Cindy in addition to I needed a decent pit-stop amidst a busy Lord's Day at the Melbourne Writers Festival, in addition to were excited to notice that Bowery to Williamsburg has expanded their hours to include weekends. We've been reading the hype since they opened a few years agone (check out the lxxx weblog posts below), but haven't had a jeopardy to sample the NYC-inspired carte du jour before. It's a pocket-sized cafe tucked downward a flying of stairs on Oliver Lane, amongst a big communal table, a handful of tiny solo/duo tables in addition to some big outdoor spots. We sheltered indoors from the mutual coldness equally shortly equally they could mash us in.
The brunch carte du jour is pretty meaty - vegos tin give the axe guide from a shakshuka, a haloumi in addition to eggs dish, waffles, a sandwich or sweets. I was looking forrard to checking out some form of exciting sandwich option, but I've been a fleck spoiled yesteryear the likes of Smith & Deli in addition to True North - there's no vego rueben on offering here. Instead, I went for the falafel roll ($15), adding a side of mac 'n' cheese, pretzels in addition to a pickle for an extra $5.
The mac 'n' cheese was a delight, in addition to the highlight of the repast - a fleck of crispiness on peak in addition to a creamy, gooey, cheesy interior. The falafel roll was okay - the pickled turnip in addition to yoghurty condiments keeping things interesting, but the falafel themselves were a fleck on the dry out side in addition to non hugely memorable. When you lot tin give the axe larn incredibly high character falafel rolls at places similar Mankoushe in addition to Half Moon for less than a tenner, hence it's difficult to justify forking over $15 for this.
Cindy focussed her attending on the sweets cabinet, picking out a huckleberry vanilla pie ($6) to couplet amongst her jaffa shiver ($7).
The shiver was a success - it tasted nearly precisely similar somebody had blended upwards a handbag of jaffas in addition to some milk, which is basically what you lot desire from a jaffa milkshake. The pie was less exciting - served amongst a big puff of gross aerated cream in addition to loaded upwards amongst besides much sugar, overpowering whatever fruitiness from the berries. Disappointing.
Our sense of Bowery to Williamsburg left us both pretty underwhelmed - watching people larn massive rueben sandwiches in addition to ridiculous chicken in addition to waffle dishes it was slow to meet why it has been such a successful venture. But for vegos, the options are pretty express (vegans volition actually struggle) - you're much ameliorate off heading over to Fitzroy for your New York-style deli experience. On the upside, the java is fantabulous in addition to the staff were friendly in addition to helpful, but the nutrient only didn't excite us plenty to inspire a furnish see whatever fourth dimension soon.
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Bowery to Williamsburg is ridiculously pop amongst bloggers. Thoughts of a Moni, Laws of the Kitchen, Sydney Coffee Nerd, Gourmet Chick, Poppet's Window, Petit Miamx, Eat And Be Merry, For Tomorrow We Die(t) (twice), Yellow Eggs, A Rumbly Tummy, melbourne gastronome, The Glutton's Diet, Mostly Food Adventures, Mango Macarons, The Sinful Organic Cook, Spoonfuls of Wanderlust, Adventures of a Melbourne Girl, New International Students, Hungry Kittens, Eve Lovelle, The Yay or Nay Blog, Doughnut forget me!, The Epicurean of Southbank, The World Loves Melbourne, Sarah Cooks, Golden Delicious Smile, Eat. Play. Shop, Food, Fitness in addition to Foucault (twice), Snow Crab Nebula, Let's Get Fat Together, Nouveau Potato, delightfully tasty, The Escort in addition to the Thief, Painting Rachel Red in addition to Dammit Janet I Love Food were less impressed.
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Bowery to Williamsburg
sixteen Oliver Lane, Melbourne
9077 0162
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Accessibility: The outdoor surface area has apartment access, but there's a brusk staircase downward to the cafe proper. Things within are pretty crowded - the outdoor tables were pretty closed together too. Toilets were unisex but narrow, in addition to access involved stairs.
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