Hands down, this is the best place to get your coffee and BB in Broadway. Merchants of Ultimo is a cute little indoor imitation piazza with a few different kids of authentic Italian fare available around a central seating area. The vendor at the front with all the crowd-attracting eye candy is a baker with a windowful of beautifully decorated cakes and pastries. Also, a little less front-and-centre, some BB. The BB is pretty spectacular – the loaf is enormous and has both halves of a whole banana sliced lengthways along the top. One slice of this behemoth is the biggest portion of BB I’ve ever had. The only problem with trying to down half a kilo of BB for brekkie is that you can really tell how fresh it is. The slightest bit of dryness, amplified over that much quantity, really becomes hard to swallow. Fortunately, 95% of the time, the BB is excellent and pretty much constitutes my food intake for the whole day. The coffee is also excellent and provides a good, strong flavour that very nicely complements all that BB. If it’s raining outside and I’m not venturing forth anywhere new, this is definitely my go-to. Certified fresh.
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BB: 1