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Shop 391, Westfield Shopping Centre, Chatswood
Open Mon. – Sun. 8am – 4pm
Chatswood Station

Flower Child Cafe

Bringing the Outdoors In

Designed to simulate a Victorian conservatory, with City restaurant, coffee roastery and bakery complex
a framework of ornate steelwork and glass, tessellated in Sydney’s CBD.
tile floor, wicker dining chairs, and an abundance of Chef Nick Jovicki, formerly of Merivale and restaurant
hanging flower baskets, Flower Child Cafe offers a de- Wildfire at Circular Quay, designed a menu filled with pretty
lightful retreat where customers can appreciate both but wholesome food bedecked with edible flowers. Photogen-
culinary delights and the beauty of the space itself – even ic favorites include the Flower Child French Toast, with ba-
though it’s situated deep inside a large modern shopping nana, mascarpone, dark-chocolate crumb, fresh berries and
mall in Sydney suburb of Chatswood. salted toffee. Just as Instagram-worthy is the deceptively
Founders Chris Lu and Adam Choker aimed to create simple-sounding fruit salad, which includes compressed
a space where customers would forget where they were by pineapple, lychee, freeze-dried raspberries and yogurt sorbet.
bringing the beauty of the outdoors in and aiming to create Some menu items, such as burgers, sandwiches and
an environment that would transport them from the stark- acai bowls, are available to take away. Pastries, bread
ly lit, contrived atmosphere of a shopping center to some- and coffee (including cold drip and pour-over) are by
thing that’s more natural. To create the atmosphere they The Grounds.
desired for Flower Child Cafe they enlisted Caroline Chok- Besides using flowers for food presentation and de-
er of ACME, the design studio also responsible for the el- sign, Flower Child also gives a nod to the original “flower
egant, old-world charm of The Grounds. children” of the ’60s, who walked the streets of San Fran-
The pair also run the Happy as Larry Pizza Truck cisco gives out flowers to brighten up people’s days. At
that appears in several locations around Sydney, and Flower Child, customers are presented with tiny flowers
Choker’s brother, Ramsay, runs The Grounds of the with their coffee, and with the bill.

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