Cindy had been eyeing off the Wallace as well as Gromit exhibition at Scienceworks since earlier we went away. Promising a combination of 2 things nosotros loved (claymation as well as science), nosotros were certain it would endure fantastic. And fifty-fifty to a greater extent than excitingly, it would hand us a argue to trek over to Spotswood, abode of ane of Melbourne's most hype-tastic cafes, The Duchess of Spotswood.
Bad intelligence first: The due west & G exhibition is pretty crappy. It's (very strangely) sponsored yesteryear Intellectual Property Australia, as well as is loaded upward with references to branding, trademarks as well as copyright. It has a dyad of huge posters most music piracy, a 'game' where kids tin fit upward junk nutrient logos with their brands as well as non nearly plenty actual Wallace as well as Gromit. Seriously, who thought that a poster with Gromit on it along with the words, "Register your trademark to protect your brand's value as well as reputation," was a practiced idea? How many kids are beingness won over yesteryear that message? All really weird. Anyway, the remainder of Scienceworks was better, although clearly pitched at ix yr olds. I somehow resisted the urge to accept over the netball fighting inwards the sports section, but nosotros nevertheless had fun playing with lasers as well as other sciency bits as well as pieces. Still, it's in all likelihood best for peeps with kids.
Now to the practiced news: The Duchess of Spotswood is pretty damn great. Tucked away most 200m from the develop station, it's a much smaller cafe than I imagined (for roughly argue I had something the size of The Auction Rooms inwards my head) as well as queues construct upward quickly. Given the pitiful weather, the outdoor tables were out of activeness as well as lining upward was pretty unpleasant, then nosotros were incredibly happy that a tabular array opened upward for us later but a dyad of minutes - plough upward inwards a bigger grouping as well as you'll endure standing out inwards the pelting for a lot longer. It's a pleasant as well as minimalist fit-out, although the electrical flow artwork (photos of 1970s stone stars) didn't actually fit the vibe of the place.
Based on my weblog reading, the bill of fare varies pretty regularly. They're shooting for a British twist on the breakfast menu, which basically agency loads of meat. Still, with all the jowls, tongues as well as sausages, in that location are 2 savoury vego options as well as ane sweet. You tin equally good construct your ain brekkie with eggs as well as sides or pick out from the cakes as well as other treats tucked behind the front end counter. Vegans volition actually struggle.
The original sugariness selection on the bill of fare looked pretty irksome (poached fruit with yoghurt as well as grains), then Cindy as well as I hitting upward the 2 savoury dishes. She couldn't resist the siren telephone yell upward of potato, opting for the 'Breakfast of Champignons' (potato as well as barley hash with champaign mushrooms, English linguistic communication Stilton as well as poached eggs, $18.50).
Not beingness a large fan of eggs, she cutting the measure 2 eggs downward to ane (which I ended upward eating anyway). Otherwise she was pretty happy - the mushrooms were good cooked, the hash brownish had a crispily fried outside as well as the little cheesy bits added a fighting of variation to the dish. I take in nosotros should induce got but asked to sub the eggs correct out as well as supersede them with to a greater extent than mushrooms. And perhaps a 2nd hash brown.
I went for the other savoury vego dish, the Simple Pleasures (thinly sliced Zeally Bay toast with roast beetroots, candied walnuts, caprine animal curd as well as poached eggs, $18.50).
This had a squeamish diversity of goodies - 2 perfectly poached eggs, beautiful candied nuts, a scattering of greens, tender as well as sugariness roasted beetroots, a few slivers of roasted Irish Gaelic patato as well as a generous gob of wonderfully tasty goat's curd. It all worked pretty good together, with the cheese adding roughly saltiness to the sweetness of the beets as well as candied nuts. I'd induce got liked 2 bits of toast to teach with my 2 eggs (three ane time I had Cindy's!), but that's a modest quibble.
We cleared out pretty chop-chop ane time we'd eaten (feeling bad for the people out inwards the cold), stopping exclusively to direct grip of a brownie from the dessert cabinet. It's clear that you're dealing with roughly pretty slick operators at Duchess of Spotswood - the nutrient comes out chop-chop as well as brilliantly cooked, you're never stuck looking for waitstaff (who were all friendly as well as efficient), as well as (of course) the java is transcend notch. It's equally good dandy to run into a house taking roughly chances with their bill of fare as well as offering upward dishes that differ from the volume of Melbourne's brekkie places. Sadly for us, most of these dishes involve odd bits of meat, but y'all tin run into why they've built such a following. Still, I'm non certain there's plenty in that location for non-meat-eaters to induce got us jumping on a develop ane time again inwards the close future.
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The mesh is awash with rave reviews of the Duchess of Spotswood - banking concern check out weblog write-ups from: dear melbourne, I'm then hungree, Footscray Food Blog, Sarah Cooks, Lots of Craving, Gypsy Ju (twice), the still observer, little eats, I Eat Therefore I Am, my seasonal table, Totally Addicted to Taste, Hedonistic Habits, The Gourmet Challenge, melbourne gastronome (twice), Eat. Play. Shop., A Spotted Blog, little lady, Charles Whyte, EAT AND BE MERRY FOR TOMORROW WE DIE(T), Words as well as Flavours, Breakfast inwards the S.K.Y., Food of Hong Kong as well as Macau, Adventures of Java Jane, Let's Get Fat Together, Fork, Knife as well as Chopsticks, Lots of Cravings, two front end teeth, foodwithfrank as well as Nathan Maurice Mallon.
Only R.F.K., Fill Up on Bread as well as SUNTOWNSUNBIRD induce got been a fighting allow down.
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The Duchess of Spotswood
87 Hudsons Road, Spotswood
9391 6016
veggie breakfasts $18.50 (you could construct your ain for a fighting less)
http://www.duchessofspotswood.com.au
Accessibility: Duchess of Spotswood has a apartment entryway into a middlingly spacious interior. Ordering happens at the tabular array as well as nosotros paid at a relatively high counter. We didn't see the bathrooms.
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