Isabella’s

The first stop over on our trav­els – Irma’s house in Cen­tu­rion (Gaut­eng province).  After a quick bite to eat and some catch­ing up with every­one, she informed me that she had a spe­cial assign­ment to take care of.  Believe it or not, her daugh­ter that is in the USA asked her to pick up a few sur­prises for a very spe­cial friend.  How roman­tic?  We had to go and get a cup­cake, some sparkles and a few other birth­day sur­prises.  So off we went to a quaint lit­tle strip mall around the cor­ner from her house.

This is where we find a delight­ful lit­tle Cof­fee shop called Isabella’s.  It is taste­fully dec­o­rated in a pink candy stripe paired with black damask.  More than just a few lovely chan­de­liers cast a wel­come glow over the inte­rior.  A warm wel­come from the owner and a few sug­ges­tions as to the cup­cake keep us busy for a while.  Nat­u­rally we can­not help but note the cakes on the display.  We end up mak­ing a new friend and promptly decide to have some of the lovely fare.  Who can resist deca­dent cake and foam cappuccino’s?

   
Our plates arrive with fresh roses dusted with icing sugar – nice touch!  

The foun­tain out­side attracts 2 lit­tle girls who get rid of their shoes and splash around in the water.  While I’m enjoy­ing the treat, my eyes wan­der to the rest of the inte­rior.  Just like I expected – not a sin­gle nook has gone with­out a lot of thought & atten­tion given.  A gem where sim­ply every­thing makes you want to linger longer.

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