Coffee - A gem glitters in Lilyfi eld

ESPRESSO ORGANICA

49A Majors Bay Rd, Concord
Tel: 9736 3222

As you walk into Glitter Kids Café in Lilyfield and take in the surroundings you would be forgiven for thinking you’d just walked into a kindergarten, complete with a kid-sized craft table, a cubby house, child safety gates and a jumping castle out the back.

And that’s exactly why Inner Westies love it. Finally a place where you can bring the kids, they can make as much noise as they want, and no one will raise an eyebrow.

Still a new kid on the block itself, the café has only been opened a few months but has quickly become the place for mums and their bubs to enjoy a good Italian coffee and a play date, with unlimited access to play equipment costing between $3.95 and $6.95 depending on the age of your children and a child-friendly menu.

I must admit I’m tempted to try the not-so-grown-up option of a creamy gelato smoothie, but it’s a chilly afternoon and I need something to warm me up from the inside out. I order a fl at white and settle in at a table facing a blackboard wall covered in chalk drawings. In such an unpretentious place, it’s easy to feel relaxed. The barista admits that she’s new to making coffee but she defi nitely has a knack for it and I thoroughly enjoy my strong tasting, aromatic coffee. Made using Molinari coffee beans – one of Italy’s fi nest brands of coffee since 1911 – this was one smooth cuppa that I simply didn’t
want to end.

The café is rather quiet for the moment and besides big kids like me on a treasure hunt for the perfect cup of coffee not many others are out to play on a rainy day like this, so I take my time savouring the caffeinated treasure in front of me, reminiscing about my playground days and secretly toying with the idea of having a go on the jumping castle myself.

■ Open 7 days from 9am to 5pm. Glitter Kids also hosts children’s parties. For more information call 9818 8667 or visit www.glitterkids.com.au.

 

Yasmin Sabir