Tango.
Soccer.
Tierra Del Fuego.
These things and some contentious islands in the South Atlantic are the only things I know about Argentina. Now that Cairns is blessed with a café with Argentine flair, the Mucho Love cafe on Pease St in Edge Hill I can add in the delicious Dulce de Leche filled shortbread biscuits called "Alfajores".
No I cannot say it correctly.
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| Flat white with an Alfajore with Italian meringue coating. So this cafe is located a little distance to what one could consider the hot spot for the brunch crowd that is Collins Ave. in Edge Hill. Mucho Love is located opposite Edge Hill State School. The cafe is very clean and neat, it looks brand new! They have indoor (aircon) seating; outdoor seating and a little alleyway with tables that is dog friendly. It has a nice feel, it was certainly a popular spot when we rocked up on a Saturday late morning. There were seats available, fortunately I had a great view of the cake cabinet  |
The menu wasn't as OTT with Argentinian offerings as I expected, it was very typical of an Aussie Cafe (perhaps there isn't a big difference), so there would be no culture shock for anyone who isn't too adventurous. There were sweet and savoury crepes, sandwiches, wraps, croissants for food, drinks were the normal options. A huge plus they use my favourite coffee beans in Cairns - Inka Bean (from Peru which is a simple Chile or Bolivia away from Argentina, so there's geographically harmonious theme)
We got crepes.
The question we had to ask ourselves, sweet or savoury?
The easy answer:
They were mucho tasty.
Ham and cheese: light battered crepe, nice thin sliced ham and a moderately sharp cheese. Topped with mayonnaise and garnished with a bit of carrot. I really enjoyed this, so did my partner, who has since demanded I make ham and cheese crepes at home.
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Dulce de Leche: again a delcious crepe. I love that the menu has in superscript in parentheses (Caramel) to let people know what the "sweet from milk" is. An unctious caramellish delight with cream and crushed nuts with a swirl of chocolate. The cream melted prior to my photo, despite aircon. Such is Cairns in the summer.
We shared the crepes, and we were full as. However this didn't stop us from indulging in the unique biscuits.
The Alfajores are made by a woman over on the West Coast and they are shipped here. They are beautifully presented, wrapped in their own little package.
The premise of the biscuit appears to be: a sandwich of two delicately shortbreads (very short!) with dulce de leche in the centre. The caramel kind of sinks into the shortbread and makes a tasty treat. There are different varieties - the difference is the coating of the biscuits themselves. There is: Italian Meringue, a light meringue that enrobes the whole thing; dark chocolate and white chocolate; and my favourite, the unfortunately named "cornflour". This has a light dusting of cornflour and is essentially a naked biscuit.
Its hard to eat them without making a mess, so sticking with the theme of Argentina I would describe these as a "Messi" food,
You can buy the alfajores to take home in little packs, which you better believe we did.
Mucho love. Mucho bueno.
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