{"id":224,"date":"2015-09-15T04:00:46","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T18:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pencidesign.com\/soledad\/soledad-fashion-lifestyle\/?p=224"},"modified":"2021-04-13T13:33:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T03:33:47","slug":"brooklyns-tuckshop-lady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralcoastlifeandstyle.com.au\/brooklyns-tuckshop-lady","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn\u2019s Tuckshop Lady"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the moment we open the gleaming white and aqua door at The Brooklyn Tuckshop<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, it feels like we\u2019re being welcomed home by old friends.<\/p>\n

Greeted with beaming smiles by owners (and self-described \u2018pashing pair\u2019) Amanda Gonzalez and Lincoln Donaldson, we get the feeling this caf\u00e9 experience will be one to remember.<\/p>\n

Mini-chic reviewer, Miss Three, promptly marches up to the counter to ask if she can have a cake.<\/p>\n

The Brooklyn Tuckshop marches to the beat of its own drum (time goes slower on the Hawkesbury!) and the newly mixed brownies have just been put in the oven to bake, but \u2013 no matter! \u2013 would Miss Three be happy to lick the mixing bowl?<\/p>\n

\"Brooklyn's-Tuckshop-Lady\"<\/a>

Miss Three at The Brooklyn Tuckshop<\/p><\/div>\n

This is the kind of caf\u00e9 we all want as our local: friendly, fast service run by a loved-up pair of former Sydneysiders, who are passionate about what they do.<\/p>\n

Amanda is the head baker, Lincoln is a master barista \u2013 and incredibly, both are self-taught at their crafts.<\/p>\n

The pair left jobs as a full-time writer and analyst respectively, taking a chance on a heritage corner store \u2013 and we should all be grateful they took the leap.<\/p>\n

Like the front door, the entire caf\u00e9 is artfully decorated in coastal chic colours white and aqua, a few vintage toys catching the eye high above the kitchen \u2013 while the menus are printed on lined paper that will take you back to your days where school exercise books were de rigueur.<\/p>\n

The coffee \u2013 made from Small Batch Roasting Co. beans is smooth and creamy – the gruyere cheese jaffle as decadent as it sounds: buttery, generous and served on an old-school Falcon plate.<\/p>\n

\"Brooklyn's-Tuckshop-Lady\"<\/a>

Adelaide Thomson gobbling down brownie mix at Brooklyn Tuckshop<\/p><\/div>\n

Miss Three (still busy licking every last morsel of chocolate out of her bowl) opts for a slice of brownie for her morning tea (Amanda kindly asking if someone can suffer from a chocolate headache \u2013 ummm, not when it\u2019s this good!).<\/p>\n

It arrives with a crunchy top and a molten lava chocolate centre, so it feels like you\u2019re eating a pudding in a brownie case. Heaven.<\/p>\n

\"Brooklyn's-Tuckshop-Lady\"<\/a>

Coffee at Brooklyn Tuckshop<\/p><\/div>\n

The rest of the fare follows the same vein: simple, but hearty and delicious.<\/p>\n

Sausage rolls featuring lamb and paprika, or pork and fennel seeds, are made on alternate days by Amanda. On weekends, there\u2019s a soup on offer \u2013 or, in a nod to the tuckshop lady\u2019s heritage \u2013 a slow-cooked empanada.<\/p>\n

As they say, \u2018It\u2019s not a long way to the shop if you want a sausage roll\u2019. Really, what\u2019s not to love?<\/p>\n

Coastal Chic tip:<\/em><\/strong> Brooklyn is a great half way place to meet some friends from Sydney. Catch the train and make a day of it \u2013 it\u2019s a stunning part of the Coast, and the coffee alone is worth the journey.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the moment we open the gleaming white and aqua door at The Brooklyn Tuckshop, it feels like we\u2019re being welcomed home by old friends. Greeted with beaming smiles by owners (and self-described \u2018pashing pair\u2019) Amanda Gonzalez and Lincoln Donaldson, we get the feeling this caf\u00e9 experience will be one to remember. Mini-chic reviewer, Miss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[150,151,152,153,154,136,53,155,137,156,157,158,159,160,161],"class_list":["post-224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cafes","tag-amanda-gonzalez","tag-aqua","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-tuckshop","tag-brownie","tag-cafe","tag-central-coast","tag-chocolate","tag-coffee","tag-lincoln-donaldson","tag-morning-tea","tag-sausage-roll","tag-school-holidays","tag-small-batch-roasting","tag-tuckshop-lady"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralcoastlifeandstyle.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralcoastlifeandstyle.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralcoastlifeandstyle.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralcoastlifeandstyle.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralcoastlifeandstyle.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/centralcoastlifeandstyle.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6623,"href":"https:\/\/centralcoastlifeandstyle.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions\/6623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralcoastlifeandstyle.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralcoastlifeandstyle.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralcoastlifeandstyle.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralcoastlifeandstyle.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}