No. 1 Cake & Café

I was in the mood for a sesame rice ball. The first bakery I checked out was too crowded, and this one was very very close by so I came here instead. (Both were on Dixon Street.) At the other (busy) bakery, the workers seemed to be rushing everyone through. I can’t complain about them trying to be efficient, but I really liked how the owner of this bakery was a nice and cheerful man. The sesame rice ball tasted like a typical sesame rice ball, so I don’t really have much to say about it. I was definitely satisfied with it.
I came here two days later for a light dinner. I asked one of the workers if the zongzi (rice dumplings) rice dumplings, and she went to ask the owner. The answer turned out to be «no.» But then the owner came up to me and «every time I see you, you always seem so happy.» I was really surprised that that he remembered me. And actually, I would say the same thing about him! We had a nice friendly chat, and I ended up getting a coconut bun for dessert, which was a large spiral bread roll. It was great.
I was so pleased with this bakery that I came back the next day (which was my final day in Sydney) and bought a red bean bun and a pineapple bun to eat on my trip back to Melbourne. Both were yummy!
I didn’t feel that anything here was too sweet. Everything thing here felt just right to me. And the super nice owner is a definite plus!