Dragon's Rest Cafe

Dragon's Rest Cafe

11 Oruawharo Road

Topuni

Kaipara

Northland 0975

(09) 4312893

Me and mum stopped at this cool cafe on a road trip north.  I was starting to feel quite thirsty and I hadn't had a fluffy aaallll day, not that I get one every day but on road trips we always stopped.  I think mum might had forgotten so I decided to do my usual trick of starting to grumble, and wriggle then squark abit.  It seems to do the trick everytime, so we pulled into this place where I had never been before.

It was a really nice looking old house, I knocked at the door as I always do to see if anyone was in and mum opened it. Inside there where wooden floors, two rooms, a deck outside and at the front of the house I noticed a massive playing area with lots of running around space and picnic like tables.  There where a few people at tables, I said Hi Ya to them all.

I ordered my usual and mum got a soy flat white, there wasn't many cakes actually I can't rememeber any apart from muffins and scones.  So we got a muffin, banana and kiwifruit.

The fluffies where the bestest I had, with a groovy looking cup (I got two fluffies yum yum) one came in a green cup and one in my favourite colour orange cup.  There where marshmellow not that i got to see them plus I think it was milo on top sooooo yummy with milo topping yum yum yum!!!!  The fluffy was a nice size  not to big and not to small just like those bears in that story.

Star rating out of 5

My Ratings
Fluffy ******
Muffin **
Cake Selection *

Service ****
Atmosphere ****
Over all enjoyment ****

Mums Ratings

High chairs yes

Childrens Books yes

Area to play outside yes

Toilet Excellent with change nappy area

Over all cleanliness Excellent

Soy Flatwhite the coffee a little burn't
Friendly service

Overall a nice experience

Overall rating

***

Photos opps!

Oh yes next time I promise that mum will take photos, she left her camera in the car, silly mummy!

The Pear Tree, Kerikeri

Today Me, Mum and Nana went to the Pear Tree Restuarant for morning tea which was exciting because I had never been to this one before. We walked in and it had lovely wooden floors, and there was plenty of space to run around inside,  not that you are allow to do this :( .  I ordered a fluffy and apricot white chocolate muffin and mummy had a tea and nana had a louise cake and boring hot water. 

The man who served us was very nice and the fluffy came very quickly, it had beautiful hundreds and thousands on the top, was light and airy with a milky bottom.  Plus 2 marshmellows on the side but mum and nan ate those!  apparently I am not old enough yet? I loved the fluffy so much I had two oink, oink.

The muffin didn't look very exciting but was surprisingly yummy light and fluffy :)  I do wish they had chocolate cake or carrot cake because I like those the best and nana would like a cheesecake please.

Nana said there meals and especially the desserts are excellent in the evenings but I am a sleep by then so will not get to taste those :( but feel she could bring some home in a doggy bag for me next time.

Ratings
Fluffy *****
Muffin ***
Service *****
Atmosphere ****
Over all enjoyment ****

All rating are out of five

Check out what it looks like at the web below, oh yes the bridge that goes across the river by the stone store is great, I ran across it at least 5 times, nana and mum looked abit tired by the end.

http://www.thepeartree.co.nz/

A Cuddle for Little Duck by Claire Freedman

A Cuddle for Little Duck

I thought I would tell you about my favourite book for this week.  I love this book so much because it has lovely colourful big pictures and the story is about a little duck that loves her mummy soooo much, like me.  It also rhymes so sounds nice when my mum reads it to me :).   I would love to see this book in cafes for my cafe friends to enjoy thanks :). Oh yes mum said you can get it at http://www.bookdepository.com/, ask your mum or dad first though otherwise I will get in trouble.

Rating *****