Bitter Sweet, Port Macquarie

Again at Bitter Sweet Cafe but this time for lunch...

 I had the salt and pepper squid salad with avocado, roma tomatos, crispy noodles and a raspberry vinaigrette while mum had the lamb burger with feta, tzatziki and sweet potato crisps.

We ate this meal over a week ago now on a dreary, wet Saturday. Mum had her doubts about going to Bitter Sweet for lunch given that visits to the cafe are most suited to a warm, sunny day where one can relax outdoors among the gorgeous flower decorations. Sitting indoors usually means being surrounded by customers offering take-away coffee and having your ears drilled with the noise of the coffee machine and other customers getting carried away in conversation. Needless to say, any slight negatives are cancelled out by the tasty cafe food or simply amazing patisserie delights.

Salt and pepper squid as long been one of my favourite lunch time meals and this, by no means, changed my preference. The squid was cooked perfectly and showed no signs of rubber; the accompanying salad was fresh and made exciting by the raspberry vinaigrette and, like always, the presentation was to die for and left hardly any room for photographs. Mum said of the lamb burger that it was packed with flavour and an excellent way to momentarily forget the drab weather outside. She offered me some of her sweet potato crisps which were unarguably delicious.

Bitter Sweet Cafe, 48 Watonga Street Port Macquarie