Whilst it has been a long time between posts, it hasn't been a long time between breakfasts. We/i have just been lazy. And busy. And often we head back to the old tried and trusted breakfast establishments due to location, familiarity, whatever. But mostly I continue to snap away with my camera and don't get around to posting. Sorry to all our dedicated fan/s*.
I went to Amsterdam Street Cafe (no website it would seem but they tweet) a couple of months ago with my wonderful friends Todd and KT, who are old breakfast pros. Due to a busy schedule we had an ultra early Saturday morning breakfast, so I can't say how busy this place gets on weekends but it wouldn't surprise me if they got very full indeed. Positioned next to some awesome street art in the part of Richmond that almost encroaches into South Yarra, this cafe is rocking a red semi-retro theme but it doesn't try too hard. It features lots of lovely natural light, old stools, great tables with embedded red tiles, bare lighting and lots of recycled wood used in their bar area and storage cupboards.
Coffee: All my shots were rubbish, but it was so good I had to take one for the road! As you can see in the above picture they use Bonsoy which is a favourite amongst we soy devotes.
KT opted for the classic croissant with home made jam which was fresh and buttery as you would expect. Todd also went with the classics and had poached eggs on toast with bacon. Eggs cooked very nicely, slight singe on the toast though. Still you could hardly notice that when you check out how nicely that bacon is cooked. Now I don't eat meat and haven't done so for years but I certainly remember and recognise perfectly cooked bacon. Kudos to the chefs of Amsterdam.
Being the total wild-child** that I am, I went for something crazy and different, which was the breakfast burrito - with scrambled eggs, spinach, mushrooms and chilli-jam mayo. Do I need to emphasise how brilliant that is? CHILLI JAM MAYO OMGZ! It was pretty world rocking. Slightly heavy on the mushrooms for my tastes but the beauty of mushrooms is that they're easy to pick out.
Overall a very enjoyable breakfast experience, looking forward to returning. Also staff were friendly and chilled out. I had to think hard to come up with a slightly singed piece of toast and the mushroom-to-rest-of-burrito-ratio slightly off (for my personal tastes anyway) to pick on, so it's a definite recommendation to get yourself down to Amsterdam Street Cafe if you're around the Richmond area.
*Love you Mum xx
** no for real, I mean it
