As warm and inviting as it’s owners Jane and Andrew, Tallow & Thyme is a cute and quaint spot in Braddon to enjoy a wholesome meal prepared with love, alongside a warm cuppa while watching the day go by.

The menu is fresh and light, and is great for the health-conscious or those with dietary requirements. As well as the café menu, the cafe offers ready-made meals and stocks a range of pantry items from specialty brands, and the team can even work with you to develop a personalised meal plan!

“The Tallow & Thyme philosophy is simple. It’s all about wholefoods, healthy fats and traditional cooking,” Jane explains.

“Tallow is what we cook our chips in, it’s rendered beef fat and one of the most stable fats at high heat. It’s full of healthy saturated fats, which are good for you. Our grandparents used to use tallow, so it goes back to a bygone era, when food was more natural.

“The thyme represents the flavoring we use in house – herbs and spices, and also greens.”

After having heard only great things about the variety of options available we couldn’t wait to sink our teeth into the dishes that Jane and Andrew had hand picked for us, and hear the story behind each dish and what makes them tasty and unique.

A concurring theme was letting the ingredients speak for themselves and purposeful elements integrated into each dish to improve health and wellness. Many of which are made gluten free, preservative free, dairy free, grain free, refined sugar free and seed oil free. They are made only from healthy fats, free range/grass fed meats, fresh fruit and vegetables, herbs, spices, nuts and seeds. Best of all, pretty much everything is made fresh in house!

“We support the little guys where possible,” Andrew says.

“We use Jordo’s Chop Shop for all our meats, he has grass-fed, free-range meat and bacon; and the fruit and veg comes from a local supplier; while our eggs come from a small supplier called Bush Chick Eggs, they’re just out at Sutton. That’s a real micro business and the eggs are collected in the morning and delivered to us before 9am. They’re that fresh.”