717 Rathdowne St, Carlton North; 03 9348 1276
The folks at Where's the Beef posted a good review of North a little while back, on the back of which I'd added it to the 'must try' list. Stories of throngs of like-thinkers over weekends meant I took up a Monday mid-morning opportunity to check it out.
As with so many cafes in this area, North offers a small space. White features strongly, both on the furniture and the walls, offset by black stencilled artwork. The cafe features a great window seat, which is at normal height (rather than a bench with stools), providing an extremely comfy place to sink into a bowled chair and swivel between perusing the blackboard menu and the goings-on of Rathdowne St outside.
On offer for the morning meal is their Champions Breakfast, involving boiled eggs and soldiers.
Oh yes, that's a trophy eggcup! I was tickled pink by this arrangement. The eggs and toast come with a fine, sweet tomato relish; the mushrooms are my own addition. There were plenty of soldiers to go around, and to be honest I was a little overwhelmed by two eggs; as a home-cooked dish it would never occur to me to make two. The only downer was that Egg #1 seemed stuck in the eggcup, so I couldn't take the shell out and start over with Egg #2. Happily I had been provided with a little spoon to tap the eggs open in the appropriate manner, so sufficed with doing that on the plate. A big plus about this dish over baked eggs is that the yolk stayed runny, so there was still plenty of dipping action even with Egg #2.
For a good precis of some of the other tempting dishes on offer at North, check Breakfast Out.
18 August, 2008
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That is one cute egg cup - what a shame you couldn't dislodge that first egg to make full use of it!
ReplyDeleteI think in the end I sort of wodged Egg #2 in on top, but it was a little too precarious for proper digging around with the toast soldiers!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, they're toast soldiers! From your picture I thought they were chunky chips. I haven't had toast soldiers since I was a wee tucker.
ReplyDeleteThey do really look like chips in that pic. Which would also be a good breakfast, in the right greasy spoon! Egg always tastes differently (ie better) when it's on a toast soldier.
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