Ray Iv

Cheap Eats 2006, a decade on

January 26, 2016

Our Cheap Eats project was a welcome excuse to revisit Ray, a cafe we've long liked. I reckon it might've been the get-go restaurant nosotros visited sporting the exposed brick-and communal tabular array await that's straightaway thence ubiquitous inwards Melbourne. Ray's popularity has motivated an expansion in addition to tiddler remodel since then, though the ambience is much the same.

The menu's had something of a remodel inwards the final twain of years too. Known initially for its Middle Eastern tweaks to the green brunch fare (such equally dukkah-spinkled poached eggs in addition to French toasted Turkish bread), it's straightaway a haphazard litany of pop civilization references with Oatkast in addition to Iron Maiden sitting with Avocado Da Vinci. Thankfully their dietary features are clear, with enough for vegan, gluten-free in addition to halal eaters.

Michael took on the handsome Cob Dylan ($19.80), a generous stack of corn fritters topped with a fried egg in addition to augmented with avocado, fattoush salad, radish, pickles in addition to preserved lemon yoghurt.

I was momentarily disappointed non to encounter French toast or pancakes on the menu, but perked upwards when I noticed the granola in addition to the bircher muesli were both vegan. The Pineapple Express ($13.20) seemed the best analog of the bircher I ordered inwards our get-go Ray weblog post (just $7 dorsum inwards '07!). It's a riot of julienned apple, mango, pineapple in addition to berries scattered with "chilli popcorn praline" (actually heat-free popcorn crumbs in addition to tiny toffee shards). They conceal a deceptively dense bircher that I had no promise of finishing.

Ray's i time outrageously inexpensive breakfasts are straightaway upwards at marketplace value, in addition to the menu's had a major makeover. However the service in addition to setting are reassuringly familiar, in addition to we've never had a dud repast there. We reckon it's kept its cool rather admirably this final decade.

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You tin read almost one, two, three of our previous visits to Ray. Fellow veg blogger The Hungry Grub, New International Students, Available all day in addition to mochii eats.

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Ray
332 Victoria St, Brunswick
9380 8593
breakfast, lunch & drinks
http://www.rayscafebrunswick.com.au/

Accessibility: There is a shallow in addition to slightly narrow ramp on entry. Tables are quite densely packed, but in that location is a clear corridor through the cafe. We ordered at our tabular array in addition to paid at a low-ish counter. Toilets are unisex fully accessible private cubicles.