T-Bar Tea Salon, Rundle Mall and Central Markets

To celebrate 'almost-spring' on Saturday (warm breeze, short sleeves, and that 'almost-spring' shift in the air, after a cold, wet winter), I had an iced tea from one of my favourite cafes in Adelaide, T-Bar. Green iced tea with lemon. Usually it has a smokey quality, or am I getting it confused with the black iced tea? Proper tea, anyway, not sugary, weak pretend-tea in a bottle. This is the good stuff. Okay, their vego options aren't extensive - a bap with pumpkin, feta, pesto, snow pea sprouts and sun-dried tomatos; and a falafel salad. If you're at the Rundle Mall shop, make sure you ask for the falafel salad to come with the green tossed salad and the cous cous salad, otherwise it's just lettuce, tomato and onion, though at the Central Market they do a good tossed salad with it already. But their tea selection is to die for. As are their Portuguese tarts - I adore these little flaky custard tarts, so much better than the stody bland bakery version - these are light and laced with cinnamon with a slightly caramelised top, and as Portuguese tarts go, these are far and away the best on offer in Adelaide. And if you're going, also try the green tea smoothie - slightly bitter, slightly sweet, and cold, fantastic in summer. Roll on warm weather!

You can check out their teas here
http://www.tbar.com.au/home