La Renaissance Cafe Patisserie, Waterloo (23 April 2017)

PYD Building, Shop 1, 197 Young Street, Waterloo NSW 2017
https://larenaissance.com.au
https://www.instagram.com/la_renaissance_patisserie/

French patisserie in Waterloo

I'm a big fan of the cakes at La Renaissance in The Rocks and it's great they've well established themselves now in Waterloo which is closer to home for me. Even though all the cakes looked great on display I was in need of a quick savoury eat for my late lunch. Reuben Sandwich ($10) was premade and packaged and I chose to get it toasted. Was a tasty eat with simple enjoyable flavours on nice bread. Was served with a rocket and tomato salad on the side that was well dressed. Service was friendly and love the high ceiling space filled with natural light here with a fair amount of seating. There's customer parking inside the building which is great to know about if you can't find any street parking or handy if it's raining as there's direct access to the cafe from the car park. For those with babies there's a parent toilet with wall mounted baby table on level 1 which I actually need to use on this particular visit for my 2 year old.

1 Abercrombie Lane: Café Bakery, CBD Sydney (5 Oct 2016)

1 Abercrombie Lane, CBD Sydney 2000
https://www.facebook.com/1abercrombielane/

Laneway sandwich life

A laneway experience with milk crates replaced by ironing boards. So many tempting sandwiches on the menu. Decided on the Reuben - Wagyu corned beef, sauerkraut, swiss, pickles, seeds mustard mayo ($14) which was pretty good although I should have gone for the light rye sourdough bread instead of just the white bread as I found out later would have been their recommendation. The flavours worked well together and was filled with lots of thinly sliced and fairly moist corned beef although I would have probably preferred the mustard mayo to be replaced by a more classic Russian dressing. Some more noticeable melted cheese would have been good as well and the sauerkraut tasted more like caramelised onion for me and probably could have had a bit more zing perhaps. There's seating inside but on a nice day it's quite nice to sit outside. You can even tap into the free wifi from Merivale next door at Establishment. Service was friendly. Sandwich prices are on the pricey side but I'm suspecting they're all a decent size and filled with quality ingredients.

Ruby & Rach Classic Deli at David Jones Food Hall, Market St, CBD Sydney (8 Sept 2014)

65-77 Market Street, Sydney NSW 2000

https://www.facebook.com/RubyandRach

Ruby & Rach at David Jones

For those in need of a good Reuben fix in the CBD you'll be happy to know Ruby & Rach has now opened downstairs in the David Jones Food Hall of the Market Street store. I first discovered this yummy reuben when Chef Tony Gibson took up temporary residence at the Strattons Hotel last year. His reuben won the hearts of many food bloggers in the Sydney Food Bloggers Choice Award which was awarded the Favourite Reuben in 2013. The Reuben ($14) with Wagyu corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese and Russian dressing on light rye is a well-balanced tasty sensation. It also has slivers of pickle throughout which isn't mentioned on the menu but gives it an enjoyable extra zingy flavour. The wagyu corn beef is flavoursome and moist as hoped. The Swiss cheese is melted and the Russian dressing gives it that tasty edge. There's the right amount of sauerkraut and the light rye bread is toasted which holds together well while eating. Consider this a two handed mission and don't forget to grab a napkin or two. This is the reuben I now compare to all others and rightfully so. Seating is limited around the food hall so there's always Hyde Park across the road as a backup plan on a nice day.

SNAPSHOT REVIEW:

PROS: Great tasting Reuben

CONS: Limited seating in the food hall

MUST TRY: The Reuben

VERDICT: I've tried quite a few Reubens around town but this one so far is my favourite to date

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Chef Tony Gibson master of the Reuben

Open kitchen grill so you can see your reuben being made to order

The Reuben is the one you should try first

The Reuben: Wagyu corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese and Russian dressing on light rye ($14)
SIMON FAVOURITE :-)

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