Revolver Cafe (Annandale) 25 Feb 2012

Famous among the locals and many beyond, this cafe has a charming ambienace and fascinating history which revolves around its ressurection by a devoted groups of family and friends. The result is welcoming, cosy yet chic decor with a chocie of inside, window or footpath tables. We chose the window. Not that you have much choice. This is another one of those dreaded "sorry, we don't take bookings" establishments that are unfortunately becoming de rigueur in Sassy Sydney.

Any anxieties, however, were quickly allayed by the charming and genuine waiter who also turned out to be the owner. Such attention and care would prove to be the hallmark of our stay. We even met 'mum'! In short, excellent service.

Food? Well, I'll let our indidividual rankings explain.

We all agreed we'd be back and it is true to say that our dispositions throughout brunch and as we left were matched by the refreshingly sunny sky.

Quiz Results: 13/15. Better than expected, given the odd questions this week. Sal saved us again from total shame.

BRAD: I loved the frappes (they use frozen fruit rather than ice). Loved the sound of the menu but my suaerkraut and organic suasage didn't quite work. Too much rocket also let this dish down somewhat. The poached egg was welcome though. I loved the service and place itself but was a little disappointed with the food. Trying too hard?! 3 1/2 gholden eggs.

SAL: Yes Brad is right the Frappes were excellent. My smoked trout was good, a little less is more could have been applied with this dish and a touch of lime juice would have made it. Great service, the guy who wrote my name on a wait list - said "I'll call you when your table is ready" with an old Mum in the car this is what I call service. Full marks for service, but food needs work, ambience was very Annandale. 3 1/2 golden eggs from me this week.

ANDREW: Gosh, I've forgotten. But I think I concur with my esteemed bclubbers. 3.5 out of 5. Just remember it was a really fun morning!

Mint Cafe Crown St Surry Hills

Brunch club was up and firing this sunny(finally!!) Saturday morning with a return to one of our favourite Sydney brunch spots, the lovely Mint Cafe in Surry hills.

Although it is small & so always full & can be noisy, it always serves great food with a great look and great exotic tinged tastes. Interestingly, the cafe will be converted into a bar by next year but ill apparently still be open for sat brunch if you're all interested.

We had a wonderful waitress who had great spunk and personality and told us at one point when we were seated outside but wanted to move inside not to worry because she was in charge here.

We had a great time today, joined by Sal's ma Jean and upon arrival noticed another brunch club guest Mark "tossie' was already brunching at Mint. What a coincidence especially since the last time we came here Mark was one of our guests.

Many belly laughs as usual especially when Brad, who has been made vice principal of Wesley college at Sydney University (we now call him 'vice toss'), described how he had an invitation to the official Sydney University opening ceremony dinner for 2012 and as he started to describe the pomp and circumstance of such an event I cheekily asked; 'Is it part of the Mardi gras festival?'
We had a bit of a shocker with the quiz this morning. Missed some sitters like 'Who was born Margaret Hilda Roberts' and we had just been talking about 'The Iron Lady' film. Also see Jean's comment below for the other question we missed. Only 11/15
ANDREW SAYS: 5 GOLDEN EGGS Love it. Have loved it ever since my cousin Sophie Harper introduced me to this place maybe about 10 years ago. The scrambled eggs with fetta and mint was so delicious
SAL SAYS: Loved the waitress
BRAD SAYS: He's gone already on vice toff duties and to prepare for his big ceremony.
JEAN SAYS: Why didn't anyone listen to me when I told them Israel was the country which offered Einstein a Presidency in the 50s.

Plunge Cafe 46 Lackey Street Summer Hill

The Summer Hill village is alive with coffee shops and Saturday morning shoppers, newspaper readers and a busker. Brunch club had the full complement of the club this morning the first for the year, welcome home Brad. We had the pleasure of Vic, David, and Jean join us as our guests this morning.

Plunge cafe is in the heart of the Summer Hill village, it has a brisk buzzy atmosphere - one minus is the it's noisy for the deaf! 

Lovely friendly and efficient service - great girls on the job. Good coffee's and the food was delicious. 

Food was very good - corn and pea fritters and with avocado, tomato relish and poached eggs was

great I rate this one highly.

QUIZ: This morning's quiz was quite  tough, 12.5!!

SAL:  A great spot - relaxed very good service and food, with a make over of the interior it would rate very highly. Four golden eggs from me this morning.

ANDREW: Love Plunge. Can't wait for the renos to be seen. 4.5 Golden ones.


THE GRANDPARENTS: Just like our new Grandson, we love this Summer Hill cafe.

BRAD:

Palace Pantry and Cafe corner Palace and Brighton Streets, Petersham

Brunch Club kicked of 2012 in this excellent small cafe in the back streets of Petersham today missing one of members who away delivering a paper in Canberra today. However, we where fortunate to have two other family members join us today, Granny Bear and Susan Jane.

Across the road from this spot is an excellent fashion outlet called The Back Room - Granny Bear and Susan Jane were missing from the table having a quick browse whilst breakfast was cooking!!

An old corner store building a great spot for brekkie. Food was delicious, home made breads - rice noodle rye bread was particularly good. Poached eggs, (slightly overdone) bacon, hash browns mushrooms - a goats chees omlette that was yummy and Uncle Andy's big breakfast looked great. Today we were celebrating Andrew's new nephew Jude David. A very cute little man who has just arrived home.

QUIZ: 13/15 so a good start to the year obviously missing Brad for top marks.

SAL: Really enjoyed this morning, service was good, food was good 4 Golden Eggs.

ANDREW: Loved it. It's wonderful to be back doing brunch club again despite the absence of one of our founders. And it's exciting to have gained a nephew who I hope will one day attend brunch with us. 4.5 Golden Eggs.

GRANNY BEAR & SUSAN JANE: We're already off to the shop over the road. We both loved it though & we both have a reputation for being hard to     please women.