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• Coffee and Chocolate

  The Courier-Mail

  Tuesday, December 02, 2008

  ONCE you get past the coffee and chocolate, Paddington's Coffee and Chocolate needs some work to sweeten the experience for patrons.

  And the section called Sweet Icons was pretty tempting too, with a selection of fresh strawberries and mini banana breads to dip in your choice of melted chocolate.

  The coffee ($4), being Campos, is full and rich, and the waiters know how to make it perfectly.

  But there, I'm afraid, the accolades have to stop, because both times we've eaten here it was something of a disaster as far as food and service are concerned.

  My first try was a late Saturday breakfast, where the thought of so-called gourmet toasted chicken and avocado Turkish ($14) was appealing.

  How can anyone get that wrong?

  The chicken breast inside the crisp Turkish toast was tender and fresh, but the avocado had been smashed into a pulp and then heated to the extent that it was positively slimy. Avocado is tricky to heat at the best of times, but here it had reached the point of inedibility. It was accompanied by greengrocer's lettuce mix, usually acceptable in a busy café, but this...

  Source: The Courier Mail | Restaurant Reviews

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