Tita is a bustling Filipino cafe from the beloved Donut Papi team. The Illawarra Road spot brings hearty silogs and a contender for Sydney's best breakfast muffin to the Inner West. Kenneth Rodrigueza, Karen Rodrigueza-Labuni and Christopher Palamara created Tita (Filipino for aunt or aunty as) a homely love letter to Filipino breakfast, with a fun colourful fit-out and more of the Donut Papi crew's signature sweet treats. The core of the Tita menu is the silogs, a classic Filipino breakfast plate made up of sinangag (garlic fried rice), a fried egg, pickled green papaya and mixed veggies with your choice of protein. There's the longsilog featuring the spiced Filipino longganisa sausage; the tapsilog, which pairs the rice with soy and garlic-marinated beef strips, and tocilog; bringing a sweet char siu-style pork belly to the fold. If the silogs are the star of the show, the breakfast sandwiches are a standout supporting cast. In place of your standard English muffin, the Tita team has made their muffins from pandesal, a sweeter bread reminiscent of a dinner roll. This is paired with a range of fillings including the longganisa which returns on the signature sambo alongside egg, cheese, banana ketchup and mayo. There's also a deluxe spam muffin and an egg, cheese and hashbrown variety for the non-meat eaters. Plus, you'll find sides like cheesy chismosa chips, queso chicken nuggets and pork spring rolls. Then there's the doughnuts and other sweet treats. Tita is the only spot in Marrickville where you'll find bibngka basque cheesecake wrapped in banana leaves, or pandalisa filled with Tuyo (dried herring) and topped with Everything Bagel seasoning. There's plenty of ube to be found on the menu as well, including ube soft serve, ube cheesecake, ube lamingtons and and ube affogato. Gabrielle Coffee is providing the beans behind the more traditional brews, which are served alongside a couple of Filipino-inspired drinks like the Manila latte — a mix of iced vanilla latte and condensed milk.
