East Tiptop Vi

July 6, 2014

We landed dorsum habitation to a weekend alongside our trusted cat-sitter Carol together with my visiting mum (they're sisters, yous see). Mostly nosotros hung out at home, together with I cooked upward a big pot of soup. The forecast was practiced on Sunday, together with thus nosotros reacquainted ourselves alongside Brunswick on foot. The houses together with gardens together with street fine art were familiar together with comforting, together with nosotros pointed out the strange local trace organisation that had changed inward our absence.

We steered Mum together with Carol to East Elevation for brunch. It's deservedly pop these days together with ofttimes has a waiting list, but nosotros scored a location at a communal tabular array quickly. The await for hot drinks together with nutrient was decidedly longer. Actually I'd been waiting for these crepes ($17.50) for months, peradventure fifty-fifty a year. They've been on the carte du jour tempting me all that time, but I've gotten distracted yesteryear the tapioca together with the specials; i time I went ahead together with ordered them but they were sadly sold out.

They were slender together with slightly elastic inward the best tradition of egg-based crepes, alongside a seam of fresh ricotta together with occasional bursts of rosewater betwixt folds. The lemon-saffron syrup together with crushed hazelnut praline were subtle accents, less of import than the fresh strawberry halves.

Brunch at East Elevation isn't cheap, but it sure isn't ordinary either.

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We've already blogged most East Elevation one, two, three, four, five times. Since that concluding write-up, the brunch carte du jour has been blogged yesteryear beau vego Green Gourmet Giraffe, likewise equally omni bloggers at thehangrybitch, melbourne brunch scene together with grazing panda.

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East Elevation
351 Lygon St, Brunswick East
9380 4915

veg dishes $7-17.50
http://eastelevation.com.au/

Accessibility: Excellent. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 ramp on entry, swell light, lots of infinite together with spacious private unisex toilets, at to the lowest degree i of which has disability signage. Ordering happens at the tabular array together with payment at a reasonably depression counter.