Showing posts with label Ecological. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ecological. Show all posts

Mar 21, 2015

Chez Madame - unfortunately closed for the time being


Chez Madame has wonderfully big panoramic windows. Even though you're inside it feels light and spacious, but there are a lot of outside seats as well. Even non-smokers can enjoy the long outside-benches as the area towards Falsterbogatan is a non-smoking area.

My favorite cake is Skördekakan (The Harvest Cake). Everything is baked in the café and if you have special requests, the staff are happy to help. For example, if a family wants plain buns with butter for their kids, that can easily be arranged.

What is really awesome about this place is their brunch where everything is vegetarian. There are things like Scones, French Toast or Greek Yoghurt with fruits. You get to choose whatever you like from a menu and each plate costs 45 kr. Coffee included. Affordable, tasty and irresistible! Get  there in time or visit the second serving. One idea is to gather four or more friends and each order one brunch alternative. You may then share like a "brunch tapas".



Some info
Americano 25
Three breakfast options
50/75/90 kr
Served 9-11
Brunch 45 kr/ plate (two are more than enough)
Served each weekend 10-14
Wi-Fi - Yes

Getting there
Monday closed
Tue-Fri: 9-18
Sat-Sun: 10-17
040-611 70 09


Feb 19, 2015

Melvins


Have new new owners since December and it is St. Jakob's bakery in Lund, who runs the place. Lucky Malmö! St. Jakob is the best café in Lund. They will keep the name Melvin though. Here you can buy leaven bread and wonderful Mazarins to take home. Or stay for fika. The carrot cake is still from Olof Viktors. Why change a winning recipe? The cardamom buns sell the best. There are Kokostoppar too, with or without dark chocolate.

If you like warm chocolate, then I really recommend the variation they serve here. Made with foamed milk and pieces of real chocolate. The coffee is from Koppi in Helsingborg, who only deal with plantations which do not ruin any rainforest. The tea is replaced with Prime Tea from Lund, with flavors like Leopard Snow Buds, a green tea.


Otherwise, all is as it used to be. After deciding what to eat and drink, I can sit down and start relaxing. In a little while my order is brought to the table. And I feel taken care of, which is why this is such a popular place for fika.


Some info
Americano 28
Several breakfasts to choose from:
Continental breakfast 70 kr
Big breakfast115
Wi-Fi - Yes

Getting here
Skvadronsgatan 16
Mon-Fri 8-6
Sat-Sun 9.30-5
Telephone 040-26 12 12
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Website
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Jan 26, 2015

Lilla Kafferosteriet


The scent that meets you when you open the green wooden doors, is seducing. The reason for this might be that there has been a coffee roastery here before. In 2006 there was almost only Espresso House to visit for people in Malmö who wanted fika. Filip Åkerblom then decided to start a local roastery where coffee would be served as well. This turned into Lilla Kafferosteriet, situated in a yellow 17th century building on Baltzarsgatan. He thought that knowledge about coffee was very limited at the time and wanted to increase the knowledge among people in general. But first he himself needed to get entirely educated. For several years Filip Åkerblom travelled to meet coffee planters in Central and South America. Then later to Africa and now lately to Asia. Next week's destination is Indonesia.

In the beginning the roastery lay in the café, like an open kitchen in a restaurant, but then it got too big. Therefore the shop next door was bought and the roastery and shop moved over there. But soon this was not large enough either. So now the roastery is down in the harbour. Together with a coffee school. People from all over the world come here to learn about coffee. A fun fact is that it was Filip who wrote the rules for the World Cup in coffee brewing!, a competition that was last held in Rimini, Italy.


The customers also get educated. For each filter coffee there is one refill, and in that way we get to flavor different blends. Maybe someone will dare try a lightly roasted coffee, if one first have tried medium roast. But the most important thing is that everyone should feel welcome and that there are no no-noes. Like for example - pouring milk in the coffee. Even though it is nice when someone in the clientele discovers that there are coffee qualities with very little tannin acid (grown on the lowlands in Brazil), where milk is not needed.

The pastries are carefully chosen, like the Cardamom bun from the bakery around the corner, the bread from Organic bakery and the Carrot cake from Olof Victor's out on Österlen. The café itself has many smaller rooms (you might get lost) with eclectic furniture. It is a little like coming home to an old aunt on the country side. If you sit down, you might have trouble getting up again. So cozy.

Filip does not want to get too big, but it seems he has difficulties to stop expanding. Next year he will open a coffee bar close to the new Concert Hall - Malmö Live.


Some info
Americano 26
Breakfast 60
Served all day
Brunch or Scanian breakfast buffé 95
Served Sat 10-13 & Sun 11-14
Wi-Fi - No

Getting here
Baltzarsgatan 24 A
Mon-Fri 8-19
Sat 10-17
Sun 11-17
040 - 48 20 00
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Oct 14, 2014

Green Queen




This healthy café is run by Ika and Ove on the outskirts of Möllan. The café itself doesn't have a lot of seats but you may sit outside by some tables, though bare in mind that Nobelvägen might get a bit noisy during the day. If that is the case, then you can always head over to the beautiful Jesus park, which has a perfectly fine lawn that makes great for sitting on as well as the fact that you've got a great view over the park.

One of my friends asked if there were any pastries without gluten at this café. The thing is that all pastries are baked without flour because Ika doesn't believe in processed food. The pastries don´t even contain white sugar but they do contain a lot of different variations of nuts, seeds as well as chocolate. I personally chose a very delicious Snickerboll and my friend picked out a Raw chocolate lavender cheesecake for herself.

Green Queen also happens to have an espresso machine, which makes perfect coffee if you want good tasting coffee. But I would really advice you to try their healthy Smoothies or the Raw Shakes when you're here. I actually asked Ika what she would recommend for me who have had a cold for about a week and she advised me to try out the " To bee or not to bee ", which contains buckthorn and be pollen and some other goodies. I'm not sure if it was a coincidence but the very next morning I woke up full of energy and I literally jumped out of my bed without my horrible cold! :)


Some info
Americano 26
Brunch on Sundays
There are two brunches:
One Raw food and the other one a bit more traditional with scones.
Wifi - Yes

Getting there
Nobelv 30/Simrishamnsg 42
Mon 11-18
Closed Tuesdays
Wed-Thu 11-18
Fri-Sun 11-16.30
070-694 53 12
Website