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Cafe Review- Creature of Habit- Springvale

I decided to go out for a morning Breakie on a Sunday morning. I was a bit lazy to drive far, so I wanted to try the Creature of Habit. Located conveniently in the Springvale homemaker (The one with Ikea, you can’t miss it!).

WIfi - Available (Also could use the Public Homemaker’s one)

Seating - 40 +

Service - Order from the counter. The staff were very attentive and quick to take away finished dishes (Which is a stark difference from the bad reviews it received from zomato. But then, it was 6 months ago).

Opening hours below:

Menu:

I ordered the Beans & Eggs on Toast with a Soy Chai.

Soy Chai was ok. Like a regular Soy Chai (What else was I expecting?), But the Beans was so yum!!! It had a lovely balance of spice and herbs in it and combined with the toast was so heavenly! The toast gave it an excellent crunch texture, Also Avo salad on the side! I love it! But then, I am so weak for any Avo dishes or drinks.

On a side note, I sat at the back of the store. It was so bright and lovely actually. Normally, I would avoid any seating with direct sunlight, but maybe I was having an off day that time. 

I quite like the setting also. It was clean and had an easy flow to it.

Would I come here again? Sure. It’s nearby my place and I haven’t tried their brew yet. Can’t pass a full judgement without trying their beans right? 

Random thoughts corner!

Melbourne! You’re Hot and You’re Cold! Make up your mind day! But laletly given the choice I decided to wear as little as possible cause I dislike the heat and sun more and of course...

Sorry, couldn’t resist. Anyway, there also the fact that I feel used sometimes. I should really stop overdoing on the nice thing. What ever happened to that girl who just do whatever she wants? She’s gone soft... I need to remember not to inconvenience myself when helping others. I mean, helping is great, but I’m just getting the blunt ends of things with little recognition of my efforts. I need to relearn the word “No”

I mean it really hits me when I read this quote last night... “I forgot that you only remember I exist when you need something from me”.. Yeah, I feel like such a pushover sometimes. But it will end. I’m going to pick myself up and build a bigger defense that looks so vulnerable that you won’t see it coming when I push you down in to the pits of nothingness. Yes, dear readers, I can be dark if I want to be.  

Yours truly,

RB

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Cafe Review: Miss Frank - Camberwell 3142

So this morning to start my first Cafe review, I decided to go to Miss Frank located on 200 Through Road, Camberwell, VIC.

First let me put down the basics:

Wifi - No

Hours- 7 am- 4.30 pm

Parking- 30 mins to 1 hr street parking. 2 hrs available at a few minutes walk.

Seating- 50+ (With room to spare)

Arrived 9 am, stayed until 10.30 am.

From outside, you can already see the clean and casual atmosphere of the cafe. People were more than ready to sit outdoors instead of inside. Then again it is probably due to this morning’s comfortable weather. Not yet spring, but less chills from winter.

The inside is definitely bigger than it looks from outside. It has this casual contemporary design, that is perfect for a catch up or just enjoying some solo relax time. Don’t let the picture below fool you, they have another room not seen in the picture and that is taken only from the middle of the cafe.

  Looking at the menu, the selections are simple, but still appetizing.

I decided on the Broccoli, pine nuts & parmesan fritters, along with a soy flatwhite. I asked if they do Cafe au lait, unfortunately they don’t.  

They food arrived quiet fast, but maybe that is because I’m the only one that is not ordering the ready made baked goods. Lucky for me then~

The soy flat white is smooth and heavenly. Perfect temperature, but then again 80% of the coffee I ordered in Melbourne are good. The fritters though, they are ok. Not oily like some that I’ve ordered before. The best would still be the corn fritters in Mornington Penisula, but MF’s still one of the good fritters that I tried. I especially like the roasted nuts in the dish. It added a great texture to it and I admit I am a bit bias to nuts. One thing I might disagree on is the amount of sauce on it. I feel like it was a bit too much amount. And the feta, but that’s probably be me; I love cheese, but Feta not as much. Next time if I ordered this, I might ask to put the sauce on the side and maybe reduce the amount of Feta. Would I order this again? I think I just answered the question before. Hahaha.. 

  However, if I do visit this place again, I would try the other items on the menu first. A girl needs variety, right? 

Ok, I caved...

I ordered an Almond Latte and if that don’t look like Love, then I don’t know what love is... “Ahem* Review time! The Latte was great! The coffee taste was strong, even though I could barely smell it. And come on, every Coffe Lover know’s that the scent is one of the component that gets us hook to it. But maybe, the Almond Milk musk it a bit. Have to look into that... Anyway, the taste.. The taste was superb~ Stong coffee, nutty during and aftertaste, great temperature for drowning it in one go (No I didn’t do it... This time..), simple latte art and I did not regret ordering this drink after... Although, drinking both caffeine fueled drink in less than 1 hour is giving me a new high.  But, order this simple drink from MF again? Heck yea! Now, I’m curious on their baked goods, like muffins... Most people were ordering those. I should really go back to try them with coffee of course!

  Overall, I absolutely like that I started this blog of sorts with this Cafe first. I will probably be making my way trying the Eastern suburbs cafes first and maybe those in CBD. 

On a side note, random coffee shop musings... Is it worth it to wash my car when the weather will most likely be raining all week? And speaking of cars... What do most people do with their car that is not protected from the sun during summer time. Cause yesterday’s weather was like burning and my poor baby was so hot being left there. Do I get a cloak or something? I should ask Dad... And has ordered arrived already? Don’t you just hate it when you waited all day and the only time you step out for like 20 minutes is the time they choose to come just to leave the ATTEMPTED DELIVERY card. Like do they have a radar when we are not home to leave it? 

And little side fact, I’m still a student in university. So yeah, it’s exam period now. But luckily for me, I have no exams.. Nope, none at all... Ok, so I might be running away from writing 3 papers... Fine, enough procrastinating. SO to those fellow students, Good luck! May the Caffeine Gods smile on upon you!

RB

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Disclaimer of sorts

So basically since I like sitting in cafes, might as well do a creative outlet. I’m based in Melbourne, Australia, but on occasion will go international to try other stuffs.

Cheers,

RB