Fluffy Torpedo
is an
upgraded take
on a timeless classic.
Fluffy Torpedo’s Smith Street location was designed and built by owners, Cherry Rainflower and Adam Semple.
The pine (wood) found in the walls and floor of the previous tenancy was recycled and reused to make the furniture inside Fluffy Torpedo. This pine has existed inside this building for over twenty years, and will continue to do so for what we hope to be at least another twenty.
The glass topped bench seat is built to withstand the weight of a tiny sized car or eight extra large and extra squishy bums.
The floor consists of exactly 200kgs of sour strap lollies, hand laid over five days. Upon careful inspection, one may see the occasional bite mark, representative of the seeking of sustenance over the aforementioned five day journey, or perhaps the bites may be considered part of a practice in self control and sustained moderation.
The straps were then covered with 500L of epoxy resin. If you happened to walk by the store when this process was carried out you may have mistook the circumstances before your eyes as a travelling circus show in the throws of last minute rehearsal, alas, this was not the case, but indeed the very difficult process of walking over sour strap lollies without them sticking to your shoes all the whilst racing against the clock of a quickly setting two part epoxy.
The ceiling is high-gloss orange.
All various artefacts and sculptures were made by Cherry and Adam (unless otherwise stated).
One day we’ll figure out exactly how many dots we painted on this gigantic canvas we made with left over recycled pine.
Until then, you can continue to guess, or just make one of these lovely paintings yourself.
Our menu has been described as, “a wall-length patchwork tapestry”. Embroidered with quality cotton, onto linen that is made in Victoria.
Each flavour has it’s own little plaque, the collection of plaques continue to grow as we continue to explore the wide open space of flavours between the experimental and the classic. Upside down plaques indicate “sold out”.
These are hand-made bead bags to store our stainless steel tasting sticks.
The chandelier in our kitchen is made from
the plastic drop sheets we used to protect the white enamel walls from the orange enamel paint
whilst painting the ceiling precariously balancing on a
not-suitable-for-the-job ladder.