Something 4 Jess

This unassuming small cafe in Abercrombie Street was a delightful surprise this morning. Art on the walls, a interesting menu using locally sourced produce from as far as the Blue Mountains was excellent. Service friendly and coffee was good.

The last gathering for a couple of months of the core brunch club team as Andrew heads off to the UK for a dose of Wimbleton, stawberries and champagne and importantly "the tennis" his obsession - that includes tickets to centre court!!! Brad and I will be left to carry on. So guests will be most welcome.

This morning I had Jeruselem artichoke puree with fresh date plum, braised zucinni, gold radish, pickled  turnips and mascapone on toast - and it was delicious. Fresh and very tasty - and the other standout was fresh green fig brushcetta with french tarragon, avocado puree, roasted red capsicum crispy speck and shaved pecorino also very good. And well priced.

Discussion this morning revolved around the media's fasination with the producer of the newest version of the Great Gatsby and the seemingly endless rounds of self promotion that are occuring.

The quiz was reasonable this morning scoring 17/20 which will suffice. 

SAL: Excellent I will come again - even though this is not a usual brunch club activity to repeat cafes this was so good I will be back - five golden eggs.

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Pavillon Beachfront Maroubra





 



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Farewell to the Bra..a fond farewell to Maroubra beach as brunch clubber Andrew is moving on from living here. A stunning autumn morning at the beach. Cafe was a bright modern light and airy spot perfect for beach watching.



The brekkie was good, Haveros Ranchos eggs were great. One of the delightful things about this cafe was the staff - mature girls who knew exactly when to ask whether more coffee was required - blond, surfie chicks without any attitude, just relaxed

and professional.

Very enjoyable.  Our Quizz efforts this morning were not great Brad was the saviour of the side getting most of the winning answers.

SAL:  I rated this highly - great location, really enjoyed my breakfast, staff were excellent. Four golden eggs

I will be coming back here - especially good for an out of town visitor.

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Lemonia - Booth Street Annandale

Lemonia was reviewed in the Herald as a Greek styled cafe - can't say there was too much in the way of Greek fare. However it was enjoyable. A little terrace with an outside area at the front and also deck out the back - lovely in the sun, however when it was getting abit too warm there was an extending shade blind - nice. We were joined by Janice this morning and it was good to catch up on her world.
Alot of discussion on the Baz Lurman interview about Gatsby, enough to put one off going to the film. Other cinema news - and a generally relaxed, newspaper reading type of brunch this morning.

Sal: I had the Aegean Omlette which was too large and slightly overcooked. Coffee wasn't great but the general ambience and service where good 3.5 golden eggs from me today.

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Australian National Museum, Canberra (4 May 2013)

Brunch Club on the road...

Whether it was a surge of patriotic fervour or the tug of distant friends, the brunch club, after touting the idea of Canberra last week, simply grasped the nettle and made it so.

Autumn in Canberra - hard to beat.

Perfect weather (sunny but crisp) and with no crowds to negotiate (is there ever in Canberra?) we went primarily for the view this week and so we ended up at the National Museum overlooking Lake Burley Griffin. Really more of a cafeteria than the sort of genuine cafe that we are used to, but we didn't mind getting up to order and when it came the food wasn't too bad. Indeed, it was perfect no fuss well cooked basics.

And all this was just the preface for a great weekend of adventures. But to find out about everything else you'll need to check out our new upcoming blog "brunchclubbersgowildinnationscapiltal.com"

RATINGS:

BRAD: Don't normally do this but went for the Big Brekkie this week and it was spot on. Everything cooked perfectly. Not too fancy but then again, neither is Canberra (Sorry, couldn't help making at least one Canberra joke!)  3 3/4 Golden Eggs

SAL: A marvellous Canberra morning - vivid blue sky, crisp clean air - invigorating. Brekky was good not overdone, small menu but well done.

ANDREW: