Pillar of Salt

(13/3/12)

Pillarofsalt - salt of the earth :-) This was our third visit, so yes it is a favourite of ours. It has a nice back section to the  cafe, but this morning it was full, so we take stools at the communal table which is nice big square so you are not sitting on top of others, with prime views of the quite small kitchen, which does a magic job of turning out so many meals. 

 Breakfast is only served until 11.45 which is quite unusual, as a lot of cafes serve breakfast all day.  Cold water & menus promptly arrive & orders taken for coffee/juice. The weekday breakfast menu offers quite alot of variety & you would be hard to please if you couldn't choose something from it. Great choice of extras too, with a few different things like apple cider hollandaise, house made tomato & fruit relish, avocado & persian feta puree little beef sausages all reasonably priced.  Gluten free bread also available which is good to see. ($1 extra)

($3.5)

  Knives/forks/napkins sit in silver milkshake containers on table so no handling by staff. Coffee was very nice, but once again a small but errant mistake upon clearing plates ...... no question of can I get you anything else as in maybe coffee?  So one coffee is all we will have today! 

The apple juice while not freshly squeezed was the very acceptable Freshafruit, granny smith apple 100%.  The meals were all very decent sizes and we were all very content tummy wise. 

House made corn fritters w smoked salmon,
corriander & avocado salsa (w extra poached egg).
($16 + 2)

Our plates were spotless which is always a very good indication of quality of meals.  I had the house made corn fritters with smoked salmon, corriander & advocado salsa & poached egg.  The corn fritters were full of corn & very tasty, a large portion of salmon went down a treat & the salsa was very fresh. The poached egg didnt have a very runny center, but that didnt really bother me.

House made museli, oats, dried fruit, almonds,
hazelnuts & seeds, granny smith apples,
 baked rhubarb and natural yoghurt.
($11)

Meal two was the house made muesli, oats, dried fruit, almonds, hazelnuts & seeds, granny smith apples, baked rhubarb, natural yoghurt & small jug of additional milk if you so desire.  It was a very substantial size bowl & was eaten with much gusto , it was a winner :-) 

Red chilli scrambled eggs with juilenne bacon,
spring onion, parsley, a hint of parmesan & toast.
($16.5)

Meal three was the red chilli scrambled eggs with julienne bacon, spring onion, parsley, hint of parmesan & toast.  Dont be put off by the chilli, it really isnt hot at all, just provides a  nice bit of spice to the eggs.

Staff are attentive but not in your face, and all had a smile for you, & pleasant parting conversation whether it is genuine or not it completes the experience & makes you feel like they really were happy you came :-)  Parking can be a little tricky in this part of church street, but it highly worth the effort to find one or walk a little.