Ken's Continental Is the Leafy New Neighbourhood Cafe From the Farmhouse and Bones Ramen Team
It's all about deli meats and daily delivered baguettes at this new lower-Bayswater Road spot.
Michael Mu Sung is taking over lower-Bayswater Road. If the Sydney restaurateur was content with opening two beloved venues on the Potts Point thoroughfare, nobody would blame him. But, instead, he's sprung forth with his third Potts Point opening — Ken's Continental.
This cafe and deli is located on a green leafy corner directly next to Mu Sung's Farmhouse and across the road from his second culinary child, Bones Ramen.
"When the space next door became available the opportunity was too good to resist, providing what we hope to be the perfect early morning and lunchtime compliment to our other two venues on the same street," Mu Sung says.
Ken's Continental operates as a classic inner-city cafe in the morning, with good coffee and a daily delivery of elite pastries from Lou Lou Boulangerie. If you're looking to nab a seat and get stuck into the day with something more substantial, you'll find a menu of brunch and lunch favourites centred around speciality deli meats.
The short and sweet menu of all-day breakfast consists of sandwiches and highlights from the deli — such as the breakfast muffin which combines folded eggs, gruyere and chorizo from Whole Beast Butchery. Beyond breakfast, the signature sambo piles mortadella, rocket, pickled Turkish chlilies and plum relish on a Lou Lou baguette. And it is superb.
There's also yellow pea pancakes topped with soft-boiled eggs, herb salad, avocado and jamon; black pudding with fried eggs; and a charcuterie plate with the best meat, cheese, pickles and olives from the deli counter.
Speaking of, this open glass counter is the first thing you'll notice as you walk into the Parisian-inspired space — accompanied by shelves of other take-home provisions on the walls. Here you can load up your home kitchen with all of the pancetta, sopressa, terrines, Pepe Saya butter and fresh baguettes you could ever wish for.
"We wanted to really place an emphasis on seasonality, provenance and reducing the amount of waste we create," says Riwaka. "Weather that be repurposing products from Bones Ramen to make pates, pickling the best of the season's fruit and vegetables for use later on in the year or tracking down great cured meats that make your heart sing."
Ken's Continental is open 7am–3pm Monday–Friday and 8am–3pm Saturday–Sunday at Shop 3, 40 Bayswater Road, Potts Point.
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