Such good food - such good coffee. The standouts:
The Moroccan Soup Bar - situated in North Fitzroy, when a friend suggested it, I had to get on-line to check reviews. I was a bit cynical I admit about a place that had soup in the title, even though I love soup. What I found on the internet were unequivocal raves about the place, which it totally lived up to. It's hard to quantify exactly what is so appealing about this place and I tried - I took a poll with all the people I was with. The results?
The line snaking out the door, so that if you get in you feel like one of the chosen people. Really.
The spoken menu - nothing written.
The attention to personal detail - food intolerances, allergies all catered for.
The ambience - cluttered, warm, bright inviting colours, rickety chairs so you feel like you've been invited to someone elses house.
An owner that obviously feels passionately about what she does.
The price! 20 bucks for a banquet that included 4 extremely delicious courses and was so massive that we were in danger of exploding. I had to go for a walk in the middle of it.
Atomica - Brunswick St, Fitzroy.
I'd never been to Atomica before but what I found was great coffee (their own blend), a comprehensive menu with some good sweet and some good savoury, good service despite crowding, a communal table that was great to sit at. I had some french toast with caremalised bananas and pecan crunchiness that was the bomb.
Marios - Brunswick St, Fitzroy.
I always go to Marios to feel like a local. They've been there forever, the food is always consistent (not fantastically innovative or anything, but nice), the coffee is lovely, the service is soooo quick and I love the gruff waiters in their ties, waistcoats and aprons, they do breakfast all day and you can bet your bippy you'll run into someone vaguely famous there. Not Tomkat sadly, but still, Spicks and Specks is pretty good.
Babka - Brunswick St, Fitzroy. Are we detecting a theme here?
Oh. My. God. What can I say about Babka that hasn't already been said? The BEST croissants, baked yummy things ever. The smell. The warmth. There's always a queue to buy baked stuff or to get a table. Locals come prepared with a paper and take up a posi against the wall until they get a seat. I got up super early (for me)(on Saturday) and headed down to share a table with a complete stranger and it was soooo worth it as I tucked into my citrussy blintz filled with cottage cheese. YUm!
Cafe Bedda - High St in Northcote.
So good! Italian never tasted so fresh and clean.
Starters: Warm olives, (yuk I thought, but promptly changed my mind when I ate them), eggplant fritters, pork and fennel sausages - yum!
Mains: I had some soft pillowy gnocchi in tomato sugo with scattered basil leaves - so simple. Awesome.
Great desserts: a twice baked chocolate souffle that looked like heaven!!! I had cannoli and coffee and felt all italian.
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