Good soil + strawberries and herbs + pig face + myoporum purpureum + succulent/cacti + paint a beautiful colour (with excellent surface preparation). All and any of those will take interesting but ordinary, which you currently have, to gorgeous and eyecatching. Go for it! May the force be with you! ;-)

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Nice inspiration pics telperien, something like the laser cut panels & greenery would look great & break up the long expanse of grey block wall. If you like colour glennjo then rendering the wall in your favourite colour with maybe 3 spaced charcoal screen panels would look fun too! Or if you want to make the space into a seating area it could be a pretty inviting place to rest out of the sun (add privacy from neighbours too) with the addition of a sail or roof!

consider the standard sealer that's used for concrete floor like Crommelin brand but you should contact the manufacturers directly to ask about application and safety for a food preparation area and, much as i love the idea of the exposed concrete, ..i wonder if the less than smooth surface of the tilt up walls would have small holes that will collect dust and grease that would be difficult to clean despite the sealer