The Two Wolves: Community Cantina 202 Broadway
(Cnr Broadway and City Rd down Grafton Lane)
Chippendale, Sydney
The Two Wolves is a volunteer-driven social enterprise eatery & bar. Everyone is welcome here and you certainly do feel this.There is a great vibe about the place and also a "warmth". The décor is bright and quirky.
Take the time to look around as there are some really amazing pictures that show you a history of what the people at The Two Wolves contribute to. It is bright and feels as if the place has been there a while.
The food here really is fantastic and plentiful and they feature many different dishes in their rotating menu. It is also affordable, hearty and authentic.
The menu is simple street food that has been derived from their network of friends around the world.We started with Pope Francis's spicy empanadas that lived up to their name and these stuffed pastries were packed full of flavour. They were accompanied with a tasty colourful salsa. Sir loves empanadas and had quite a few of these.
Next was Sister Hien's bun thit nuong which is a tasty pork and noodle salad dish.
Being great fans of all kinds of noodles - and these were rice vermicelli noodles - Sir and Mlady thought that this was a good healthy, hearty and very tasty dish.
It was packed with flavour and extremely vibrant too.
Being great fans of all kinds of noodles - and these were rice vermicelli noodles - Sir and Mlady thought that this was a good healthy, hearty and very tasty dish.
It was packed with flavour and extremely vibrant too.
The Vietnamese Chicken, lemongrass and sweet potato curry was a really flavoursome meal. Everything about this dish was just so yummy.
The combination of the sweet potato - and being in a curry with the Vietnamese Chicken - yummo!
Mlady had quite few servings of this.
The combination of the sweet potato - and being in a curry with the Vietnamese Chicken - yummo!
Mlady had quite few servings of this.
The Korean Fried Chicken had an OMG and WOW factor. How many Korean Fried Chicken's are too many for a person to have? Mlady had 4. Sir had - well quite a few more than that. This was a very popular meal. A lovely carafe of sangria was also on the table. The Sevenhill Inigo Grenache 2013 and Sevenhill Inigo Riesling 2014 also went extremely well.
Then it was on to aloo gobi
masala. This is a spiced cauliflower and potatoes vegetarian dish.
We do love a great vegetarian dish - especially Mlady.
It had great flavours and spices which makes it fragrant and mouth-watering.
All these wonderfully flavoured and tasty dishes were accompanied with a generous serving of Steamed Jasmine Rice. This went really well as we all know that Jasmine rice is great for soaking up delicious sauces.
For Dessert we had black sticky rice with mango and coconut.What can we say about this? Seriously this would have to be one of best desserts EVER! Mlady has a passion for this and having the dessert teamed with mango - one of her favourite fruits - Mlady unabashedly finished the plate it was served on!
Eton Mess was our next delicious dessert. This dessert always conjures up a group of Eton scholars walking with a pavlova, dropping it and then frantically trying to put all the pieces back together again. How good does an Eton mess look and how good does it taste? Sir and Mlady thoroughly enjoyed this. Sir even had seconds!
The Two Wolves: Community Cantina is very much about community. Their dishes tell a story of the communities where their volunteers serve - places such as Thailand, Mexico, Micronesia, Cambodia, Ecuador, Nepal and Vietnam. It's the first commercial venture of The Cardoner Project which was founded by Fr David Braithwaite SJ - who we chatted with on the night. He's a pretty cool guy and clearly passionate about making a difference. Most of the staff here are volunteers. If you're interested in helping out by joining the Wolf Pack then Click Here for the volunteer form.
They have a decent bar list too - so it needn't be a dry night. Come along, eat good food in a great place, help a great cause and leave satisfied!
Sir and Mlady dined as guests of The Two Wolves: Community Cantina but made a donation to this very worthwhile not-for-profit project when leaving.
Big thanks to The Cardoner Project as well as Carla Monforte of Wasamedia for the invitation - and they donated their expertise as did so many others to help this project.
