I have made my trip up North today to a place called Ceres Community Environmental Park for a late lunch with my mate. We took the 96 tram from Bourke street and stopped at the last stop which is corner of Nicholson street and Blyth Street, Brunswick East. The trip took around 15'. Then we walked toward the centre, we saw this sign, and we followed it.
I have heard about this cafe before. Infact, I knew this centre Ceres which is a good place for "green people". For a beautiful 23 Celsius degree which chill wind, I have no excuses to not making a visit, especially with a support from my friend Bi. We had a really walk from the tram station to the centre. We found our way down to the cafe which is located near the end of the centre. You must walk through all 'the nursery', 'the dam', see some chickens in the 'chook area'. We kept following all signs and push through a gate to go through the 'Ed Office' and found a beautiful court-yard cafe area.
I have ordered myself a $10 'soup of the day' and a Ceres organic chai which is so beautiful. The soup is made from roasted pumpkins with carrot, onions, potato, coriander and other lovely herbs which I can not tell. The tea was such a good choice to go along with as the herbal flavours from the drink has added on the soup which is still lingering on my toung on the trip back to town.
Despite of their 80% of the ingredients are organic produced, also cooked straight from their kitchen, there is not any other places can beat their unique ambiance. It is a very peaceful place for city slickers to get away from all car's horns, tram bells, train track's sound. Simplicity, we can step away from the modern designed cafe and have a nice and comfortable place to take our kids with us (there is space for them to run and play) safely. Quitely we can listen to the birds and feel the chill from the wind treat us in a warm day. Such a unique experiences which I have not had before. (There is another garden cafe near the end of Alexandra Venue - Toorak which I have visited before, but the crowd, the food hasn't made the ambiance the same as how I feel here. At Ceres Cafe, it has brought my memories back to the old time when I visited the country of Victoria and see things are in 2 colours - green from the trees and blue from the sky)
Ceres cafe staff have stated that they will compost all organic waste, recycle plastic and paper waste and send waste water to an on-site grey water treatment system. The kitchen uses solar eletricity and rain water, collected off the roof, which is stored in the tanks before being heated by a solar hot water system for use in washing up
Ceres is a friendly community centre, they has cafe, and there is an organic market on Wednesday and Friday 9am to 2pm; and a Bike Group workshop on Friday, Sat from 11am to 5pm. So if you are a local around the area, take a bike ride to Ceres, stop for a cafe, fix your bike, shop all the gourmet organic fruits and vegies in this Spring.
For those who likes to know more about Ceres here visit their website www.ceres.org.au
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