The Pour Kids

(15/5/12)

The Pour Kids, amusing play on words!  An equally whimsical fit out, primary coloured chairs, walls adorned with large coloured art work depicting Kids poor/pour – maybe :). Greeted by a quite timid but polite girl & pointed in the direction of empty tables, we chose one quite close to the toilet (maybe not a good idea, as had read review about said toilet & the smell of airfreshner!)  Yes confirmed not maybe as bad as previously but a definite waft whenever someone exited :( Bad choice of tables, & vision from serving part of café was obscured by a wall which could mean you get forgotten if really busy. Lucky for us its  not too busy & we weren’t forgotten, even though there probably could have been an additional staff member on the floor. Menus & water in colourful metal jug delivered to table and orders for coffee/juice taken by waitress that almost looked scared to speak!

Coffee (Axil coffee)($3.5) was deemed enjoyable as was the freshly squeezed apple juice ($6) , which looked little funky but tasted nice.

The Menu is very creative in word & content, and will appeal to the child in you.

The Clark Kent of museli – toasted muesli with ancient ‘super grains’, served w organic yoghurt & pomegranate seeds ($11.5)  A bit o’ the old morning crumpet – toasted house-made crumpets, with your choice of spread or seasonal conserve ($9)  or Back off, Flipper – pan-fried sardines on toast w haricot-sopressa paste, shaved celery + fennel ($16.5)

We chose the ‘Google this’ which was Deep-fried, crumbed poached eggs, w chorizo, feta, friezee lettuce + extra virgin olive oil.  Sounds interesting if not cardiac material, but the healthiest amongst us chose it ……. and loved it, he added a side of exotic mushrooms! Verdict was very tasty & it looked great too.

Google this – deep-fried, crumbed poached eggs, w chorizo, feta, friezee lettuce + extra virgin olive oil  ($16) + Exotic mushrooms ($4.5)

I had the Smash and grab, which was  bruschetta of smashed avocado, marinated feta, slow-roasted tomatoes + balsamic reductions.  I also decided to add a poached egg. Well what a pretty looking dish, almost too good to disturb. But disturb I did and left not a crumb of bruschetta on the plate. The tomatoes were some of the sweetest I have tasted in a long time, proper tomatoes!, where ever you source them Pour Kids, please continue.   The balsamic reductions cut through the richness of the avocado & feta perfectly. Yum …..please can I have more sir!

Smash and grab – Bruschetta of smashed avocado, marinated feta, slow-roasted tomatoes + balsamic reductions($16 + $2.5)

The last breaky/brunch ordered was The Lego (build-a-breaky) which allows you to choose eggs your way, scrambled was the choice today on toasted sourdough bread.  With the addition of  avocado, exotic mushrooms and a hash brown. It was a substantial mansize dish, and the hash brown was a particular winner.

The Lego (build-a-breaky) Two lovely free-range eggs (poached, fried or scrambled), on toasted sourdough bread ($7.8) + ($4.5) + ($3) + ($4)

There are also lunch items on the menu  such as Leeky coq, Knuckle sandwich, Piggy in the middle &  Identity crisis, but you will have to check them out yourself as they do not fall under the brunch umbrella :)

We possibly would have had a second coffee, but our timid miss didn’t ask when clearing table, and we figured it was going to be tricky to catch someones attention given the position of our table, so we decided to leave it there. It is a very striking yellow coffee machine :)