Cooking Breakfast: Pigeon Hole

January 18, 2013

One of our regrets from our final see to Hobart was our failure to larn far to the much-loved Pigeon Hole for brekkie. We rectified things this fourth dimension around, hitting them upward reasonably early a Fri morning. Early or not, it was already heaving, as well as our excogitation to nab plenty infinite to part amongst friends was presently defeated (by a slightly surly client who had strict communal tabular array boundaries). Cindy as well as I pushed on amongst brekkie anyway, figuring it was in all likelihood our final chance.

It's a cosy place, amongst the within tables crammed inwards pretty tightly as well as big communal tables at the dorsum as well as out the front. We were on the forepart tabular array away from the temptation of the sweets cabinet - as well as the blackboard menu. Luckily, I didn't receive got much of a determination to brand - I was ever going to sample the beans afterward Two Clowns Tripping, Tales of a Truffle Pig, Carla's rave review from final year.

The non-vegan version comes out amongst a generous dusting of parmesan, but it's in all likelihood non that necessary - the beans themselves are loaded amongst flavours. They're smokey, spicy as well as rich - i of the tastiest as well as most good developed serves of baked beans that I've sampled (to endure honest, if they weren't clearly marked 'vegetarian', I'd endure a flake worried that they were cooked amongst something meaty). It's a pretty modest serve, but at $9.90 that's hardly a problem. Besides, it was plenty to fuel me upward for the solar daytime at MONA ahead (especially amongst chocolate liberate energy balls waiting for unopen to the corner at Eumarrah).

Cindy went for the lighter option: yoghurt, gluten-free crunch, cherries as well as agave syrup ($11.90).

We striking Hobart inwards the middle of a phenomenal carmine season, as well as these were no exception - fatty as well as juicy as well as bursting amongst ripeness. The crunchy muesli was calorie-free as well as varied, as well as the yoghurt tangy. Another modest but satisfactory brekkie.

Pigeon Hole seemed similar a existent winner - the nutrient nosotros sampled was excellent, as well as at that spot were a few other dishes on the modest carte du jour that sounded promising to me (although less as well as so for Cindy - no pancakes/French toast/etc). Coffee was splendid equally well, but it's in all likelihood non the smartest fourth dimension of twelvemonth to see - everybody inwards town for MOFO was on the hunt for coffee/breakfast, as well as so getting a tabular array was almost impossible as well as the expect for takeaway coffees was ludicrous. It's non actually fair to blame Pigeon Hole for their popularity - they're clearly pop because they run a tight trace organisation - but it didn't arrive at total me amongst enthusiasm for revisiting over again during MOFO adjacent year. I'd honey to larn over again on a quieter solar daytime when things felt a flake to a greater extent than relaxed - perhaps we'll receive got to extend our remain inwards time to come to sneak a see on a tranquillity day.

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Two Clowns Tripping, Tales of a Truffle Pig, Occasional Food Fairy has a squeamish slice nearly spending a few weeks working at Pigeon Hole.

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Pigeon Hole
93 Goulburn Street, Hobart
03 6236 9306
veg brekkies $6.50 - $12.90
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Accessibility: There's a apartment entryway, but the interior is quite crowded (at to the lowest degree when it's busy). There's big communal tabular array outside, but the carte du jour is within on the wall as well as payment happens at the counter inwards there. We didn't larn to the toilets.

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Some novel favourites from our furnish trip to MONA this year.