SOCIAL HIDEOUT - Instagram nirvana

WHERE: Inner city area of Waterloo.

 WHY: For the most Instagrammable food you are likely to find anywhere in the harbour city.

 MVP: The Taro Hotcakes ticks all the right boxes when it comes to Instagram. The plating is beautiful and precise, the colours are kaleidoscopic, and the textures are alluring. Thankfully, it tastes great as well, with the sweetness of the gorgeous fluffy hotcakes and black sesame ice cream balanced nicely by the tartness of the various fruits and edible flowers. However, I'm guessing the inclusion of so many types of fruit (strawberry, dragonfruit, mango, blackberry, raspberry) is more colour palette-related than a function of their taste.

 WTF: Ice cream atop the Taro Hotcakes is not exactly healthy breakfast eating.

 IN A NUTSHELL: One of the prettiest and most well-decorated cafes in Sydney, Social Hideout is a must for Instagrammers. The wall mural featuring an iconic Audrey Hepburn image should have you whipping out your camera in a heartbeat, but if not, then the 'Hello Gorgeous' neon sign on a wall of flowers surely will. Couple the quirky decor with the most colourful food imagineable, and you have an Instagrammer's dream.

Taro Hotcakes

The Green Frenchy





SOCIAL HIDEOUT
Shop 4/5/25-33 Allen St, Waterloo NSW 2017
02 8677 5226
http://www.socialhideout.com.au/

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