Devon Cafe – One Of Sydney’s Best Cafes, With Asian Fusion Food & Flaky Cronuts
Feature - Review, Food - Cafe, Overseas - Sydney
June 11, 2016
Devon on Danks has closed, and has opened a new cafe at Barangaroo. Devon Cafe at Surry Hills remain in operations. Friends scream for “Sakuma” all the time, while I think I must have had the cronut of my life here. (Sorry Dominique Ansel.) Devon Cafe is quite the bomb if you are looking for a café full on in terms of the unexpected. Owner Derek Puah and head chef Zach Tan (previously of Guillaume at Bennelong and Pier) helm the place, alongside pastry chef Markus Andrew with a resume from both Adriano Zumbo and Le Cordon Bleu.......
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