the breakfast brunch

melbourne based brunch blogger !! just a girl trying to find a cheap melbourne brunch ;)

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SHORT STRAW

I wish I could write a good review about Short Straw, but this cafe was just not my cup of tea!! This cafe is in a side street off Glenferrie Road in Hawthorn.

I went there with three of my friends a few weeks ago, and it is not the best experience I have had. We were seated on a squishy table, which should be for two, not four, and all the the tables surrounding were very close. They are trying too hard to make use of their inside space, which just makes it a bit uncomfortable. 

The staff are not the most friendly people I have ever encountered, and do not seem too keen to be working there or to be serving you (but maybe this was just the two or three people we were served by). 

The menu is very edgy and the only ‘regular’ thing on there is eggs on toast. The other things were very interesting, and it seemed like they were trying to fit too much onto one plate at the same time. I ordered the smashed avocado and an ice coffee. The ice coffee was fine, but the smashed avocado was pretty average.

The pricing was pretty reasonable for what you were buying, but I would rather have spent it somewhere else.

This is just my experience at this cafe, so I don’t want to give it a bad name!!

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GREEN CUP

If you live anywhere around the Armadale, Kooyong, Toorak area, you will probably have heard all the hype around “Green Cup”, if you are not already obsessed. Located on High Street, near the Glenferrie/High Street intersection, Green Cup is thriving in the Stonnington community, mainly because of hungry, private school girls.

The design inside is very simple, with white walls and wooden furniture. The whole menu is vegan and VERY delicious. You can order things like smashed avocado toast and smoothies, but the most popular item is the acai bowls. 

These purple bowls are DELICIOUS and you can choose from four kinds. Three are a blend of acai and banana with toppings, and the fourth is dragon fruit (although this has only been available once since I started going here). The bowls are $12, which I think are pretty well priced for the quantity that you are getting.

A great combo to get is an acai bowl, and then a piece of smashed avo toast that you can share with a friend (just the right amount for a filling brunch)!

The staff are very friendly and always make your meal the best that it can be. I would recommend this cafe to EVERYONE, because it is absolutely amazing and a great, healthy meal for the morning, or the afternoon (after school).

There is also a store located on Chapel Street!!

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DARLING

Darling Cafe, is a modern, gold and marble themed cafe that you can find in Darling Street in South Yarra!

It’s a very open, light space, with floor to ceiling windows that double as sliding doors, which I personally love.

The menu is pretty well priced, which I was very surprised to see to be honest, because of the location and the amount of food in each meal. I usually judge how well priced a cafe is by the price of the smashed avocado. At darling, it was $17, which I was very happy with.

I ordered an ice coffee to go on the side, and it was pretty good, but it did not have not any ice in it (just icecream), which is kind of a deal breaker for me (but I still loved it). 

Overall, I really loved the LOOK this cafe. All of the staff were very lovely and welcoming and the layout of the cafe was really amazing. The food was pretty good (but not the best I have had), and I’m not sure if I will be going back again.

Also, if you don’t have a car, which I do not, it is a BIT hard to get to on public transport, depending on where you live. 

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introduction ??

hello there everyone, 

i am a girl trying to find the BEST place in melbourne (and it’s outer suburbia) to have brunch !! and hopefully at a reasonable price ;)

i have a few ideas already, but if you have any places you would suggest, or want me to check out (review??), just let me know :)))

i’m excited to start this up, but i don’t really understand tumblr?? oh well