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Granola
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Ususally a homemade blend of coffee and honey oat clusters, with dried fruit mixed berries, yoghurt and milk. Soy options are sometimes available.
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Cafes
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Sandwiches
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Amazing selections of fillings are now available, including continental meats and cheeses, vegetable mixes. Traditional sandwich fillings such as cheese and pickle, ham salad etc no longer take priority as more people are going for more ‘exotic’ fillings with a continental theme. A variety of breads such as ciabatta, olive bread, walnut bread etc. now makes any ordinary sandwich no longer boring but enjoyable to eat.
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Sandwich Bar
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Baguettes
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Becoming more popular are the variety of baguettes available, not just the fillings but the bread itself – white, wholemeal, rustic, walnut, olive – you name it! Fillings have become more exotic too, using continental meats and cheeses, chicken mixes such as Coronation chicken. But still the bacon and egg breakfast baguette or hot sausage baguette remains supreme in choice for that early morning ‘snack’.
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Sandwich Bar
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Hot Soup
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A variety of hot soups are normal sold, served from large barrel shaped tureens or soup kettles placed on the counter. Soups are usually simple such as tomato and basil, mushroom or vegetable. Normal served in polystyrene cups to take away.
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Sandwich Bar
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Fruit
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You will usually find a selection of standard fresh fruit available such as apples, bananas, oranges – but also there will frequently be a large bowl of fresh fruit salad with yoghurts. The fruit salad is put into a plastic or polystyrene container to take away, with a carton of yoghurt of your choice and a plastic spoon.
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Health Bar, Sandwich Bar
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Eggs Benedict
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Eggs Benedict is a popular breakfast dish in Australia. Poached eggs with double smoked leg ham, rocket and hollandaise on a toasted english muffin. A number of cafes are offering an option with Salmon.
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Cafes
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Devonshire Tea
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Not offered everywhere, but if you're fortunate enough you can't sometimes go past your favourite tea with scones that comes with yummy jam and cream. (I know my father in-law can't)
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Cafes
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Toasted Sandwiches
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Probably a big favourite in most sandwich bars and cooked either on a grill or in a Panini press, Italian style. You can pick your fillings and they will make it in front of you. Croque Monsieur is very popular (gruyere cheese and ham French style) as this is also buttered on the outside before grilling or sometimes frying. Croque Madame includes a fried egg as well.
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Sandwich Bar
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Packet Snacks
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Many varieties of potato chips of all flavours are sold, along with chocolate bars, cereal bars and other sweets. Muffins such as chocolate and blueberry in packets are also readily available. Vegetarian options on snacks have increased over the last five to 10 years, including vegetable crisps and vegetable chews.
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Sandwich Bar
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Big Breakfast
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The famous Big Breakfast – people either love it or hate it and it can vary from place to place and also in cost. A normal Big Breakfast consists of a couple of rashers of bacon, a couple of sausages, fried bread, 2 eggs any style, grilled tomatoes and/or baked beans. Toast will also be offered or even buttered bread.
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Cafes
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Salads
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We all know Salads are a “healthy” alternative, but in the past 5 years Salads have become very interesting. You'll find a number of salads options from the traditional Garden, Thai Beef and at some of the more trendy places you can find interesting options such as Baby beetroot salad, Pear and walnut salad and whatever else they can come up these days that tastes good.
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Cafes
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Fizzy Drinks
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Great selection of the popular fizzy canned drinks are sold, including Coke, Sprite, Fanta, and also energy drinks have increased in popularity in the last few years. Natural and carbonated spring waters are also available in the cold cabinets as are plenty of fruit juices in plastic bottles and cartons with straws.
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Sandwich Bar
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Coffee
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All sandwich bars normally have an elaborate coffee machine, serving cappuccino, mocha, latte, Americanos and macchiatos. Plain black or white coffee, as well as tea, are always available – if you are really lucky, you may find frappaccino as well!
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Sandwich Bar
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Coffee
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There's no other way to put it, Coffee is huge in Australia and the Coffee offered at Cafes ranges from the standard cup up to World Class. We recommend checking the comments and ratings to find the best drop in town.
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Cafes
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Tea
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Unless you find a tea house the Tea offered in Cafes around Australia is pretty standard. You'll find a selection of English Breakfast, Earl Grey, Camomille, Peppermint and Green. Tea is always great in the afternoon or night with less caffine and it's calming affects.
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Cafes
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