Concrete - Pyrmont

A lazy Sunday morning. The sun is shining with a nice, cool breeze. Its time to head to my favourite cafe in Pyrmont: Concrete.

Located a block away from union square, Concrete has a very laid back vibe and is the perfect place to sit and watch the world go by. It is popular with the locals because of the friendly service, good food and not to mention the kick-ass coffee.

It has a indoor and outdoor section, both of which gets plenty of natural light due to its clever design. Even

though its always busy, in all the times I've been to Concrete (and there have been plenty), I've never had to wait for a table.

Today Simon and I sit outside to enjoy the arrival of Spring (feels like summer) and I help myself to some water conveniently place on the stairways. I was keen to order as its about to turn 12 and I didn't want to miss the breakfast menu.

Service was prompt, and I ordered my favourite Italian fried eggs, and Simon his classic breakfast. As we asked for our respective skinny latte and capaccino, the European waiter went to Simon, "why skimmed? are you trying to lose weight?" to which Simon replied he was lactose intolerant. That was a good answer, as the waiter then proceed to complain to us that there are too many varieties of coffee with people asking for soya milk, weak/strong, no froth... "coffee is coffee", he concluded. We think he may be Italian.

As we wait to be fed, noises across the road made us look over - it appears there is a marathon! What I love about Sydney is there are always so many things happening and just by being outdoors I am constantly seeing events I otherwise would have missed.

Our breakfast arrives... and its a LOT of food. The Italian fried eggs come with fried potatoes, bacon, sweetcorn pattie, fried eggs and topped with sweet tomato salsa. It's not too greasy and packs a lot of taste, although today I found it a bit on the dry side. I had to drink two glasses of water with it just to finish. Simon's is lovely, the eggs are poached to perfection, the sausage crispy yet tender.

Simon ordered a Pineapple and Mint whip, which is a great thirst quencher. Its basically pineapple juice blended with fresh mint, and technically not a hard thing to make - it does taste so good that I want to go home and see if I could make the same thing myself... Or easier yet, just come back to Concrete.

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