by The Grounds of Alexandria. In addition to the appearance of three or two friends and pairs of couples, the mini-farm, which has sheep pigs and horses in the garden, is very popular with children. And behind-the-scenes team for children to create a children's play area, so that this is a family gathering is the only choice.
THE CAFE's simple and bright counter selling area, transparent glass cabinets with country-smelling family desserts, a large number of makeup spots planted on the cabinet stand, clean, bright and green, it is hard to imagine that this is originally a factory space.
In addition to serving coffee and meals, home-baked bread is worth a try. Natural yeast cultivated in our home has been fermented for a long time to make various kinds of bread. Occasionally, we can see the use of Oriental ingredients such as wolfberry bread, bamboo charcoal bread, and so on, which is quite new and interesting to the Sydney people. In addition to coffee, the shop also provides a variety of drinks and juices, plate display quite ingenious, the choice of tableware is not sloppy, the tray for containing drinks is very delicate and small. In addition, copper kettles from Kalita, Japan, or beakers and measuring cups used in the laboratory are widely used in loading utensils. Let the guests come to the store full of surprise, can be seen behind the team to eat this thing on the heart.
Another district's THE POTTING SHED, has moved from a shabby cabin to a green greenhouse -, The Grounds of Alexandria team has upgraded the old countryside to a more meticulous level of space, but still retains the warmth of a strong "home". Net from all over the world waste and old pieces, self-repair, so that each piece of furniture remains warm manual traces. In addition to decorative planting, small potted plants also have a variety of spices and herbs, which will also be converted into food materials and used in cooking; while allowing guests to enjoy at the entrance, they can also see the safety and health of selecting ingredients.
The glamorous hours of the night turn, The Grounds of Alexandria into a very different look from the day. In the semi-open night stars reflected in the soft yellow light, for the original warm pastoral atmosphere to add a bit of romance, became a dating venue for couples to gather.
The Grounds of Alexandria, originated from the simple and sincere ideal of a group of friends, successfully converted the abandoned factory buildings in the industrial zone into small farms rarely seen in the city; And its popularity effect, also brings the lively popularity of this area, will only see in the countryside before the human feeling, extend to the life of the city people. Visit Sydney, in addition to opera house, Sydney Bridge, may as well take a 15-minute drive to The Grounds of Alexandria to feel the pastoral customs.
