Lite Bite

Dear Eddie, sorry it took me so long to create this post. Best of luck with your next endeavour. Lite Bite is now officially closed and has been replaced with Di Steffano.

@ 67 King Street, Newtown

This one's quite new to the strip. Less than a year new. I visited it when it first opened and was remembered ever since for being one of the first customers to enter the premise. As you can already guess, it's a cafe with a healthy angle to it. There's a couch and stools at front for customers to look out onto the street and some good sitting room on the inside.

I popped by in the wee hours of the morning hoping to grab a coffee for breakfast and a meal for lunch later on at work. I ordered a caramel latte and a lamb roll. Apparently it was too early for a lamb roll though, the owner hadn't even fired up the grill yet, but after a little communication confusion, he was more than happy to cook my order up so long as I was willing to wait.

I was. In the meantime we enjoyed a good chat. He'd just bought the place hoping to become his own boss and combine the two things he knew best and was passionate about most: hospitality and carpentry. He did a decent amount of the shop's woodwork and, due to his Vietnamese background, serves up Vietnamese roll inspired meals. Now, I say inspired because as you can already guess, lamb usually is not on that menu. There are a lot of other opinions besides and you can pick and choose what else you'd like in that roll of yours. For breakfast there are also your typical bacon and egg rolls and a series of healthy juices to tuck into.

The service was wonderful and the food was good and did the job. Definitely a good place to chill during the day and when looking for a "lite" meal.

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