The Food Zeitgeist

Earlier today I dedicated this blog to my friend Peter Gaioli.  Peter introduced me to this simple, casual place many years ago.  This is my favourite cafe in Sydney.  There are 3 simple reasons for this: atmosphere, service, and food.  Such an eclectic mix of people go to this place I believe it captures the essence of what makes Sydney such a great city - things such as casual setting, friendliness and diversity.  Whether a family with children or an elderly couple and everyone in between, Tropicana serves up simple food, good coffee and even a wine or beer.  From time to time Serge, one of the owners, makes a mean Tiramisu, so watch out for it at the counter.  Failing that, order a ricotta cannoli which is a simple italian biscuit filled with sweet ricotta cream cheese.  The signature dish is the Tropicana Salad (tuna, tomatoes, egg, lettuce and special “Tropicana” dressing) and I usually order that (relatively healthy eating for me).  There’s always a range of pastas and other mains from veal through chicken and fish.  There’s a huge range of sandwiches, either toasted turkish or foccacia bread, to choose from.  The cafe is famous for giving birth to Tropfest, the world’s largest short film festival.

Tropicana Caffe
227 Victoria Street
Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Open 7 days, 5amto 11pm
staff@tropicanacaffe.com
P: +61 2 9362 9809
http://www.tropicanacaffe.com/
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