Buskers Café

Your reviewer was alerted to Buskers Café by fellow blogger MMC at My Morning Coffee. This Café is at the far West end of Rundle Mall. This in the mirror image position to Briccone which is at the East end of Rundle Mall. I thought the accommodation at Briccone was more polished but Buskers was still pleasant. Buskers is fine café with good table service. The meals are a little more upmarket and expensive than the usual lunch venue.

Buskers Café had a premium hot chocolate on the menu which caught your reviewer's eye. It was served has glass of hot milk froth and a small saucer of shaved Belgium chocolate. All that was required was to pour the chocolate into the milk and stir. This was a fine chocolate indeed and flavour was characteristically Belgian. This was great way to drink a pleasing hot chocolate and only four dollars.

Urban Fare

Tucked away in the leafy suburbs of Linden Park is Urban Fare. This is a pleasant restaurant with a big window and view over the bowling club. Urban Fare does a full range of meals and has plenty of seating inside.

The hot chocolate comes in a Vittoria coffee glass with a wire handle. It was served with a pink marshmallow and mini biscuit on the saucer. Merkel does enjoy his extras with his hot chocolate and has been a long time since any had been forth coming in these reviews. The drink was not as rich as it should have been but Urban Fare was a pleasant place to have morning tea and the extras were delightful. The hot chocolate cost $3.50.

Sierra Snack Bar

This unassuming Snack Bar is at 18 Wyatt St. It does a good range of sandwiches and roles and provides friendly service.

The hot chocolate is only three dollars and comes in a Griffith's Coffee cup. It has the normal white froth and sprinkle of chocolate powder but is not a particular rich drink. Café Delicieuse next door is a better experience for hot chocolate fans.

Baretto Corte Caffe

Baretto at 302A King William Street is a long thin Café with seating inside and outside. The food is expensive with a short menu of fine looking meals but the starting price was $15.00 for a bowl of soup. Merkel spotted a schnitzel roll on display so chose this so that he could save his funds for his investment in hot chocolates. Unfortunately the roll was dry and tasteless.

The hot chocolate did not improve this horrible dining experience. The froth was not too bad but the drink had not been stirred and after sipping what was mostly milk from the top of the cup Merkel discovered a thick vein chocolate powder at the bottom of the cup. This was a disappointing waste. The hot chocolate cost $4.50.

Bocelli, Italian Hot Chocolate

The standard hot chocolate at Bocelli Caffe Ristorante was reviewed earlier this year. Merkel and Myrtle returned for breakfast on Easter Monday to find it doing a busy trade and obviously popular with cycling groups.

Merkel was pleased to see that Bocelli did an Italian hot chocolate as these drinks are rare in Adelaide. The Italian hot chocolate came in a Vittoria coffee cup. The surface was a little bubbly but not frothed like a typical espresso drink. It was very rich with a dark chocolate flavour, but probably not as thick as some of the other cafes on the Italian hot chocolate list. The costs was $4.50.

Eros Ouzeri

Eros is a fine Greek restaurant with table service and a full wine list. A couple of doors West of Cocolat it has plenty of seating inside and outside in comfortable surroundings.

The hot chocolate came in a tall glass with the handle like the one at Duthy Street Deli. It was finished with a brown froth and a semi circle chocolate powder on top. The Greeks are famous for their strong coffee. Unfortunately this does not translate to the Eros hot chocolate. The drink was too weak.

Sylvia's Café

This is a little breakfast and lunch place in the little arcade between 22 Twin Street and Hindmarsh Square near Citi Centre in the Adelaide CBD. It servers a few more meals that the normal Café and does a special "Cypriot Sandwich" which includes bacon and hommus in a lepinja role. There is plenty of seating and a nice view of the Hindmarsh Square sculptures.

The hot chocolate was available in small, medium and large sizes. The small, three dollar hot chocolate came in a glass with a handle and saucer. Two marshmallows were provided and the drink was finished with a brown for froth and sprinkling of chocolate powder. The hot chocolate was reasonably rich and not too sweet.